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Motherboard upgrade question

  • 28-11-2017 10:09am
    #1
    Isolated Warrior
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 ✭


    Hi all,



    I need a bit of advice please. My aging pc has an i73770 cpu and 16gb of ddr3 (667mhz) ram . recently i bought a gtx1050ti and found it would not work on my machine. My motherboard is too old. Can anybody here please point me in the direction of a motherboard that would be compatible with my processor and ram. ive returned the gtx1050ti and will probably opt for the 1060.


    I've looked online and am just very unsure of what to get so please any recommendations would be highly appreciated.


Comments

  • #2
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,823 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    What's the motherboard model?
    It's strange that the 1050 Ti didn't work; LGA 1155 all had PCI-Express 2.0/3.0 slots AFAIK and they're not that old (i7-3770 is still a good gaming CPU).

    Have you updated the motherboard BIOS?


  • #3
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Some manufacturers lock out card upgrades. HP home are notorious for it. Generally doesn't happen with HP business or Dell.


  • #4
    Isolated Warrior
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 ✭Isolated Warrior


    Thanks for the replies

    It was an advent pc i got in pc world a few years back. after my mishap with gfx card i bought i checked online and my motherboard is not compatible. im not at home now so i cant tell you off hand what the motherboard is. as for updating the bios it was flashed to the latest as far as I know.

    I'm in contact with a guy from limerick on adverts.ie who does pc upgrades and seems quite reputable. A new motherboard, gtx 1060 and a blu ray burner for 450. sound good?


  • #5
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    An advent should be fine, they use normal off the shelf parts. Are you sure the GTX1050Ti wasn't just faulty? What's supposedly not compatiable about the motherboard?

    As for how good value that is, impossible to say without knowing model of motherboard, GTX1060 and burner.


  • #6
    Isolated Warrior
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 ✭Isolated Warrior


    I have no idea why the mobo wont take the card, unfortunately i cant try another gtx 10 series card as i dont know anybody local that can let me test it.
    when i installed the new card fans would spin but then no display on screen


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  • #7
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Did you move the display cable from the onboard to the offboard port I wonder....


  • #8
    Isolated Warrior
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 ✭Isolated Warrior


    update on this, turns out the gtx1050 i got was faulty, going for an r9 280 or 380 depending on how much i can get it for. thanks for all the replies and suggestions, much appreciated


  • #9
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Both those cards are around the same as the GTX1050Ti 4GB performance wise, and considering they guzzle double the power or more, I'd say unless you get a really cheap one there's little point.

    Also both cards would require a PSU with dual six pin pci-e connectors, which I doubt an Advent machine has unless it was originally sold as an Advent gaming machine or the PSU was upgraded at some point.

    GTX1050Ti 4GB is the easiest option as it's only €150 or so and doesn't need an upgrade.


  • #10
    Isolated Warrior
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 ✭Isolated Warrior


    upgraded to a 500w corsair 2 years back, will that be sufficent? guy thats fixing my machine swears by the r9s


  • #11
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Yes, that would be OK. There's nothing special about the R9s though, they use a ton more power than a GTX1050Ti and performance is similar - not to mention they are old now and you'd have no warranty as they'd be 2nd hand.

    Unless you got one for something like €80 I would not really see the point.


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