Will I Need a New Motherboard and/or Power Supply to Support These Other Upgrades?

vinestone1 · Oct 27, 2017

I'm planning on upgrading my PC, which I bought about about six years ago, to future proof it. I use it for both gaming and general work.

Here are its current specs:

Name: Gateway FX6860 EF10P
GPU: NVIDIA GTX 970
Ram: 16 GB, 4 memory slots
Motherboard: Intel H67 Express Chipset
Hard Drive: 2TB & 180 GB SSD
Power Supply: 750 W
CPU: Intel i7-2600, 3.40 GHz, Quad-Core
System Architecture: 64-bit

I'm planning on buying a new SSD, processor, and graphics card. Here is what I'm getting:

SSD: Samsung 960 EVO Series - 1TB PCIe NVMe - M.2 Internal SSD
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-7820X Processor
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 GAMING, 11GB GDDR5X, iCX Technology - 9 Thermal Sensors & RGB LED G/P/M, 3x Async Fan Control, Optimized Airflow Design Graphics Card 11G-P4-6696-KR

What I want to know is, will I need to upgrade my motherboard and/or power supply if upgrade these other components, and if so, what do you recommend?

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

trollzhxtroll · Oct 27, 2017

You absolutly need anew motherboard. The sockets aren't compatible. With a new motherboard, you can use yout 1080 ti without problems. The power supply is just fine.

toshibitsu · Oct 27, 2017

Yes. You'll be switching from an 1155 motherboard to a 2066 motherboard, so that will need to be replaced. You'll also need new ddr4 memory. If your existing power supply has the proper connectors & still funtions properly, you should not need to(but I'd do it anyway if I was going through that kind of upgrade)

Eximo · Oct 27, 2017

You might consider selling that entire system, you aren't exactly keeping a lot of it.

You'll be getting a CPU, Motherboard, RAM, GPU, SSD, and Windows (Can't transfer the OEM License to a new build) That just leaves a case and a power supply. And a HDD and a Case and you've basically built a whole system.

swissgoch · Oct 27, 2017

Your build is a lot like mine except mine has a 850W PSU. 700W is still a good load so you should be ok there. Sadly though you will need to upgrade the MOBO.

http://www.pc-specs.com/gpu/Nvidia/1000_Series/GeForce_GTX_1080/1701/Compatible_Motherboards

Here is a link for MOBOs compatible with the 1080T graphics card
Remember the key is to get quality, but don't break the bank doing it

Zerk2012 · Oct 27, 2017

Just saying 750 watt PSU is not enough information some of them are just junk.
New board and memory to go with your upgrades for sure might also need new PSU.

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