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Types of PCI X Slots

AndyC

AndyC

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HI there

According to that spec list on that link you provided, it says under "Expansion slots" that you have 2 PCI Express (1 x8 and 1x 16).

Most modern graphics cards use PCI-Express x16. So juding from that spec you could accomodate one x16 PCI-E graphics card.

More clever people will add to this later! lol, But yes I'm pretty sure you'd be fine for adding an up-to-date graphics card.

One thing tho - it does have a 370W PSU - that maybe too small for a decent graphics card, but again Im not an expert lol.

Matt.
 
Probably find the PSU not upto it. But you could fit a graphics card

PCI-Express is usually written as PCI-E, rather then PCI-X which is used for Server type expansion such as RAID and NIC cards.
 
remember that most high end cards need their own power connector, and use quite a bit of power.

if you don't have a power connector free, then the best card you can use is an 8600GT iirc.
 
Hi All,

Thank you for the replies, really good advice, I'm sure it will have spare power plugs for extra hard drives etc which I could use, good point about the power supply would have missed that,

I'll wait untill it arrives as I'll need to see where the sockets are as I've got to get a sound card in there and I remember my last graphics card was massive with a 3rd party heatsink,

What would ppl recommend for about £50 to £80ish and if possible as silent as poss (will need a fan as the fanless ones will be too big) at the mo only have a 15in tft for the time being, playing the orange box, gta sa, etc my last card was an agp 9600GT - prefer ati but performance first so either.

Had a look at the 8600GT's appears lots to choose from,
 
PCI-X is a double length PCI. Its a 66mhz bus as opposed to a 33mhz bus. Just means it runs twice as fast and is capable of dual gigabit/quad gigabit speeds for network cards etc. Its now superceded by the PCI-E 16x bus I think.
 
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