Last year I built a computer using this motherboard as my base:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157176R
Now, with my tax refund I'd like to upgrade the graphics card. The system right now is very stable, and I'd like to keep it that way. My question is, since this motherboard is equipped with only PCI Express 2.0 x16, am I stuck with using a PCI Express 2.0 or 2.1 graphics card, or can I plug in a PCI Express 3.0 card? Will doing so introduce instability, or other problems, to my system? Will there be additional power requirements that I should consider? Thanks.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157176R
Now, with my tax refund I'd like to upgrade the graphics card. The system right now is very stable, and I'd like to keep it that way. My question is, since this motherboard is equipped with only PCI Express 2.0 x16, am I stuck with using a PCI Express 2.0 or 2.1 graphics card, or can I plug in a PCI Express 3.0 card? Will doing so introduce instability, or other problems, to my system? Will there be additional power requirements that I should consider? Thanks.