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fosh1zzle

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Hi,
My warranty is up on my PC so I was looking to upgrade my GPU and then I would have to upgrade my power supply as well. I would appreciate your advice on compatibility.

I have until 11/30/12 to make a decision. (newegg sale)

I'm not heavily into gaming but I play occasionally and would like to run games in high performance or close to it. The games I currently play are CS:GO in second best settings. GTAIV on steam, but I can't get past the 6th mission because the graphics are really bad, & I rarely play SC2 on medium settings, I've also never been able to play anything more than 2vs2 and even that gets really laggy.

I was looking at this gpu:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130604
EVGA 01G-P3-1561-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
I was interested in this GPU because someone on the circuit city/tiger reviews for my pc said they had or were going to install a 560 ti GPU into theirs and that it is a really tight fit, but doable.


I'm guessing I would need a 650 watt power supply
Most people purchased this with the GPU above:
Rosewill HIVE Series HIVE-650 650W Continuous @40°C, 80

I have a SYX Ascent MPC 10 purchased in May 2011.
i7 2600k sandy bridge 90 watt cpu
8GB ddr3 ram
1tb HDD
Mobo: MSI-h61m-e23 pci 2.0 x16
currently using onboard graphics
Power supply: ATX SL-8320 BTX 300 watt 6"x5.5"x3.3"

I noticed most of the power supplies listed their dimensions at 6"x 5.5"x 3.4" will the difference between 3.3", 3.4", & 3.5" be a deal breaker?

And does my current pc & power supply have all the connectors needed for the power supply I want to get?

Thanks Tom's Hardware Community.
 
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Its is compatible with pci 2.0 any gfx card pci 3.0 is.

i'd go with a 7850 2GB instead of 1GB, with the 7850 you get better performance than the 560ti and less electrical bills.

And save $ with the psu 430w corsair the 7850 only need one pci connector and with 75w.
That psu more than enough
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Thanks, it's 3.4" this will not be a difference from my current one which has a height of 3.3"? And are you familiar with the compatibility of the connectors?
 
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Awesome, thanks I will probably go with this one. As I said before I like to game but I'm not that into it to where I would want to spend a fortune upgrading my PC.
 
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nope. fully compatible with your motherboard, or any . . . . there is no "need AMD for AMD" or "AMD only" for motherboards and graphics cards.

I don't think I have pci 3.0 just 2.0 and this card is almost 10" vs the 560 or 660 which are 9". I'm limited on space with my mid tower.
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pci 2.0 or 3.0 also doesn't matter both are fully compatible with each other. .but know sure if there is a difference in the case size. most mid towers are fine. got a spec size?
 
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Its is compatible with pci 2.0 any gfx card pci 3.0 is.

i'd go with a 7850 2GB instead of 1GB, with the 7850 you get better performance than the 560ti and less electrical bills.

And save $ with the psu 430w corsair the 7850 only need one pci connector and with 75w.
That psu more than enough
 
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fosh1zzle

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Ok thanks for the clarification. No spec size, but I do have a ruler! 16"L x 14" H x 7" W
 
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1) it does not matter that you have PCI 2.0, PCI 3.0 is backwards compatible.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express#PCI_Express_3.0
PCI Express 3.0 Base specification revision 3.0 was made available in November 2010, after multiple delays. In August 2007, PCI-SIG announced that PCI Express 3.0 would carry a bit rate of 8 gigatransfers per second (GT/s), and that it would be backward compatible with existing PCIe implementations.
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2) new egg reviewers are . .well most people who post there are . . technology challenged for the most part.
 
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fosh1zzle

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K, this is shaping up to be the best answer. Do you mind looking at the dimensions I put for my tower(in an earlier post) and giving me your advice on the fit.
 
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your PSU dimentions are of no use, sorry but the motherboard sit perpendicular.

speaking of you motherboard it is 9.6 inches
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/H61M-E23--B3-.html#/?div=Detail
Dimension
• 24.5cm(L) x 21.5cm(W) M-ATX Form Factor
either 7850 mentioned is fine.
 
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