HELP WITH MY SETUP!

Steve1994 · 11 Oct 2020 at 21:13

Hello everyone,
I have a MSI GTX1070ti ARMOR, along with an i7-2600 3.4GHZ

would the MSI-brand Z370 motherboard work as I've been told the motherboard I'm currently using isn't compatible!

The one that's is currently installed in the computer is a generic branded one from a HP, "IPISB-CH2".

Please any help is much appreciated! if that motherboard won't work then could you point me in the direction of a budget board!

Thanks,
Steve.

geekyadz · 11 Oct 2020 at 21:16

Have you got the MSI motherboard's model number?

EDIT:

Ok me being blind :rolleyes:

So, HP PISB-CH2 (Chicago):

PCIe x16 2.0 and the card is PCIe x16 3.0

On paper it should work however as it is a HP board (ie not a MSI one) anything could happen

Roadrunner_668 · 11 Oct 2020 at 21:17

sorry what are you asking ? a z370 motherboard wont work with your cpu no you need a socket 1155 board p67 z68 or z77 preferably those are the best ones in order of age oldest to newest

the graphics card will work as long as you have a pcie slot i imagine

who said it wont work ?

Steve1994 · 11 Oct 2020 at 21:21

The motherboard I was looking at is this one:
MSI Z390-A PRO Motherboard ATX, LGA1151, DDR4, LAN, USB 3.1 Gen2, Type-C, M.2, RGB Mystic Light, VGA, DVI-D, Display Port, Intel 8th and 9th Gen

But I've installed the new graphics card and the card won't show anything the fans do however turn on, but nothing is displayed! but if the original graphics card is installed nothing is wrong the computer boots and loads fine?
Yes it has enough power it says it requires a 500w PSU minimum but I've installed a 750w

Roadrunner_668 · 11 Oct 2020 at 21:22

no that wont work with your 2600

it is much too new for newer processors

what was the old graphics card you might need a bios update or something

if not you would need to get a second hand motherboard socket 1155 from ebay or something

geekyadz · 11 Oct 2020 at 21:24

Steve1994 said:
But I've installed the new graphics card and the card won't show anything the fans do however turn on, but nothing is displayed! but if the original graphics card is installed nothing is wrong the computer boots and loads fine?
Yes it has enough power it says it requires a 500w PSU minimum but I've installed a 750w

You might want to get rid of that link; it goes against the terms of this site

Steve1994 · 11 Oct 2020 at 21:25

geekyadz said:
Have you got the MSI motherboard's model number?

EDIT:

Ok me being blind

So, HP PISB-CH2 (Chicago):

PCIe x16 2.0 and the card is PCIe x16 3.0

On paper it should work however as it is a HP board (ie not a MSI one) anything could happen

so what your saying is it could be the board and possibly not? okay so if that's the case would the board I'm looking at work with the CPU I have? the i7-2600? I know its compatible with the graphics card.

snips86x · 11 Oct 2020 at 21:25

I don't see why it would work as the sockets aren't compatible. The 2600 is 1155 and the z370 is 1151.

1155 boards are mostly on the well know auction site but you might be better off getting the z370 and a compatible cpu.

Graphics cards aren't compatible/not compatible with cpus. It'll work or it won't.

There are multiple reasons why it might not work but that could be a broken card, bad PSU or drivers that are conflicting.

Steve1994 · 11 Oct 2020 at 21:27

Roadrunner_668 said:
no that wont work with your 2600

it is much too new for newer processors

what was the old graphics card you might need a bios update or something

if not you would need to get a second hand motherboard socket 1155 from ebay or something

yeah I see now the i7 I have is a 2nd gen and that board is for a 8th and 9th gen

Roadrunner_668 · 11 Oct 2020 at 21:28

i have already said twice no it wont work lol

Roadrunner_668 · 11 Oct 2020 at 21:28

oops sorry i posted that before i saw your reply !

Steve1994 · 11 Oct 2020 at 21:35

Roadrunner_668 said:
oops sorry i posted that before i saw your reply !

hehe, no worries!
so I've taken a quick look on beay and seen a
MSI B75A-G43 Motherboard LGA1155 Intel B75 DDR3 VGA HDMI With I/O
it has 2x PCI x16 3.0 and 4 slots for ddr3 which my existing ram is, would this work?

Roadrunner_668 · 11 Oct 2020 at 21:38

yes that should work fine you might be able to find a compatability list online for it to be sure

Steve1994 · 11 Oct 2020 at 21:39

snips86x said:
I don't see why it would work as the sockets aren't compatible. The 2600 is 1155 and the z370 is 1151.

1155 boards are mostly on the well know auction site but you might be better off getting the z370 and a compatible cpu.

Graphics cards aren't compatible/not compatible with cpus. It'll work or it won't.

There are multiple reasons why it might not work but that could be a broken card, bad PSU or drivers that are conflicting.

where would I start diagnosing the problem to determine a broken card? as the card does switch on when you power it up with no beeps like if you had bad memory, just nothing is being displayed. unless I connect the old graphics card back up.

Roadrunner_668 · 11 Oct 2020 at 21:41

hard to really you would have to put it in another computer which you know is new enough for it to work

Steve1994 · 11 Oct 2020 at 21:41

Roadrunner_668 said:
yes that should work fine you might be able to find a compatability list online for it to be sure

cheers buddy its funny you joined this forum on my birthday lol! thanks for the help its much appreciated I've only ever really gamed on them never really opened them up, maybe I should have payed more attention to my farther!

Steve1994 · 11 Oct 2020 at 21:42

Roadrunner_668 said:
hard to really you would have to put it in another computer which you know is new enough for it to work

hmmm.

geekyadz · 11 Oct 2020 at 21:43

Roadrunner_668 said:
no that wont work with your 2600

it is much too new for newer processors

what was the old graphics card you might need a bios update or something

if not you would need to get a second hand motherboard socket 1155 from ebay or something

I feel like I'm missing something here, so my apologies but clearly I'm mistaken about something here.

PCIe 3.0 cards can work in PCIe 2.0 slots, certainly on the AMD motherboards anyway (my example: GA-790XTA-UD4 motherboard and XFX Radeon HD 7850 Ghost)

The only thing that's different here is that this is a HP branded board on an Intel socket: I know that the likes of HP do wierd things but I didn't think it was a CPU limitation?

Steve1994 said:
hehe, no worries!
so I've taken a quick look on beay and seen a MSI B75A-G43 Motherboard LGA1155 Intel B75 DDR3 VGA HDMI With I/O
it has 2x PCI x16 3.0 and 4 slots for ddr3 which my existing ram is, would this work?

Roadrunner_668 said:
yes that should work fine you might be able to find a compatability list online for it to be sure

Roadrunner_668 · 11 Oct 2020 at 21:44

he was asking about a z390 board

i said it wont work with his i7 2600 which it wont

that b75 board has the right socket type for his cpu and i said it will work

i havent said anything about the graphic card compatibility

Steve1994 · 11 Oct 2020 at 21:46

geekyadz said:
I feel like I'm missing something here, so my apologies but clearly I'm mistaken about something here.

PCIe 3.0 cards can work in PCIe 2.0 slots, certainly on the AMD motherboards anyway (my example: GA-790XTA-UD4 motherboard and XFX Radeon HD 7850 Ghost)

The only thing that's different here is that this is a HP branded board on an Intel socket: I know that the likes of HP do wierd things but I didn't think it was a CPU limitation?

So what your saying is it points more towards the graphics card is faulty?