Upgrade option?

Realillusion222 · 25 Apr 2012 at 22:53

Hey there.

Built myself a PC about 18 months ago, and i'm now looking to upgrade it for around £100-£150. I know money is tight, but have been out of the scene for a while so not sure where to proceed! Any suggestions?

Current spec:

Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H 785G Socket AM3
ATI HD 5750 512mb GDDR5
G.Skill Ripjaw 4gb (2x2gb) DDR3 PC-10666C8 1333mhz Dual Channel
OCZ Stealth Xstream II 500W PSU - 3x SATA 1x PCI-E
AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 3.2GHz Socket AM3 6MB

My main concern is my power supply. I rather stupidly did not do my research properly and tried to save money by ordering the 500W version. However, when it arrived, I discovered that it only has a 4-pin CPU connector as opposed to an 8-pin. It also only have one 6-pin PCI-E connector.

Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks!

Realillusion222 · 25 Apr 2012 at 23:43

Thanks! So, in your opinion, would my current PSU (500w OCZ) be fine for running that card using a molex > 6pin adaptor?

Realillusion222 · 25 Apr 2012 at 23:48

beejjacobs said:
Yes 500W is plenty for that card

Cheers, much appreciated!

Realillusion222 · 27 Apr 2012 at 18:31

Hi there.

Just another question! This is the RAM that I am currently using in two of my slots:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-050-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1516

Would it be possible to add this RAM into the other slots so I that I have 12GB of ram?:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-053-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1516

Does it matter that they are two different modules?

Thanks.

Realillusion222 · 27 Apr 2012 at 19:17

Surveyor said:
It should be fine.

You may need to run it all at the slightly looser timings of the new RAM though.

I assume you have a 64 bit OS so you can use the extra RAM?

Aye, I have W7 64.

How would I adjust the timings? Is that something possible from the bios?

Cheers.