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Hi!
I'm wondering if a LGA1150 Motherboard(has intergrated graphics) can support another graphics card
Does it have the slots necessary to do it?
Since I'm in the market to upgrade the card, the rest of the computer is good, but the graphics card is quite lacking
Thanks!
 
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The motherboard model number is usually printed (in white lettering) somewhere on the board, itself. Below are some images of current, standard motherboards and the most common form-factors (standard sizes).

Mini-ITX
A455-8800_vmain01_jep_mn_7839116.jpg


Micro-ATX
micro-atx-motherboard.jpg


ATX
51BvgVRwiqL.jpg


The expansion slots, where one would install a graphics card, in these images, are located in the lower left quadrant of each image. There are two primary types of expansion cards in modern motherboards; PCI (the old and outdated standard) and PCI Express (the current standard). Despite...
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I see
 
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I have no idea how to check that
I'm using Speccy
I checked out my motherboard
It has a long black slot(like the ram slots) and a few others
The motherboard it'self is quite large
How could I check that?
 
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The motherboard model number is usually printed (in white lettering) somewhere on the board, itself. Below are some images of current, standard motherboards and the most common form-factors (standard sizes).

Mini-ITX
A455-8800_vmain01_jep_mn_7839116.jpg


Micro-ATX
micro-atx-motherboard.jpg


ATX
51BvgVRwiqL.jpg


The expansion slots, where one would install a graphics card, in these images, are located in the lower left quadrant of each image. There are two primary types of expansion cards in modern motherboards; PCI (the old and outdated standard) and PCI Express (the current standard). Despite similar names, the two are not compatible with each other. You cannot install a PCI-Express (PCI-E) expansion card into a PCI expansion slot. Conversely, you cannot install a PCI expansion card into a PCI-E expansion slot.

Now, for the most part, any PCI card will fit and work with any PCI expansion slot. However, PCI Express (or PCI-E) cards/expansion slots come in various sizes. From the shortest expansion slot to the longest, there are PCI-Ex1, PCI-Ex4, PCI-Ex8, and PCI-Ex16 expansion slots. You can tell the difference between PCI and PCI-E by the location of the break in the expansion slot. In a PCI-E expansion slot, the break in the slot is on the left side of the expansion slot. In a PCI slot, the break in the expansion slot is on the right hand.

I would note: the Mini-ITX motherboard show above has a single PCI-Ex16 expansion slot. The Micro-ATX motherboard shown above has two PCI-Ex16 expansion slots (the top and bottom slots), one PCI-Ex1 slot (just below the top PCI-Ex16 slot) and one PCI slot (just below the PCI-Ex1 slot). The ATX motherboard shown above has seven expansion slots. In the image, going from top to bottom, the expansion slots are:

1) PCI-Ex1
2) PCI-Ex16
3) PCI
4) PCI-Ex1
5) PCI-Ex16
6) PCI
7) PCI-Ex16

In today's world of add-on cards, you should be looking for PCI-E expansion cards (more current), but if need be, you can install and use PCI cards.

-Wolf sends
 
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