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Install a GPU on my PC

GamesNGains

GamesNGains

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I've been told I need a GPU, this is my current pc and I am finding its starting to really struggle to load game textures but i've had it years so I suppose its time to spend a little on it. Budget of £100, a GTX1660 Super has been advised. Do you guys agree?

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Rob_B said:
Check your case has space.
Check what wattage your PSU is and can support whatever you want to buy.
Understand the CPU still isn't the most powerful.
If your games are on a HDD that won't help load times etc

For that budget you don't have a huge choice, if lucky you could pick up a 6600 for ~£120 which is a fair bit faster than the 1660S.
OCUK have a B Grade (pre owned, 6 month warranty) A750 for £120 which again beats a 1660S HOWEVER check your motherboard supports Re-Bar or you could lose some performance - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/b-gr...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-bg-183-in.html
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Fantastic thank you, i'll check those things later today. As it doesnt currently have one at all then the GTX1660S would still be an upgrade correct? I was thinking of maybe looking to upgrade the CPU too at some point in the not so distant future.
 
Thekwango said:
the make = what brand (e.g. dell) and it will have a model number - we can search it's specs online and see what can/can't be easily replaced. some off the shelf pc's have custom motherboards and psu's which can make replacing or adding parts a bit more of a faff.

bottom left of your desktop, click the magnifying glass and type 'system information' and press enter - look for System Model Number and post that in here.
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OK thank you Ill check. It was a prebuild from AWD-IT.
 
Rob_B said:
A 1660S will be faster than the 3400G graphics yes, but there are better options.

Check your PSU has the required 8 pin cable, as mentioned some Dells etc are funny when it comers to that sort of thing. A model for the PC, motherboard, PSU would be great.
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I will do thank you
 
Tetras said:
I don't recall hearing someone have integrated graphics break like this. What games are you trying to play? Did the game(s) work previously? Have you done any troubleshooting? (reinstalling drivers, etc)


You need to be careful with this, the case and PSU might not support an upgrade. If you can take a picture of both, that would be helpful.
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It's newer games. It's served me absolutely perfectly for the last few years but now im finding im having to turn settings down to Low just to even be able to see the games. Older games still work perfectly.

I'll get a pic of it all in a moment thank you
 
Tetras said:
I don't recall hearing someone have integrated graphics break like this. What games are you trying to play? Did the game(s) work previously? Have you done any troubleshooting? (reinstalling drivers, etc)


You need to be careful with this, the case and PSU might not support an upgrade. If you can take a picture of both, that would be helpful.
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I wasn't able to take a pic of my PSU as it appears to be fixed into the bottom of my case so I'll take it apart later but I'm happy to upgrade that if needed.

I did get pics of the inside of my case and motherboard though.
(Please excuse the dust, didn't realise it'd got so bad)

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Rroff said:
This could be a double edged sword - newer games sometimes use quite a bit of system RAM even at low settings, some might refuse to even start or like Hogwarts Legacy won't do shader compiling on systems with under ~9GB available system RAM causing stutter while playing.
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Thank you, Hogwarts Legacy plays very well on it though. Awoken on the other hand is a struggle
 
Tetras said:
The pic is a bit too zoomed in to see the full depth of the case, but I'd say: sort of.

There's a decent amount to the right of the slot (length) and some underneath (height), but you'd have to be careful of the top (make sure the backplate doesn't foul on the card above and the power connector can be moved out of the way) and how many slots it is underneath, because it could cause an obstruction with those cables attached to the bottom of the board.
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What do you mean how many slots it is underneath? And the power connector moves freely. The cables at the bottom look quite far down and the 1660 doesn't look that thick?
 
Quartz said:
Excellent. This board supports BIOS updates over the Internet via EZ Flash 3

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The latest BIOS is version 6241 from this year

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You should apply this after reading the accompanying documentation (just in case!) and before installing any new GPU as it will contain many fixes and probably - not certainly - enable ReBAR support.



That 4 pin (Molex) power connector in your pictures is not of use. You need to have a 6 or 6+2 pin cable (preferably two of them), called a PCIe power cable, coming from the PSU. If you don't have one then you will be limited to a GPU that operates off motherboard power like the 6 GB RTX 3050.


Unless you buy a new PSU.
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Fantastic, thank you so much for this reply. Could I ask where to look for a 6 pin cable? Would it be coming off the PSU? Im happy to upgrade that if needed. Any recommendations?
 
Quartz said:
It should be attached to the PSU. You may, however, have a modular PSU, which means that the cables are separate so of there any blank connectors on the PSU you should look in the stuff which came with your PC.
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Fantastic thank you again. Ive had the PC for like 5 years. Anything that came with it is long gone now!
 
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