PLEASE HELP!! Best GRAPHICS CARD UPGRADE for GIGABYTE GA-G1975-X Mobo

think2much · Apr 1, 2015

Hi guys,

Any advice on what is the best GPU and PSU upgrade for a rig with a Gigabyte GA-G1975X motherboard that I built back in 06?
It has a Pentium D 965 Extreme Edition processor, two PCI Express 1.0 slots at x16 speed each, a 600W PSU, and 8gb of DDR2 ram at 888Mhz. I know it's old, but it has sentimental value since it is my first build and I would like to breathe new life into it. I am open to single or Crossfire configurations. I've heard that even PCIe 3.0 cards would work; but I don't know if PCIe 1.0 bus would bottleneck the GPU's performance too much.
Price is not a problem by the way.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks a bunch!
think2much

Rogue Leader · Apr 1, 2015

Ok so heres the deal. Any new graphic card will work in there, which is a good thing because its old so you don't want to throw good money after bad. The system bus of PCIe 1.0 isn't your bottleneck, its your near 10 year old processor and DDR2 ram. The PCIe is the least of your worries.

So now, whats your budget? IMHO you should buy the best thing you can in anticipation of someday rebuilding that rig into something more powerful. Also what PSU are you currently running? It may be fine depending on your new graphic card, but updating it may also be better to do.

pomps74 · Apr 3, 2015

Yes, that CPU is very old and will bottleneck a lot of the new GPUs. Can you upgrade to a quad-core for the same socket?

think2much · Apr 4, 2015

Thanks for your input. I have a SILVERSTONE 600W PSU AD1212HS-A71GL

think2much · Apr 4, 2015

Unfortunately, the GA-G1975X is not compatible with Conroe or newer versions. At least that's what I saw on their site.

think2much · Apr 4, 2015

I also thought about overclocking the CPU with a liquid cooling system, but if you say it would bottleneck a lot, then I guess I should upgrade to a cheap GPU and get a different case for it because I got a Thermaltake Armor case that I don't want to go to waste.

pomps74 · Apr 4, 2015

Really? I saw on their website that is supports the q9650

Rogue Leader · Apr 4, 2015

Silverstone is a decent PSU. 600w is just enough to run most high end cards. Do not waste your money trying to liquid cool and overclock. You would just be throwing good money after bad. If you're going to do anything, finding the best processor your board will take is about the best you can do without just tossing away money. You can likely get it cheap used or leftover, check eBay. Gigabytes product page could probably point you to it:

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=1955#ov

That case is fine, as is your PSU, after getting a new GPU I would consider just changing out the processor/mobo/ram with some new current stuff, its the most efficient use of your cash.

pomps74 · Apr 4, 2015

Get a used Q9650 or a Core 2 Extreme from ebay and overclock. Then you could get a more powerful graphics card. If it comes at more than $100 then I recommend saving up and upgrading your system later.

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