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Need a new gfx card advice

Profiles do make setup easier, especially for a new builder, but yes, can be worked around easy enough, and as you say most MBs will have a 'safe' setup for ram it can't read.

My biggest concern is compatibility as in, no boot, or won't load OS, and such. This will put a damper on your day. I have had a few of those days, so I will always choose QVL first, unless I have done my own testing, or at least known someone who did, which I havne't and don't.

Now granted, maybe I'm off base here as I haven't built in a few years, so I'll ask. Are there some new developments in RAM compatibilty since say the I7 9XX days?
 
Hey guys

Well I had a word with the other half and we read up what you guys had told us, So we ordered this lot this morning:-


Asus HD 7970 DirectCU II TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £257.99

AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) £149.99

Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99

TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99

Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99

Sub Total : £477.45

Total : £572.94

Also i had to order a dvd sata drive as his old one is the old ide type.

Free delivery on the gfx card and that covered the whole order so happy days +3 free games for him with the Gfx card ;) Wondering if i should tell the boy or not and claim his games :p:p:p

So a £300 upgrade cost us double :o:o in the end but at least the boy wont be moaning...

Again Thankyou for helping us out.

Leigh
 
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