Can I run Nvidia Geforce GTX 970 with Gigabyte GA H61M-S1 MOTHERBOARD ?

[Arijit Sai]

Can I run Nvidia Geforce GTX 970 with Gigabyte GA H61M-S1 MOTHERBOARD ?

My Specs

CPU - Intel Core i5 3330 @ 3.00 GHz
RAM - 8 GB DDR3
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA H61M-S1 (16GB ram supported)
PSU - Cooler Master Thunder 450W ( but I want to buy a new 1 & it would be 850W )
500GB HDD


Pls help me 🙁

 

[Darkbreeze]

Yes, your board has a PCIe x16 3.0 slot and supports any current single GPU. As you have mentioned, getting a new PSU would be a good idea. You want something Tier 1 or Tier 2, or 2A or 2B depending on the list version, of 500w or more as ranked on the following list. Tier 3 units are not recommended for gaming cards and are best avoided due to internal quality and reliability issues:

I'm listing both the new and old tier lists, as many members from other countries often have units available on the older list that are no longer listed on the new list.

Old list: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html


New list: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html