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Andy Lam

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I need your help quick guys. These questions are making me go crazy

1. Is it possible for me to upgrade a Prebuilt Computers graphics card?

2. Will a MSI GTX 970 work and fit in a prebuilt ASUSM32 chasis?

3. How do I remove my GTX 760 from my current system, there seems to be a back panel, a rectangular one that prevents me from pulling it out and Im not sure what to unscrew.
 
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Yes and no. It depends on how old it is and whether it will handle a big powerful graphics card. What are the specifications of the PC?

The issue with prebuilt PC's is that they don't always have the best "enthusiast" processors out there, and are built for efficiency more than speed. If you stick that 970 onto a motherboard with something like a Pentium dual core, you won't come close to using that card to it's full potential. Now if it's a higher end i3 or i5, or even an i7, then it will work.

As far as removing the old graphics card, the backplate with the video connectors has a tab that is secured with a screw to the computer chassis. You need to find that tab and the screw holding it on and take out the screw, unlock the...
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Yes and no. It depends on how old it is and whether it will handle a big powerful graphics card. What are the specifications of the PC?

The issue with prebuilt PC's is that they don't always have the best "enthusiast" processors out there, and are built for efficiency more than speed. If you stick that 970 onto a motherboard with something like a Pentium dual core, you won't come close to using that card to it's full potential. Now if it's a higher end i3 or i5, or even an i7, then it will work.

As far as removing the old graphics card, the backplate with the video connectors has a tab that is secured with a screw to the computer chassis. You need to find that tab and the screw holding it on and take out the screw, unlock the connector from the PCI express socket, and pull the card out gently. Some cases have a single screw bracket that holds the backplate expansion slots in place. You need to check the layout for the expansion slots and see what setup it is. For 90% of PC cases they have a bracket with the screw holes that hold the PCI devices in the expansion slots.
 
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It's obviously an LGA 1150 board, but that doesn't really matter here. What matters is the size of the board and how many expansion slots there are. I don't think you have PCI (not express). Either way, the graphics cards go in the long slots (the first slot) and most all graphics cards are dual slot so they take up two expansion shots on the case. Wireless adapters take up one slot as do most all other expansion devices.
 
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