Recent content by cjmariani

Sorry, I'm in the U.S. The PSU is an EVGA, 650w.

I built my son a gaming PC last year and it currently has a GTX 780 3gb. He wants an upgrade to a new GPU (yeah, I know, good luck finding one). He wants to use his PC to play minecraft, fortnite, roblox, and maybe GTA if I let him. My PSU is 650W if that helps.

Thanks for the advice, appreciate it. Here's hoping the prices come down soon.

You'd suggest upgrading the GTX780 a new MOB, CPU, and RAM?

Thanks for this. I'll check these out. So far my son loves it. Took some tweaks on minecraft to get it to run without some lag but got that done. I'm already thinking about the next upgrade to a newer MB and CPU but will likely wait a bit and see if prices go down. I will eventually need to...

Thanks for the advise on the BIOS, I'll def check it out. Did a fresh install of Windows 10 last night, everything seems to be working so far. Got minecraft Java up and running so once I hand the machine over to him we'll see how it plays. Been a fun experience. I haven't even opened a PC is...

Thanks. I picked up a 650W PSU arriving tomorrow and my buddy has a GTX780 he's going to let me borrow until the prices come down. I put the RAM in last night and worked no problem, the speeds were the same (I double checked before I bought it).

Thanks again!! Found an EVGA that seems to fit the bill and was reasonably priced.

So a friend just offered me a GTX760 SC that he has and isn't using. But in reading it looks like it needs the connection to the PSU and has to have a minimum of 500W, which I don't have. Do I have that right? 500 Watt or greater power supply with a minimum of 30 Amp on the +12 volt rail. PCI...

Thanks, I really appreciate all the help. I'm not inclined at this point to spend money on parts that I can't use when I build his next machine, other than the RAM that I bought. So I'm gonna see how this one goes and then decide if I want to upgrade and what I start with. Again, I appreciate...

OK, I'm REALLY sorry to have confused everyone, including myself. As I mentioned earlier I have 2 GPU. One is a GT710 (PNY), the other is a GTX750Ti (Zotac).

Thanks again. Maybe a stupid question, how do you know if it requires an extra cable from the power supply?

Thanks all. Lots of really good information here (that I'll have to get out my secret decoder ring to fully understand...LOL). Sorry if I've caused confusion. I had two video cards that were given to me. The aforementioned 670 and this other one. What I meant by "smaller" is its physical size...

Well, if I'm reading it correctly the other vid card is a GT710. Plugged it in and it works so...

Thanks. Any suggestions that won't require additional upgrades? I was given another GPU (PNY..no idea what model) but it is much smaller and I'm not sure it will work. Sorry for my ignorance on this but it looks like it may be for a different slot. (the board is shorter than the PCI slot).