Can you switch a GT 1030 to a newer graphics card like a GTX 1660 or RTX 2060?

[Galaxiasツ]

I needed someone to help because I am afraid to replace a new damn Motherboard for a new GPU. All I know is to switch the PSU to order to run these cards. I want a affordable GPU and i was thinking like a RTX 2060 so i can run newer games. All i have is a GT 1030

Full specs

i5 10400F
8GB RAM
GT 1030

Upgrades

Leaving the I5

16GB RAM

RTX 2060

[Bad 💀 Motha]

If all the PC came with is a low end gpu, you basically MUST buy a better PSU to use a more power hungry gpu that needs PSU cables for the gpu card.

Don't buy junk.
Look at Corsair TXM, HX, RMX series.

[Zangato]

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To be on the safe side get good PSU like evga, corsair or seasnic and you will be good with rtx 2060

Looking foward for a Corsair CX or CXM thanks to that one person recommended me that for budget

Go for cxm and depends on your future updates you will need to pick right amount of watts

[Galaxiasツ]

I don't know they will restock with more GPUs. Probably not or maybe due to chip shortage. Some decent priced GPUs are sold out. Struggling to find a good GPU with a decent price. This might take me more than a day or a week to get all the parts I need

[ZeekAncient]

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I don't know they will restock with more GPUs. Probably not or maybe due to chip shortage. Some decent priced GPUs are sold out. Struggling to find a good GPU with a decent price. This might take me more than a day or a week to get all the parts I need

Honestly, may be longer than that. It took me months to find an RTX 3080 at MSRP. And I still never found one. I got lucky one day and Antonline had a bundle deal for an RTX 3070 Ti and I jumped on it. But to this day I still haven't seen any good GPUs readily available at MSRP. Just be patient and good luck!

But like I said, apparently the shortage is supposed to last into 2022. But good luck searching and just be on your toes, constantly eyeing sites, youtube restock channels, and if you can, join the Newegg shuffle everyday. Good luck!

[Illusion of Progress]

This has gotten a lot of replies in the time I posted, but the wattage of the PSU was never found out, right? If not, look inside your PC and see what it is.

The GT 1030 is a 40W TDP card and will typically use less than 40W (so it basically uses half of what the PCI Express slot alone can provide). The RTX 2060 uses a bit more than 150W if I'm remembering right (I know it went up quite a bit from what the GTX 1060 was and that was ~120W). The Core i5 10400 is pretty low on power too. Unless the PC was outfitted with like a 300W or less PSU (which I really think is uncommon outside maybe really small form facotr OEM PCs these days), then you should be okay with an RTX 2060 if it's closer to 400W or above, even if it's not some super model from a favorite brand. But I'd check to try and find out more about it.

[Galaxiasツ]

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This has gotten a lot of replies in the time I posted, but the wattage of the PSU was never found out, right? If not, look inside your PC and see what it is.

The GT 1030 is a 40W TDP card and will typically use less than 40W (so it basically uses half of what the PCI Express slot alone can provide). The RTX 2060 uses a bit more than 150W if I'm remembering right (I know it went up quite a bit from what the GTX 1060 was and that was ~120W). The Core i5 10400 is pretty low on power too. Unless the PC was outfitted with like a 300W or less PSU (which I really think is uncommon outside maybe really small form facotr OEM PCs these days), then you should be okay with an RTX 2060 if it's closer to 400W or above, even if it's not some super model from a favorite brand. But I'd check to try and find out more about it.

Its definitely not a SFF (Small Factor Form) but it is a big PC. I am fine with a i5 but i need to change the PSU

[Galaxiasツ]

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This has gotten a lot of replies in the time I posted, but the wattage of the PSU was never found out, right? If not, look inside your PC and see what it is.

The GT 1030 is a 40W TDP card and will typically use less than 40W (so it basically uses half of what the PCI Express slot alone can provide). The RTX 2060 uses a bit more than 150W if I'm remembering right (I know it went up quite a bit from what the GTX 1060 was and that was ~120W). The Core i5 10400 is pretty low on power too. Unless the PC was outfitted with like a 300W or less PSU (which I really think is uncommon outside maybe really small form facotr OEM PCs these days), then you should be okay with an RTX 2060 if it's closer to 400W or above, even if it's not some super model from a favorite brand. But I'd check to try and find out more about it.

People still run the i5 10400F with the 2060 even probably the 3060 to 3080 It is a good CPU and i won't bother changing it

[Illusion of Progress]

Yeah I know yours isn't. I was just saying that I think such low wattages these days are uncommon outside of those sorts of PCs.

If you have plans to change the PSU anyway then you sound set. Your case and motherboard are fine for changing the graphics card.

[Galaxiasツ]

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Yeah I know yours isn't. I was just saying that I think such low wattages these days are uncommon outside of those sorts of PCs.

If you have plans to change the PSU anyway then you sound set. Your case and motherboard are fine for changing the graphics card.

Yeah I can see that. I was just thinking after research that all i need is a PSU GPU and better (and more) RAM but i rather hear from you people of what you think. which I thank all of you for helping me out. Just wanna make sure I am not missing anything or run into problems

[Illusion of Progress]

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People still run the i5 10400F with the 2060 even probably the 3060 to 3080 It is a good CPU and i won't bother changing it

The CPU is absolutely fine and I wasn't suggesting a change. It's probably my favorite budget hex core CPU to recommend to people not looking for the best CPU or more cores. I was just commenting that it's wattage use is relatively low so you shouldn't have to worry about the wattage needs with a GPU upgrade unless what you have now is really low (but again that seems irrelevant now since you mentioned plans to change it regardless).

[ZeekAncient]

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Yeah I know yours isn't. I was just saying that I think such low wattages these days are uncommon outside of those sorts of PCs.

If you have plans to change the PSU anyway then you sound set. Your case and motherboard are fine for changing the graphics card.

Yeah I can see that. I was just thinking after research that all i need is a PSU GPU and better (and more) RAM but i rather hear from you people of what you think. which I thank all of you for helping me out. Just wanna make sure I am not missing anything or run into problems

Honestly if you are just upgrading to an RTX 2060 I bet you would be fine. But if you go with anything bigger than that, than I would definitely want to find out what the PSU is and how big it is. From what iBuyPower told me 500w is usually the minimum they go with, but considering that it came with a 1030, it might be smaller.

The CPU is definitely fine. At 1080p, if you get anything bigger than an RTX 2060 than it might be a small bottleneck but nothing too major. And honestly that is another question we should have asked, what resolution display do you have and what is the refresh rate? That is also a determining factor when deciding how big a GPU you should go. If you play at 1080 with a high refresh rate like 144hz or more, you might want a bigger GPU, but if it is only 1080 @ 60hz, getting more than a mid range GPU wouldn't be necessary. If you play at 1440p @ 120hz+ or 4K than you might want to consider more GPU, also.

And as for the PSU, like I said, simply remove the right side panel, look at the bottom right where the PSU is, and all the info of the PSU should be written right there.

As for the RAM 8GB @ 2666mhz isn't too bad, it isn't the fastest, but isn't he worst either. If you do upgrade to 16GB, either get a whole new set, or if you combine it with your existing RAM, make sure it is the same make with same speed and timings to get the best performance.

[Galaxiasツ]

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People still run the i5 10400F with the 2060 even probably the 3060 to 3080 It is a good CPU and i won't bother changing it

The CPU is absolutely fine and I wasn't suggesting a change. It's probably my favorite budget hex core CPU to recommend to people not looking for the best CPU or more cores. I was just commenting that it's wattage use is relatively low so you shouldn't have to worry about the wattage needs with a GPU upgrade unless what you have now is really low (but again that seems irrelevant now since you mentioned plans to change it regardless).

Oops sorry lol

[Galaxiasツ]

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Yeah I can see that. I was just thinking after research that all i need is a PSU GPU and better (and more) RAM but i rather hear from you people of what you think. which I thank all of you for helping me out. Just wanna make sure I am not missing anything or run into problems

Honestly if you are just upgrading to an RTX 2060 I bet you would be fine. But if you go with anything bigger than that, than I would definitely want to find out what the PSU is and how big it is. From what iBuyPower told me 500w is usually the minimum they go with, but considering that it came with a 1030, it might be smaller.

The CPU is definitely fine. At 1080p, if you get anything bigger than an RTX 2060 than it might be a small bottleneck but nothing too major. And honestly that is another question we should have asked, what resolution display do you have and what is the refresh rate? That is also a determining factor when deciding how big a GPU you should go. If you play at 1080 with a high refresh rate like 144hz or more, you might want a bigger GPU, but if it is only 1080 @ 60hz, getting more than a mid range GPU wouldn't be necessary. If you play at 1440p @ 120hz+ or 4K than you might want to consider more GPU, also.

And as for the PSU, like I said, simply remove the right side panel, look at the bottom right where the PSU is, and all the info of the PSU should be written right there.

Tbh The Right panel has the motherboard and components. So idk if i should be careful or not actually bother taking that out

[Galaxiasツ]

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Yeah I can see that. I was just thinking after research that all i need is a PSU GPU and better (and more) RAM but i rather hear from you people of what you think. which I thank all of you for helping me out. Just wanna make sure I am not missing anything or run into problems

Honestly if you are just upgrading to an RTX 2060 I bet you would be fine. But if you go with anything bigger than that, than I would definitely want to find out what the PSU is and how big it is. From what iBuyPower told me 500w is usually the minimum they go with, but considering that it came with a 1030, it might be smaller.

The CPU is definitely fine. At 1080p, if you get anything bigger than an RTX 2060 than it might be a small bottleneck but nothing too major. And honestly that is another question we should have asked, what resolution display do you have and what is the refresh rate? That is also a determining factor when deciding how big a GPU you should go. If you play at 1080 with a high refresh rate like 144hz or more, you might want a bigger GPU, but if it is only 1080 @ 60hz, getting more than a mid range GPU wouldn't be necessary. If you play at 1440p @ 120hz+ or 4K than you might want to consider more GPU, also.

And as for the PSU, like I said, simply remove the right side panel, look at the bottom right where the PSU is, and all the info of the PSU should be written right there.

As for the RAM 8GB @ 2666mhz isn't too bad, it isn't the fastest, but isn't he worse either. If you do upgrade to 16GB, either get a whole new set, or if you combine it with your existing RAM, make sure it is the same make with same speed and timings to get the best performance.

On the RAM part i think I need to get a new set.

[ZeekAncient]

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Honestly if you are just upgrading to an RTX 2060 I bet you would be fine. But if you go with anything bigger than that, than I would definitely want to find out what the PSU is and how big it is. From what iBuyPower told me 500w is usually the minimum they go with, but considering that it came with a 1030, it might be smaller.

The CPU is definitely fine. At 1080p, if you get anything bigger than an RTX 2060 than it might be a small bottleneck but nothing too major. And honestly that is another question we should have asked, what resolution display do you have and what is the refresh rate? That is also a determining factor when deciding how big a GPU you should go. If you play at 1080 with a high refresh rate like 144hz or more, you might want a bigger GPU, but if it is only 1080 @ 60hz, getting more than a mid range GPU wouldn't be necessary. If you play at 1440p @ 120hz+ or 4K than you might want to consider more GPU, also.

And as for the PSU, like I said, simply remove the right side panel, look at the bottom right where the PSU is, and all the info of the PSU should be written right there.

Tbh The Right panel has the motherboard and components. So idk if i should be careful or not actually bother taking that out

The motherboard and components are not attached to the actual panel. You can remove the panel safely. You will see all your cables there. The motherboard and components are attached to the inside of the case, not the panel. Trust me. You can remove the right side panel easily, well carefully, but nothing is attached to that panel.