PCI-E on my Mainboard?

[Zorobis]

I've been thinking about getting a new graphics card (an rtx 2070 super from Gigabyte with PCI-E 3.0) but I dont know my Mainboards PCI-E Version. I also have trouble just finding information if it even works on my pc... I have:

Windows 10
Intel Core i7-8700
Gtx 1060 (current GC)
Z370H4-EM (Mainboard)

What are the downsides and how bad are they to having a 3.0 GC on a lesser Mainboard?

[Omega]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Zoroark:

I wouldn't be suprised if this prebuild includes a 350w PSU or something weird like that. It might also lack the extra power cables the 2070 needs. The 2070 needs a 6pin and an 8pin PCI-e power connectors, your current 1060 likely only has a single 6 or 8pin.

I took a look inside, its a "fsp450-50amdn" PSU, and yes my 1060 only has a 6pin PCI-e connectors. So I need a better PSU, an extra power cable, and judging by the way everything is built in, I need someone to rebuild it from scratch and rewire everything cause there is probably no way the rtx 2070 super will fit in there since i just measured it...

Thanks for the help everyone! I'll think I'll need to contact the nearest electronics store for help. Someone who can take a look and tell me if its actually worth the extra cost and or whether something like that would even be possible :(

This is why you should avoid pre-build gaming machines like the plague.

I am sure you can probably replace the PSU yourself. Medion PCs are usually quite easy to work on.

[Supafly]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Zoroark:

Thanks for the help everyone! I'll think I'll need to contact the nearest electronics store for help. Someone who can take a look and tell me if its actually worth the extra cost and or whether something like that would even be possible :(

Really isn't that hard to do. Plus if you go for a modular PSU you won't have that many cables to deal with as you'd only need to connect the ones you need.

If you need to take pictures of each thing the current PSU is connected to and what the connection looks like. That way once you've removed it you can check what goes where.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

It wouldn't matter much unless the PC was very old or perhaps on a terrible CPU. I have had no issues using gpus like GTX 1080 Ti or RTX 2070 Super on older boards such as ASUS 890G / 990FX with FX-8350, 4x 4gb ddr3 1866

You PC isn't that old, you are free to use any modern GPU available, even the newer RTX 3xxx series and AMD RNDA2 stuff once available.