motherboard / graphic card selection

[Reds1]

I have a HP Pavilion h9-1130 with a M39701AM-HP motherboard. I have a Radeon HD 7670 card installed and want to upgrade the graphic card. What card is compatible?

 

[doubleaa91]

So there is some good news, and bad news.

Your motherboard and power supply will support a decent graphics card.
However, your case is not so friendly. If the pictures I am looking at are correct, you're going to be constrained when it comes to space. Which means you won't be buying a Gigabyte Windforce which is absolutely massive.

In your case, I would be looking at smaller profile video card. Myself being an Nvidia fan (I've had too many bad experiences with AMD) I would consider a Nvidia GTX 750 Ti. If you are a Radeon fan, I would suggest the R7 260X.


Hope this helps!

MSI GTX 750 Ti:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127784&cm_re=gtx_750-_-14-127-784-_-Product

Asus Radeon R7 260X:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0ZX2CU6041

 

[Reds1]

I have a ASUS Radeon R7 260X from Tiger Direct and it will not work. I have a 600W power supply that is a 100W larger than the minimum needed. When I attach the power to the card my disk drive does not open to accept the programing disk.

 

[Reds1]

So there is some good news, and bad news.

Your motherboard and power supply will support a decent graphics card.
However, your case is not so friendly. If the pictures I am looking at are correct, you're going to be constrained when it comes to space. Which means you won't be buying a Gigabyte Windforce which is absolutely massive.

In your case, I would be looking at smaller profile video card. Myself being an Nvidia fan (I've had too many bad experiences with AMD) I would consider a Nvidia GTX 750 Ti. If you are a Radeon fan, I would suggest the R7 260X.


Hope this helps!

MSI GTX 750 Ti:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127784&cm_re=gtx_750-_-14-127-784-_-Product

Asus Radeon R7 260X:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0ZX2CU6041

I have a ASUS Radeon R7 260X from Tiger Direct and it will not work. I have a 600W power supply that is a 100W larger than the minimum needed. When I attach the power to the card my disk drive does not open to accept the programing disk.

 

[doubleaa91]

Does your computer still detect the DVD ROM drive?
One thought you could to is download the software from the disk, install the card, and then fix the drive after that.

 

[Reds1]

Does your computer still detect the DVD ROM drive?
One thought you could to is download the software from the disk, install the card, and then fix the drive after that.

That is a good idea. Do you know what the power usage is for the R7 260X card. I have looked at the Nvidia MIS 750 and it only uses 60W. I think that I will return the Radeon and try the Nvidia 750, just in case the power consumption of the Radeon causes issues.