- Aug 22, 2017
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Hi all
This is a pretty dumb question I know, but I'm wondering if upgrading from a Radeon R9 270 to a Geforce GTX 1060 is a straight swap, from a purely physical point of view?
My current spec is a HP pre-build, about 3/4 years old:
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790
GPU: AMD R9 270
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB
RAM: Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 2x8GB
MBD: HP 750-079na
Windows 8.1
The gamers among you will immediately spot that the GPU is not up to much these days, so I have more or less decided to upgrade to a GTX 1060 6GB.
I've never built a pc from scratch, but I'm moderately competent with a screwdriver, and I've been known to swap out the occasional hard drive or GPU over the decades, so I'm not afraid of opening the case and doing this.
And I'm fine with all the software changes needed.
But before I commit to spending money, I just want to make sure there's no show-stopper.
From my research, I reckon that both cards...
- are PCIe 3.0
- double-width, so two slots needed
- use one 6-pin power connector
and the R9 270 draws more power that the 1060, so the PSU should be fine.
So to me that looks like I can happily just: dump the Radeon drivers, shut down, open the case, disconnect the power from the R9, remove the R9, pop the 1060 into the same 2 slots, connect the same power connector, close up, download and install the new drivers for the 1060...
Am I right, or have I made some glaring error?
If you've read this far, thanks - I'd really appreciate your input on this.
Cheers
Wolfhound
This is a pretty dumb question I know, but I'm wondering if upgrading from a Radeon R9 270 to a Geforce GTX 1060 is a straight swap, from a purely physical point of view?
My current spec is a HP pre-build, about 3/4 years old:
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790
GPU: AMD R9 270
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB
RAM: Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 2x8GB
MBD: HP 750-079na
Windows 8.1
The gamers among you will immediately spot that the GPU is not up to much these days, so I have more or less decided to upgrade to a GTX 1060 6GB.
I've never built a pc from scratch, but I'm moderately competent with a screwdriver, and I've been known to swap out the occasional hard drive or GPU over the decades, so I'm not afraid of opening the case and doing this.
And I'm fine with all the software changes needed.
But before I commit to spending money, I just want to make sure there's no show-stopper.
From my research, I reckon that both cards...
- are PCIe 3.0
- double-width, so two slots needed
- use one 6-pin power connector
and the R9 270 draws more power that the 1060, so the PSU should be fine.
So to me that looks like I can happily just: dump the Radeon drivers, shut down, open the case, disconnect the power from the R9, remove the R9, pop the 1060 into the same 2 slots, connect the same power connector, close up, download and install the new drivers for the 1060...
Am I right, or have I made some glaring error?
If you've read this far, thanks - I'd really appreciate your input on this.
Cheers
Wolfhound
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