Hello, I have a few questions about my current CPU and parts that I will be ordering and have ordered.My current setup is as follows; 955BE,4 Gig ADATA ram x2 2 gigs ddr3 at 1600 ,Earthwatts 650 power supply, AM3 Motherboard and lastly x2 5770 Xfired.What I am doing is replacing the AM3 MB with a ASROCK|Z68 EXTREME3 GEN3 1155 R. And also replacing the 955BE with a CPU INTEL|CORE I5 2500K 3.3G 6M R.
My questions, I know the 7000 series GPU by AMD are around the corner so that is why I took advantage of getting a semi future proof MB for the gen 3 and ivy.I also have found out by doing alot of research on the net that that it will support ivy bridge that is needed to run a gen3 video card which I believe ( or at least what a few other postings where saying.) So to the meat of the question; will a 650 earthwatt be able to handle sandy/ivy along with the 7000 series.And as far as the ram should I replace that with a different stock or pull it out of the AM3 and stick it into the intel board? And lastly if the earthwatt cannot handle it could you great folks recommend a P supply that could handle that wont break the bank? And if it is so it can handle that what would be a good supply that would be able to handle x2 7000 series.I do know from official review that the 7000 series I THINK shave off 30% or so wattage from previes gen cards. ALSO ( sorry ) i recently read about about sandy bridge-e and ivy-e but are not supported by the 1155 gen 3. Could you please tell me the differences between ivy,sandy, sandy-e,ivy-e.The machine is build for only gaming.
I apologize for the long post and I hope that you all have a great day.
Thanks in advance if I dont have time to thank everyone individually!
My questions, I know the 7000 series GPU by AMD are around the corner so that is why I took advantage of getting a semi future proof MB for the gen 3 and ivy.I also have found out by doing alot of research on the net that that it will support ivy bridge that is needed to run a gen3 video card which I believe ( or at least what a few other postings where saying.) So to the meat of the question; will a 650 earthwatt be able to handle sandy/ivy along with the 7000 series.And as far as the ram should I replace that with a different stock or pull it out of the AM3 and stick it into the intel board? And lastly if the earthwatt cannot handle it could you great folks recommend a P supply that could handle that wont break the bank? And if it is so it can handle that what would be a good supply that would be able to handle x2 7000 series.I do know from official review that the 7000 series I THINK shave off 30% or so wattage from previes gen cards. ALSO ( sorry ) i recently read about about sandy bridge-e and ivy-e but are not supported by the 1155 gen 3. Could you please tell me the differences between ivy,sandy, sandy-e,ivy-e.The machine is build for only gaming.
I apologize for the long post and I hope that you all have a great day.
Thanks in advance if I dont have time to thank everyone individually!
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