Hi All,
I am in progress slowly upgrading my pc after 7 years, my goal is to assemble the best bang for buck pc which is ready for VR.
After countless of hours googling and reading i have today the following setup:
Board: ASROCK H110M-DGS
CPU: i5-6500
Memory: 2 DDR4x 4gb (2133)
Hard Drive: 500GB Sata
Card: Geforce GTX 650 TI (1GB)
Power Supply: ATX-500W PSU Details
Last month i bought the Board,CPU,Memory and am now at the stage of hoping to add a graphic card.
#1 First issue i encountered:
While plugging the board to the PSU, the PSU only has a 1x4 pin instead of a 8 pin. Google provided me a solution to just plug it in and it shall work. Which it does now for a over a month. (This might be relevant later)
Looking at the prices where i am for video cards i can obtain the :
Rx480 for $362
GTX 1060 Strix OC - $413
Looking into the connection option's the RX480 needs a 6-pin Connector while the GTX 1060 needs a 8-pin. I read on the forums that it is risky to use only the 6-pin / a molex converter?
So if i were to choose the 1060 i would need to upgrade my PSU asswell?
My second option is to go for the RX480 which needs only a 6-pin feed which my current PSU has, Would it have any impact on the 4-pins connected at the moment to the Board?
What would you recommend my next steps would be?
Thank you! and with kind regards,
I am in progress slowly upgrading my pc after 7 years, my goal is to assemble the best bang for buck pc which is ready for VR.
After countless of hours googling and reading i have today the following setup:
Board: ASROCK H110M-DGS
CPU: i5-6500
Memory: 2 DDR4x 4gb (2133)
Hard Drive: 500GB Sata
Card: Geforce GTX 650 TI (1GB)
Power Supply: ATX-500W PSU Details
Last month i bought the Board,CPU,Memory and am now at the stage of hoping to add a graphic card.
#1 First issue i encountered:
While plugging the board to the PSU, the PSU only has a 1x4 pin instead of a 8 pin. Google provided me a solution to just plug it in and it shall work. Which it does now for a over a month. (This might be relevant later)
Looking at the prices where i am for video cards i can obtain the :
Rx480 for $362
GTX 1060 Strix OC - $413
Looking into the connection option's the RX480 needs a 6-pin Connector while the GTX 1060 needs a 8-pin. I read on the forums that it is risky to use only the 6-pin / a molex converter?
So if i were to choose the 1060 i would need to upgrade my PSU asswell?
My second option is to go for the RX480 which needs only a 6-pin feed which my current PSU has, Would it have any impact on the 4-pins connected at the moment to the Board?
What would you recommend my next steps would be?
Thank you! and with kind regards,
1060 is faster than 480 in some things, 480 looking stronger for dx12 currently. 
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