[SOLVED] PCIe Express slot Compatibility!

[ss6080270]

I have Asus H61M-CS (Motherboard) also a Core i5 2400 (Processor) and I am willing to buy a GTX 1050 TI 4GB which is a PCIe 3.0 card and my motherboard's PCIe slot says "PCIe 3.0 speed is supported by Intel® 3rd generation Core™ processors". And I have a Core i5 2400 (2nd gen)... So will GTX 1050TI 4GB support my Asus H61M-CS?

Thank you for your time!

 

[volkgren]

Yes, you can use a PCIe 3.0 GPU in a 2.0 slot.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from ss6080270 : "Will GTX 1050TI bottleneck Core i5 2400?"

I am currently having a Core i5 2400, 8GB Ram, 1TB HDD, 450 W supply and a PCIe Express slot which says 'When a 3rd gen processor is plugged, it will act as PCIe 3.0 and when 2nd gen processor is plugged, it will act as PCIe 2.0'. I am willing to buy a GTX 1050 TI 4GB and now I am confused that should I buy GTX 1050 TI 4GB or it will bottleneck my processor?

Thank you for your time!

No real bottleneck with that combo. Good pairing.

 

[ss6080270]

Okay! But will GPU(3.0) give any decreased performance due to 2.0 slot or not?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

No loss , PCIE 2.0 vs 3.0 Look into the link here!
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Impact-of-PCI-E-Speed-on-Gaming-Performance-518/
No it won't hurt performance at all.

 

[volkgren]

Okay! But will GPU(3.0) give any decreased performance due to 2.0 slot or not?

Not unless you are using an RTX 2080 Ti. Even GTX 1080 Ti and RTX 2080 give about a 1% performance loss with PCIe 2.0. Any less GPU will not notice any difference.

 

[ss6080270]

Thank you SR-71 Blackbird & volkgren! Idk how to quote your answers but you both are making tomshardware my favourite tech discussion forum! Thank you for your constant support!

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

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