Will PCI-E 2.1 CARD WORK ON A PCI-E 1.1 SLOT?

danmichael025 · Oct 19, 2013

I am planning to buy a HD 5450 which is pcie 2.1 but my motherboard is just pcie 1.1 slot.I am also planning to buy Intel Pentium Dual Core E2140.Will it be compatible?
Desktop:Samsung Magic Station DB-Z58
Chipset:Intel 82945g
Processor:Intel Pentium 4 631 HT. 3.00GHZ
Motherboard:Alioth-50 R.1 09G LGA 775

kirilmatthew · Oct 19, 2013

Yes it will be fine. The dual core Pentium however will not be compatible with your motherboard.

danmichael025 · Oct 20, 2013

Are you sure the HD 5450 will work?????Or ill get the nvidia gt 210???

http://ark.intel.com/products/27720/Intel-82945G-Memory-Controller
According to this, the intel pentium dual core e2140 is compatible...is this true?

rolandzhang3 · Oct 20, 2013

Stick with the 5450
According to Intel's site for that CPU (Cedar Mill P4 631), it's a socket 775 which is the same socket as the E2140 (you would probably need to update your motherboard BIOS for that though)
http://ark.intel.com/products/27479/
http://ark.intel.com/products/29738/

danmichael025 · Oct 20, 2013

My power supply is just 220 watt.....will both of them work????

rolandzhang3 · Oct 20, 2013

That Pentium 4 used 86W while the E2140 uses 65W, the 5450 is also a lower powered card so it should probably work.

danmichael025 · Oct 20, 2013

I will buy them next week.....Will it play prototype 2 or any modern game at decent fps with low-medium settings?

rolandzhang3 · Oct 20, 2013

Sadly, I don't think so, they wouldn't run very well (even at minimum settings).
Here's a gameplay video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHWiYQktGgk
You'd be better off building a new machine if you want to play any modern games :|

danmichael025 · Oct 20, 2013

I see but i saw this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHWiYQktGgk it was playable even on a Pentium 4 ht(overclocked to 3.6) mine is overclocked to 3.4 ghz.

My bios is phoenix technologies ver. 6.00 date 12/4/2006...will it detect both???

rolandzhang3 · Oct 20, 2013

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Pentium_Dual-Core_microprocessors
The E2140 was released in 2007 apparently, so I don't think so :|
It should be playable for you at low medium settings, but any newer games coming out will struggle much more

danmichael025 · Oct 20, 2013

So, it means that both of them isn't going to work? Or its going to work but will not be detected by the bios??

rolandzhang3 · Oct 20, 2013

There is no guarantee, you'd have to check that with the motherboard manufacturer

danmichael025 · Oct 20, 2013

My motherboard is Alioth-50 R.1 09G which i cant find in the internet....but i know my desktop website....it is korean(im just translating with google translate) i also flashed the latest bios and im already using it.. here:http://www.samsung.com/sec/support/model/DB-Z58/T341G-downloads?downloadName=DR

rolandzhang3 · Oct 20, 2013

I'm afraid I can't help you there, regarding the graphics card check out this thread:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/395659-33-pcie-card-slot
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/347639-33-pcie-compatibility

The latest updates seem a bit too outdated for your board to recognize these parts

danmichael025 · Oct 20, 2013

But even if its not recognized...will it work? i really want to upgrade this pc...

rolandzhang3 · Oct 20, 2013

It probably wouldn't POST if that were the case, you could probably look around for some second hand/older PCI-E cards to buy

danmichael025 · Oct 20, 2013

I saw someone that put a core 2 duo e6550 on the pc i currently have...

rolandzhang3 · Oct 20, 2013

You could certainly ask them about it then try that upgrade, just to stay on the safe side
Sorry, I can't give a guarantee on something like that which I'm not too sure about

These parts wouldn't last you very long in terms of gaming, are you thinking of getting a build for gaming anytime soon?

danmichael025 · Oct 20, 2013

Ouch....Thanks anyway......I will still try to put them here in my mobo.....

Will PCI-E 2.1 CARD WORK ON A PCI-E 1.1 SLOT?

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