Video Card upgrade advice

[tvluther]

Hello,
I am currently running a Gigabyte EX58-UD5 motherboard, with a Nvidia GeForce 460 SE video card, and I want to upgrade to a GeForce GTX 670, will it be possible without doing a motherboard upgrade?

 

[tvluther]

Thanks, I am running a Corsair 850w system since I am also running RAID 5.

 

[Guest]

unless you plan on using more than 1 moni/3D or resolution higher than fullHD,
allmost all games can be done with a GTX570HD with game settings maxed out incl AA/AF/FXAA and adapt. v-sync.

i would rather invest in that AND a good PSU...
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0361423
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0356526

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Thanks, I am running a Corsair 850w system since I am also running RAID 5.

You do know that hard drives use less than 10 watts each right?

Ct1615 is correct. Any single graphics card system will run fine with a 550w power supply. Your motherboard is just fine.

 

[tmk221]

You are good to go.

Also with 850W PSU and that mobo you may upgrade even to gtx670 in SLI or add another gtx670 in a few years.

I think you should consider buying another gtx460se instead of gtx670 IF and only you want to save money. But this configuration would be much less upgrade-able in the future.

 

[tvluther]

Yeah I would love to, however, due to the mobo layout, the Perc 5 RAID card gets in the way (well the fan to keep it cool doesnt help either) of adding another video card. But this does help!