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‎10-19-2020 05:12 AM

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Yes that is the one i am talking about, he charges $18 for a lot of 2 with 4 modules soo that is 4x2gb sticks. Also, thanks for letting me know that anything above 2 would not work, i did not know that.

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‎10-19-2020 07:02 AM

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Anytime.

 

Please reply back and let us know how your PC upgrades turned out.

 

The next thing to do is to get a 2.5" SSD.

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‎10-21-2020 06:45 AM

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Thank you, I sure will. My hard drive is super loud and have been looking into one. I have been watching some videos and have been noticing that the GTX 750 ti gets heavily bottlenecked by a dual core core, and it can't load game textures fast enough. So I searched the internet and found a Motherboard which is the HP IPIBL-LB motherboard: https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01324212.

The size is m-ATX and it's the exact same dimensions as the P5BW-LA. So I found one on ebay for $12 and was going to switch it out with this, and it supports quad core cpu's with PC2-6400 DIMM's. I want to know, after adding a core 2 quad q9550, a gtx 750 ti, a 256gb ssd with a currently installed 5.4k rpm HDD+4x2gb PC2-6400, will my current 300w psu be enough. Newegg's psu calculator says my current usage is 172w and with all these new parts, it will be 243w, i just wanted to verify with you.

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‎10-21-2020 07:08 AM

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You're very welcome.

 

You should be fine, but note that when you change the motherboard, your current Windows installation will become deactivated and you will need a new product key/license to activate the installation.

 

You're still going to have the memory bottleneck issues though.   

 

A 1333 MHz processor running the memory at a mere 800 MHz.

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‎10-21-2020 02:42 PM - edited ‎10-21-2020 02:43 PM

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Oh thank you for letting me know that. If you would not mind, could you find me a 9x9 inch mobo that supports ddr3 memory with lga 775 socket and 1 or more pcie x16 slot, and one or more pcie x1 slot, The PCI-E x1 slot is not a MUST have but it is preferred, but of course the x16 is a must have, or else i can't run a gpu. Also, please tell me what PC3-xxxxx RAM need to take full advantage of the CPU with a motherboard that supports it. It can be from any company, but it has to be a 9x9 inch that has the same screw-in points as the P5BW-LA, for it to fit in my case. Thank You! 

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‎10-21-2020 03:59 PM

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You're very welcome.

 

Unfortunately, I would not be able to help you with that and suggest you start a new post.

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‎10-21-2020 06:34 PM

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OK, I will keep you updated on how everything is going!

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‎10-21-2020 06:43 PM

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That would be great.

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