Thank you all for all this help! I understand a lot more and this is really appreciated!

Thanks for your reply! Guess I am just weighing my options.

Is DDR4 that much better than 3, or is it not going to make that big of a deal? That does seem like the easiest way.

Guess I just...

Ah! Thank you both! I will definitely check out Crucial.

So it is the motherboard I need to upgrade, good to know!

When you say older CPUs may not work on new motherboards, that means I need...

Hello all. I recently bought some new RAM, this one in fact:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0171GQR0C?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details

When I went to install it, I realized that the new RAM...

Thank you so much for the response! I had kinda figured I needed to replace the power supply, but it is good to hear some confirmation. I appreciate it!

Do you have any recommendations as to...

Hello all. Got No Man's Sky when it was on sale the other week and have been having a hard time playing it due to crashing. After I play for a while, it will shut down my PC and reboot it saying...

Ah, great, thanks!

Thank you for that link as well. I looked the Samsung one and my SSD, the 860 Evo, is not listed as one of the drives that program works for. Should I go with the Macrium one then?

Awesome! I will read up on it!

I am very excited to not have to start from scratch and just be able to transfer everything over. You rock!

Oh thanks! That would be super useful. I've not been super excited about having to reinstall Windows and everything on a new drive. I'll take a look at that, thanks!

Just checking, but it would...

Just wanted to let you all know that I have the video card and ram installed and it is working so well! Going to wait on the SSD until I have the time to do all the work to get stuff over to it.
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Here are the pictures of my power supply along with the extra, unused cables from it. I hope this helps!

I also posted a picture of the PCI cables connected to...

Thank you all for the help!



I will play around with that and see what it tells me. Thank you!

Edit: After tying this out (doing my best at least!) it looks like I would need around 485 W...

So, I installed my RAM and all of that worked well. Came upon a problem when installing the GTX 1070 ti. Looks like my PCI cables are an 8 pin and a 6 pin, where the card needs two 8 pin...

Thanks for the help. I got an EVGA Geforce GTX 1070ti. Is it considered Nvidia based if it is from EVGA?

Awesome, thank you! I will use that guide instead.

Also, quick question: I just opened up my video card (it looks awesome, btw ;) ), and noticed there were no CDs or anything inside. Will it...

So, as of this morning, all of my components have arrived! I want to again express my appreciation to all of you. The help and guidance you have given me made this process so much easier and...

Ha! I didn't notice that. Looking through amazon it seems most adapters come either like that, where you can mount two drives, or they come in packs of 2. I guess they really want me to buy two...

Thanks, ok, I will check on the mounts. This may be a silly question, but do I need to buy new cables for the SSD?

Edit: Found this if this is what I need:

Amazon.com: Sabrent 3.5-Inch to x2...

Ok, thanks, and yes, that is my plan. I was going to take out the old memory to be sure everything matched, and also, I've had the old one for at least 5 years, so I am sure it's time to replace.
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You all are great! Thank you so much for the help! Just grabbed the card from EVGA.

Taking a look at getting some RAM now. Saw these:

Corsair CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 Vengeance Pro Series 16GB...

Yeah, it's a bit more expensive there :) I like the card, though.

Thanks for the advice on the 1070 ti. I was looking at this one:

Amazon.com: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti FTW ULTRA SILENT GAMING, 8GB GDDR5, ACX 3.0 Accessories

Does this one look good? It...

Thank you all so much for these replies. I appreciate the help greatly. I feel a lot more confident moving forward now knowing that I don't really have to upgrade the motherboard to make some of...

Hello all. I recently posted here with some questions about the best ram to use to upgrade my computer, and the responses got me thinking about a lot of things with my rig. I understand just enough...