So I built a system for my friend, it's similar to mine and hooked up the same way and mine is working fine.
here is his rig info:
GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3
AMD Athlon II X4 640
CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W
XFX HD-583X-ZAFV Radeon HD 5830 1GB
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM...