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October 23, 2013 8:59:46 AM

Hi, I have a Levovo IdeaCentre K430, it says on the Lenovo website that it can run UP TO dual Nvidia GTX 660s, I was just wondering, if I bought a GTX 660, would I have to upgrade any other parts in the PC so it will actually support the 660?

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October 23, 2013 9:31:51 AM

MacCav said:
Hi, I have a Levovo IdeaCentre K430, it says on the Lenovo website that it can run UP TO dual Nvidia GTX 660s, I was just wondering, if I bought a GTX 660, would I have to upgrade any other parts in the PC so it will actually support the 660?


if you could, Maybe post the specs of your processor, PSU, and other things...

(RAM, HDD< Motherboard, PSU, Processor,)

(Picture for PSU would help)
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October 23, 2013 11:52:09 AM

Xyloriuphon said:
MacCav said:
Hi, I have a Levovo IdeaCentre K430, it says on the Lenovo website that it can run UP TO dual Nvidia GTX 660s, I was just wondering, if I bought a GTX 660, would I have to upgrade any other parts in the PC so it will actually support the 660?


if you could, Maybe post the specs of your processor, PSU, and other things...

(RAM, HDD< Motherboard, PSU, Processor,)

(Picture for PSU would help)



Brand Lenovo
Item Weight 13 Kg
Product Dimensions 40.9 x 17.5 x 36 cm
Item model number VD68JUK
Color Black
Processor Brand Intel
Processor Type Intel Core i7
Processor Speed 3.4 GHz
Processor Count 4
RAM Size 12 GB
Computer Memory Type DDR3 SDRAM
Hard Drive Size 4000 GB
Graphics Card Description Nvidia GT630
Graphics RAM Type VRAM
Graphics Card Ram Size 2 GB
Operating System Windows 8
Lithium Battery Weight 25 grams

They are most of the specs I can get hold of, although my system has 16GB RAM
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October 23, 2013 12:23:48 PM

MacCav said:
Xyloriuphon said:
MacCav said:
Hi, I have a Levovo IdeaCentre K430, it says on the Lenovo website that it can run UP TO dual Nvidia GTX 660s, I was just wondering, if I bought a GTX 660, would I have to upgrade any other parts in the PC so it will actually support the 660?


if you could, Maybe post the specs of your processor, PSU, and other things...

(RAM, HDD< Motherboard, PSU, Processor,)

(Picture for PSU would help)



Brand Lenovo
Item Weight 13 Kg
Product Dimensions 40.9 x 17.5 x 36 cm
Item model number VD68JUK
Color Black
Processor Brand Intel
Processor Type Intel Core i7
Processor Speed 3.4 GHz
Processor Count 4
RAM Size 12 GB
Computer Memory Type DDR3 SDRAM
Hard Drive Size 4000 GB
Graphics Card Description Nvidia GT630
Graphics RAM Type VRAM
Graphics Card Ram Size 2 GB
Operating System Windows 8
Lithium Battery Weight 25 grams

They are most of the specs I can get hold of, although my system has 16GB RAM


Is this a laptop? No desktops have batteries, Atleast, none that i've seen

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October 23, 2013 1:05:18 PM

Xyloriuphon said:
MacCav said:
Xyloriuphon said:
MacCav said:
Hi, I have a Levovo IdeaCentre K430, it says on the Lenovo website that it can run UP TO dual Nvidia GTX 660s, I was just wondering, if I bought a GTX 660, would I have to upgrade any other parts in the PC so it will actually support the 660?


if you could, Maybe post the specs of your processor, PSU, and other things...

(RAM, HDD< Motherboard, PSU, Processor,)

(Picture for PSU would help)



Brand Lenovo
Item Weight 13 Kg
Product Dimensions 40.9 x 17.5 x 36 cm
Item model number VD68JUK
Color Black
Processor Brand Intel
Processor Type Intel Core i7
Processor Speed 3.4 GHz
Processor Count 4
RAM Size 12 GB
Computer Memory Type DDR3 SDRAM
Hard Drive Size 4000 GB
Graphics Card Description Nvidia GT630
Graphics RAM Type VRAM
Graphics Card Ram Size 2 GB
Operating System Windows 8
Lithium Battery Weight 25 grams

They are most of the specs I can get hold of, although my system has 16GB RAM


Is this a laptop? No desktops have batteries, Atleast, none that i've seen




No Desktop
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October 23, 2013 1:06:30 PM

Xyloriuphon said:
MacCav said:
Xyloriuphon said:
MacCav said:
Hi, I have a Levovo IdeaCentre K430, it says on the Lenovo website that it can run UP TO dual Nvidia GTX 660s, I was just wondering, if I bought a GTX 660, would I have to upgrade any other parts in the PC so it will actually support the 660?


if you could, Maybe post the specs of your processor, PSU, and other things...

(RAM, HDD< Motherboard, PSU, Processor,)

(Picture for PSU would help)



Brand Lenovo
Item Weight 13 Kg
Product Dimensions 40.9 x 17.5 x 36 cm
Item model number VD68JUK
Color Black
Processor Brand Intel
Processor Type Intel Core i7
Processor Speed 3.4 GHz
Processor Count 4
RAM Size 12 GB
Computer Memory Type DDR3 SDRAM
Hard Drive Size 4000 GB
Graphics Card Description Nvidia GT630
Graphics RAM Type VRAM
Graphics Card Ram Size 2 GB
Operating System Windows 8
Lithium Battery Weight 25 grams

They are most of the specs I can get hold of, although my system has 16GB RAM


Is this a laptop? No desktops have batteries, Atleast, none that i've seen



It may have been the wrong Spec list as I had to look on the internet but it has the same processor
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October 23, 2013 1:16:13 PM

MacCav said:
Xyloriuphon said:
MacCav said:
Xyloriuphon said:
MacCav said:
Hi, I have a Levovo IdeaCentre K430, it says on the Lenovo website that it can run UP TO dual Nvidia GTX 660s, I was just wondering, if I bought a GTX 660, would I have to upgrade any other parts in the PC so it will actually support the 660?


if you could, Maybe post the specs of your processor, PSU, and other things...

(RAM, HDD< Motherboard, PSU, Processor,)

(Picture for PSU would help)



Brand Lenovo
Item Weight 13 Kg
Product Dimensions 40.9 x 17.5 x 36 cm
Item model number VD68JUK
Color Black
Processor Brand Intel
Processor Type Intel Core i7
Processor Speed 3.4 GHz
Processor Count 4
RAM Size 12 GB
Computer Memory Type DDR3 SDRAM
Hard Drive Size 4000 GB
Graphics Card Description Nvidia GT630
Graphics RAM Type VRAM
Graphics Card Ram Size 2 GB
Operating System Windows 8
Lithium Battery Weight 25 grams

They are most of the specs I can get hold of, although my system has 16GB RAM


Is this a laptop? No desktops have batteries, Atleast, none that i've seen



It may have been the wrong Spec list as I had to look on the internet but it has the same processor


So, you dont have the actual desktop then?

If it says you could run a GTX 660, Then go ahead, But, If i where you, I'd wait, until you actually have it, then read the PSU label inside the system


EDIT: Apparently, According to this link:

http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaCentre-Desktops-Home-Se...

Your psu is 280w, that will not run a GTX 660, Suprised it will run a 630, but, please take a pic of the PSU label, or write what the label says...

The only problem you'd have for upgrading the PSU, is that your lights will probably not work...
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October 23, 2013 1:18:03 PM

Xyloriuphon said:
MacCav said:
Xyloriuphon said:
MacCav said:
Xyloriuphon said:
MacCav said:
Hi, I have a Levovo IdeaCentre K430, it says on the Lenovo website that it can run UP TO dual Nvidia GTX 660s, I was just wondering, if I bought a GTX 660, would I have to upgrade any other parts in the PC so it will actually support the 660?


if you could, Maybe post the specs of your processor, PSU, and other things...

(RAM, HDD< Motherboard, PSU, Processor,)

(Picture for PSU would help)



Brand Lenovo
Item Weight 13 Kg
Product Dimensions 40.9 x 17.5 x 36 cm
Item model number VD68JUK
Color Black
Processor Brand Intel
Processor Type Intel Core i7
Processor Speed 3.4 GHz
Processor Count 4
RAM Size 12 GB
Computer Memory Type DDR3 SDRAM
Hard Drive Size 4000 GB
Graphics Card Description Nvidia GT630
Graphics RAM Type VRAM
Graphics Card Ram Size 2 GB
Operating System Windows 8
Lithium Battery Weight 25 grams

They are most of the specs I can get hold of, although my system has 16GB RAM


Is this a laptop? No desktops have batteries, Atleast, none that i've seen



It may have been the wrong Spec list as I had to look on the internet but it has the same processor


So, you dont have the actual desktop then?

If it says you could run a GTX 660, Then go ahead, But, If i where you, I'd wait, until you actually have it, then read the PSU label inside the system


I do have the system. I had to find a spec list off the internet for it because I couldn't find one in the manual but it must be a different spec list
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October 23, 2013 1:23:46 PM

sorry, editing my other message took to long to edit, so, yeah, if you can, take the side cover off, and take a picture of the Power supply
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October 23, 2013 2:03:18 PM

Xyloriuphon said:
sorry, editing my other message took to long to edit, so, yeah, if you can, take the side cover off, and take a picture of the Power supply


I am unable to have look inside my system at the moment but have had a look on the Lenovo website and it says it has a 450W PSU
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October 23, 2013 4:20:58 PM

MacCav said:
Xyloriuphon said:
sorry, editing my other message took to long to edit, so, yeah, if you can, take the side cover off, and take a picture of the Power supply


I am unable to have look inside my system at the moment but have had a look on the Lenovo website and it says it has a 450W PSU


yeah, your good, I wouldn't go for a dual config though...
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