any graphics card recommendation for my motherboard?

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shermz

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Hello, recently my motherboard died on me and sent it to a repair shop to have it changed. However, after a few weeks of usage, i noticed my graphics card started to act up and eventually died on me too. So any recommendation on graphics card? Not looking for a high end one, just a mid range one will suffice as im planning to get a new computer if it dies on me again.

Motherboard : Asrock H71M-DGS


P.S im not a computer expert so i dont really know anything else.
 
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your current PSU (300W as you mentioned) is good you can install the graphic card you mentioned without any power falls.


alright, i will keep that in mind. thanks for the advice!

 


There is a 750 one for sale for around SGD$99 so ill probably get that one. No chance in coming across a 750ti 🙁
 


will the 750 be compatible? since many of you guys recommend the 750 instead of the 730.
 



found a zotac 750ti OC 2GB ddr5 saw that the recommended psu is 400w and mine is only 300w will it work???


 


will the zotac gtx750ti 2gb be compatible? it requires 400w while i only have 300w
 


well with that graphic card the recommended power is 326W which means you need a 400 or 500W PSU and the current PSU could not handle that card.
you can go with Antec VP450 450W for 45$:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2CP1B40155&cm_re=450W_antec-_-0TH-006X-00002CVF-_-Product
 


any other way to get round this? i dont want to spend any more other than for the graphics card.

just check the palit website and it says the card's minimum power requirement is 300W. should i get the palit one instead?


 
No unfortunately there's no way to round this , what you saying about 300W is the recommended but sometimes it's going to need higher power and if the PSU couldn't provide that power it could damage the graphic card. and that's just the GPU there are other parts seeking power from PSU , in total it's possible but highly risky.(not recommended, parts could die)
and for the record the maximum power consumption of this card is about 175W
 
The manufactures always recommend a bigger PSU than you need. Because they don't know what the rest of your system is, they allow a lot of extra watts just to be safe. There is very little difference between all the 750ti cards, so no point getting one over another. Personally I think you would be fine using your 300W PSU (I know of people with HP Pavilions with a 220W PSU who have used a 750ti and had not problems). If this was a new build I would recommend you get a bigger PSU, but as you said you just want to keep it going for a while, I think it would be fine.

 


hmm, alright. hopefully there wouldnt be any damage haha. thanks!

 


thanks for the advice but ill take the risk as i just want to keep it going for awhile more so i dont plan on upgrading the psu. really appreciate the help! :)


 
hey i got the same motherboard H71M-DGS just wanted to know does it support gigabyte gtx 1070? i have i5-3450 @3.10GHz and 600w ps and my current viga is amd radeon hd 6870 oc