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    Please Help In Deep Trouble

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by divyeshk1, Jul 5, 2012.

  1. divyeshk1

    divyeshk1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a system having following specs
    Gigabyte motherboard MA785GM-US2H
    AMD Phenom 2 X2 555
    4 GB of RAM
    Windows XP SP 2 32 bit
    nvidia GF 8400 GS
    Can anyone look at the motherboard suggest me the best configuration i can get with this motherboard ???
    Should i change my OS??
    It has onboard 512 mb of ati hd 4200.
    Can i upgrade my processor to phenom X4??
    Is there an sli support or a crossfire support ??
    If there is crossfire support can i put two 7970's in it ??Will it be compatible with my slow processor??
    Can i install any gtx or any kepler gpu in it ???
    PLEASE GIVE THE MAX CONFIG USING THIS MOTHERBOARD AS I AM IN DEEP TROUBLE WITH THIS OLD SYSTEM.THANKS.
     
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    you are in the wrong forum... this is notebookreview not desktopreview.
    as for your questions you could at least use google and/or go to gigabyte website.
    all you need is here:
    GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket AM2+ - GA-MA785GM-US2H (rev. 1.1)

    if you consider 2x 7970 then you have enough money to buy other motherboard and probably much better upgrades. 2x 7970 is about $1000. with that money tou could get for example:
    $150 intel motherboard with Z77 chipset 2xpci-e 16x 3.0 sata 6gbps usb3.0 DDR3 etc
    $100 16gb DDR3
    $230 intel core i5-3570K 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo)
    $500 1x AMD 7970
    =
    $980
     
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  3. divyeshk1

    divyeshk1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    This is my old system and i want to upgrade it to its max level so will you please help as i am new to all these
     
    divyeshk1, Jul 5, 2012
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    WRONG FORUM.

    (Not worth upgrading this system - for the $$$ involved).
     
    tilleroftheearth, Jul 5, 2012
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  5. divyeshk1

    divyeshk1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well can i put an Phenom 2 X6 in it with hd 6870 ??Will you please help me in upgrading this system???
     
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    Dude, that Phenom 2 will bottleneck any 6-series or 7-series GTX/AMD card on the market
     
    Mobius 1, Jul 5, 2012
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    If that phenom 2 X6 will bottleneck those cards then can you provide a max config that one can get with Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H motherboard ??
     
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    No. Why is it so hard for you to copy and paste your question on the desktop forum?
     
    maverick1989, Jul 5, 2012
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  10. divyeshk1

    divyeshk1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I pasted before your reply.
     
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    why are you in deep trouble?

    Also I nearly laughed when you said you want to put 7970 in that basic pc.

    I would if I was you upgrade the gpu to something like an amd 7750.
     
    nissangtr786, Jul 5, 2012
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    Should I change my os to windows 7 or keep xp ?? 7750 goes good with phenom 2 X6 ??
     
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    you need windows 7 as then you can play dx11 games. If you want my honest opinion, I reckon you should upgrade to a better pc if you want to do top end gaming.

    However your cpu is decent for a mid range gpu like a 7750.
     
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    Thanks i agree with you and i would be building new desktop.
     
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