Is my computer compatible with ASUS GTX 1060 Turbo?

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Hi!

Here we go again, another "is my computer compatible with ______" question.

I will go right to the question, I have a pretty old comouter and I figured I have to buy a new graphics card since the one I have is
1. Starting to get broken
2. Reeaaaally outdated

My computer specs right now is:
RAM: 12 GB
Memory 2 TB
Processor Intel Core i5-4440i 3.10 GHz
Graphics Card: Nvidia GTX 650 2GB
Power Supply: 280 W
OS: Windows 8.1
Motherboard: I don't know, I have been trying to look it up in all different ways, but all it says is LENOVO.

As I wrote before, I dont know if my motherboard has the right PCIE-port.
I know it has one PCI-Express x16, i checked that out with the "Speccy" software.
On the Asus GTX 1060 Turbo which I am planning to buy it says PCI-Express 3.0, will this be compatible? I've read somewhere that PCI-Express is backwards compatible, but I am not sure about this.

I will also buy a new power supply, planning on buying a 600W. Will that be enough? Thanks for helping a novice like me! :)

Have a nice day!

/Desaxion


EDIT:
I've been looking around at some earlier threads, and found someone that has the same computer as me but an earlier model. The best answer for that was this one http://imgur.com/a/wZevV , but it made me a bit confused. This post was made around 2.5 years ago and technology changes, I don't know if graphics cards today are still compatible with that type of PCI-port, I would be happy if someone knew.

Cheers!
 
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Isokolon
PCI is backwards compatible.
You'll use some performance on a PCIe 2 port bit it's still a major upgrade from your old card.
However unless your case is really small I wouldn't go for the turbo but a model with 2 or 3 fans. (If it is a very.small case the turbo is the way to.go)

450-500W quality PSU would easily suffice.
Look for Seasonic, Super Flower, XFX (except the XT) or the Corsair CXM450 (not the 430/500) in that realm if your case can house standard ATX PSUs
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PCI is backwards compatible.
You'll use some performance on a PCIe 2 port bit it's still a major upgrade from your old card.
However unless your case is really small I wouldn't go for the turbo but a model with 2 or 3 fans. (If it is a very.small case the turbo is the way to.go)

450-500W quality PSU would easily suffice.
Look for Seasonic, Super Flower, XFX (except the XT) or the Corsair CXM450 (not the 430/500) in that realm if your case can house standard ATX PSUs
 
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Thanks a lot! 😀 I don't really understand what you mean with the case, do I need a small or a big one? I'm not sure what you meant.
 
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The Turbo card is what's called da blower style card. It means the fan sucks in hot air and vents it out the back over the card itself.
Cards with 2 or three fans on the other hand do the except opposite. They suck hot air out of the card and vent it into the case.

Both styles have their pros & cons.

A card like the turbo is generally recommended for small cases (ITX, mini tower, mATX sometimes) as those cases are though to cool and they are very limited in terms of airflow. So adding hot air into the case is generally not a good idea.
A blower card like the Turbo is a reasonable choice there as it doesn't care for that and gets rid of the heat by itself.
However in order to do so it needs a way faster spinning fan to build up enough pressure which means it's significantly louder and the fan spins at high RPM most of the time when gaming.
Also since the hot air is blown over the chip itself they do run a bit hotter and sometimes throttle because of temperature, meaning their clockspeed reduces slightly when it runs hot in a multi-hour gaming session

Generally 2/3fan cards are recommended as they run quieter and cooler
They vent the hot air from the chip into the case which doesn't need so much pressure. So these cars run fairly quiet.
Also it's a more efficient style of cooling as you can cool all parts of the card.
The hot air is then merged with the fresh air from your case intake fan and exhausted bt the exhaust fan of your case.
This is preferable.
However If you got a really small case the air can't flow through your case properly. In that case it can't supply enough fresh air to the card and especially can't take care of the hot air of the card meaning the temperature inside your case is rising which can affect the CPU and the drives as well.

So it really depends on the dimensions of your case (and if you got a case fan.)
In most cases I'd go for an Asus Dual instead of the Turbo
 
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You mean this one?
https://www.asus.com/Graphics-Cards/DUAL-GTX1060-6G/

Why is it so much cheaper than the turbo? I am getting suspicious 😉
It's like $100 cheaper :)
 
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Okay, thanks a big bunch! Ready to go shopping components now! 😀
 
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You need to know your exact motherboard model mate, a lot of lenovo, HP,dell prebuilds have issues with the newer cards.

A lenovo 280w PSU is also going to be a major issue , a lot of lenovo boards have 14pin power connectors so standard PSU replacement is not that simple

Cpu-z will tell you the exact main board model

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

We could do with knowing the exact model of PSU in your pc (it will have a model number printed on the PSU label inside the case)

We could also so with a photo of your case , both inside & out or point to a weblink of a comparable case from lenovo.

You could probably run a 1050ti fine on that psu if the board is compatible but a 1060 will IMO be a step too far




 
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Yes but 90% of lenovo boards have a 14 pin nonstandard PSU connector.
Hence why I asked for the exact board & case model.

A lot of lenovo s only fit a non standard sfx 14pin PSU - meaning a straight PSU swap is much more complicated.

Then you have the issue of board compatibility because a lot of older prebuilds have locked bios & no uefi GPU compatibility.
 
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I don't know much about motherboards... Is there something I'm missing? I will buy a new PSU, ive checked that. I cannot check the dimensions on my case right now, but I guess it's some sort of standard tower. Would it be a problem to connect the new PSU to my motherboard, is that the problem? :)

Thanks for taking your time 😀
 
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Looking around mate your board takes a standard atx PSU so this is not an issue.

Also seeing the board working fine with 9** series maxwell cards so in theory I would assume a 1060 would work with it.
This is not a guarantee though.

You are lucky that lenovo uses a standard component layout in your particular system , the 14 pin connector they regularly use is the bane of people wanting to upgrade.

 
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Oh, so I will be able to upgrade? :) Thanks a lot for your help, it means a lot to me!

Btw, I don't know that much about computers, what does atx power supply mean? Is that power supplys form the manufacturer atx?

Thanks a lot! 😀

 
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ATX is a size standard.

Think of it like that: if you live in a house you probably got doors. That doors are usually 90cm or 70cm wide.
So you can replace every door with a standard size. For PSUs that's called ATX.

What Lenovo sometimes does is that they use doors that aren't a standard size of 90cm but rather 83cm. So you can't just buy any standardsized door as they use their own special size. Plain stupid.

But it seems a standard sized PSU (=ATX) will fit
 
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