[SOLVED] Is my motherboard capable of having a 1050 ti?

[Soloontop]

I have a gt 1030, FX 8350 processor and my motherboard is an ASRock 970m Pro3 and I am wondering if my computer has x16 pcie slot, and if so would I be able to install a gtx 1050 ti into my computer?

 

[Metal Messiah.]

I am wondering if my computer has x16 pcie slot,

Yes, it is having. That board supports 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slots (PCIE2: x16 mode; PCIE3: x4 mode) for any GPU. You can install the GTX 1050 Ti as well.

Which PSU are you having ?

 

[Soloontop]

Yes, it is having. That board supports 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slots (PCIE2: x16 mode; PCIE3: x4 mode) for any GPU. You can install the GTX 1050 Ti as well.

Which PSU are you having ?

I’m not sure how can I check

 

[Metal Messiah.]

Check what ? The PSU model ?

 

[Soloontop]

Check what ? The PSU model ?

Yeah I looked around my pc and inside I don’t see any label or anything

 

[Metal Messiah.]

You need to open the side panel of your ATX cabinet. The PSU's label must be printed on it.

 

[Soloontop]

You need to open the side panel of your ATX cabinet. The PSU's label must be printed on it.

I can see from the inside of the pc, a printed label but can’t read it that has to be it correct?

 

[Metal Messiah.]

Should be the PSU's label, but I'm not fully sure, unless I see your ATX cabinet.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Open the side panels and look for the sticker on the PSU.
Here is an example of what you should see. Upload a picture of this sticker to here and post the link in this thread.

 

[Soloontop]

I can see from the inside of the pc, a printed label but can’t read it that has to be it correct?

Should be the PSU's label, but I'm not fully sure, unless I see your ATX cabinet.

I still have the raidmax box that it came in would any part of that be helpful? It says the specs of the pc case

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Dear God, I hope its not a raidmax PSU aswell.

The only way to check is to open the cabinet.

 

[Soloontop]

Dear God, I hope its not a raidmax PSU aswell.

The only way to check is to open the cabinet.

What is wrong with the raidmax psu?

 

[NightHawkRMX]

There may be some decent Raidmax power supplies, but the cheap ones are not good quality at all.

 

[Metal Messiah.]

Avoid using any RAIDMAX PSU on a gaming PC. Period.

 

[Soloontop]

Avoid using any RAIDMAX PSU on a gaming PC. Period.

what could happen using one? My gaming pc runs 120-160 FPS on low settings and it is perfect for the time I’ve had it for like 6 months

 

[NightHawkRMX]

If your happy with your computers performance, why are you looking for a gpu upgrade?

If you upgrade your gpu on a low quality power supply there can be severe side affects.

Sometimes a low quality psu can be very loud under a lot of stress.
Sometimes a low quality psu can even fail and kill every single component in your computer.
Its not uncommon to have a failed psu smoke or even catch on fire.

 

[Soloontop]

If your happy with your computers performance, why are you looking for a gpu upgrade?

If you upgrade your gpu on a low quality power supply there can be severe side affects.

Sometimes a low quality psu can be very loud under a lot of stress.
Sometimes a low quality psu can even fail and kill every single component in your computer.
Its not uncommon to have a failed psu smoke or even catch on fire.

It’s 120-160 and the frames drop a lot that’s why I’m trying to upgrade my graphics card and get a 144hz monitor, I read that a normal gt 1030 won’t be able to sync with a 144hz monitor that’s why I want to upgrade much graphics card and monitor

 

[NightHawkRMX]

There are some cases where the gt1030 isnt equipped with 144hz supported outputs.

Also, fx cpus are known for stutter, so that may be adding to the frame drops aswell.

I would strongly suggest checking and seeing what psu you have before uograding anything.

 

[KhouhenStercie.Bacus]

Agree with the experts here, before you do check the PSU first and avoid using the cheap ones, if you want to have a longer reliable PSU that doesn't actually cook PC get a gud PSU.

it would be pointless if you buy and upgrade your PC if your PSU is not good enough because that's not a good investment let's just say you upgraded the parts except PSU and sooner and later it dies down, and it actually cooks everything the CPU the MOBO and the GPU so your investment suddenly vanish.

you can ask them what good PSU you can get with a good price.

cheers!