Looking to buy the GTX 1060 for my FX6860 EF10P

spiritz

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Hey, so i have decided to go for the 1060 6 GB as it drops soon and will be a significant upgrade while using less power than my 560 TI. I have checked the specs and found that it should work fine without any additional upgrades. I am not worried about upgrading my CPU right now as i mostly play under but max 1600 900 60 Hz resolution and so it shouldn't bottleneck the card.

However i am no expert and so i just want some second opinions on if my current PC will handle the card fine without any changes. I am also open to replacing the PSU and adding an extra fan if necessary or maybe regardless, but my main concern is just a GPU upgrade for now so that i can play No Man's Sky on August 9th :).

https://www.amazon.ca/Gateway-Fx6860-Ef10p-W7hp64-I7-2600-Cache/dp/B00822GGUQ

For reference here is the PC i own.
 
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I think the version of that Gateway FX comes with a larger PSU then 300W, doing a quick search showed there were different models stating the PSU's went to 750W. That's probably why you can run that 560 ti without issues and it requires more power then the 1060 so you should be fine.

WildCard999

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I think the version of that Gateway FX comes with a larger PSU then 300W, doing a quick search showed there were different models stating the PSU's went to 750W. That's probably why you can run that 560 ti without issues and it requires more power then the 1060 so you should be fine.
 
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