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Question is the MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 12GB GDRR6 compatible with my motherboard?

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I want to buy the gpu from amazon: https://www.amazon.com/MSI-GeForce-...ce+rtx+2060+evo+graphics+card,aps,385&sr=8-14

and im wondering if its even compatible with my motherboard?
motherboard: Gigabyte H410M S2H V2.0
When i play games i hit a dead point of bottleneck between my gtx 1650 and my intel core i5-10400, the gpu is constantly on 100% while my cpu doesnt get anywhere near 50% and id really want to play games in a little better performance so im thinking of changing my gtx 1650 to this rtx 2060 and i was wondering if its compatible with my motherboard?
 
I want to buy the gpu from amazon: https://www.amazon.com/MSI-GeForce-192-bit-Architecture-Graphics/dp/B0B11YSBF1/ref=sr_1_14?crid=3OVTP59AEBSSD&keywords=ASUS+Dual+GeForce+RTX+2060+EVO+Graphics+Card&qid=1697184390&sprefix=asus+dual+geforce+rtx+2060+evo+graphics+card,aps,385&sr=8-14

and im wondering if its even compatible with my motherboard?
motherboard: Gigabyte H410M S2H V2.0
When i play games i hit a dead point of bottleneck between my gtx 1650 and my intel core i5-10400, the gpu is constantly on 100% while my cpu doesnt get anywhere near 50% and id really want to play games in a little better performance so im thinking of changing my gtx 1650 to this rtx 2060 and i was wondering if its compatible with my motherboard?

Pretty much any GPU from the last decade is fully compatible with any motherboard of the last dozen years to so. They're pretty standardized.

Compatibility isn't usually the issue. The main thing to be concerned about is the *suitability* of the GPU to the existing PSU. If you have a very old, very weak, or very junky unit -- and we see a ton of those -- your PC might serve as the RTX 2060's grave.
 
Pretty much any GPU from the last decade is fully compatible with any motherboard of the last dozen years to so. They're pretty standardized.

Compatibility isn't usually the issue. The main thing to be concerned about is the *suitability* of the GPU to the existing PSU. If you have a very old, very weak, or very junky unit -- and we see a ton of those -- your PC might serve as the RTX 2060's grave.
My pc is:
cpu: Intel core i5-10400
Gpu: gtx 1650
ram: 2x8gb 2666mhz
motherboard: H410m s2h v2.0 (Pcie 3.0 16x)
Psu 500W but id probably change it if it comes to it that i need to which ill probably need to
 
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