Will a GTX 960 run in a 1xPCIe x16 Expansion Slot?

[morsio]

My mobo is kinda old, but will this work?

 

[BSOD BSTD]

yes it is a pci-e x16 card. please can you tell us your mboard model so we can check. Does you mboard have pci-e 1 or 2.0?

The GTX960 is quite a low powered card so your old PSU should be ok, what wattage is it? Also be aware that modern graphics cards are BIG. check the dimensions of the card online and see if you have room in your case for it, mine only just fit.

 

[morsio]

yes it is a pci-e x16 card. please can you tell us your mboard model so we can check. Does you mboard have pci-e 1 or 2.0?

The GTX960 is quite a low powered card so your old PSU should be ok, what wattage is it? Also be aware that modern graphics cards are BIG. check the dimensions of the card online and see if you have room in your case for it, mine only just fit.

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5KPLAMPS/specifications/

 

[King_Potato]

yes it is a pci-e x16 card. please can you tell us your mboard model so we can check. Does you mboard have pci-e 1 or 2.0?

The GTX960 is quite a low powered card so your old PSU should be ok, what wattage is it? Also be aware that modern graphics cards are BIG. check the dimensions of the card online and see if you have room in your case for it, mine only just fit.

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5KPLAMPS/specifications/

That motherboard only has PCIe 1.0. Not 2.0. It will work, obviously, but the bottleneck will be rather severe; there will be an impact on your graphics card's performance.

 

[BSOD BSTD]

yes it will run, provided your PSU can handle it, as I said before, the 960 is a low power card, esp. considering its capabilities. just make sure you can fit it into your case.

You should also get a new mboard as soon as you can. That mboard only supports PCIe 1, gtx960 is pcie 2.0 but will work in the 1.0 slot, however this means a slower data transfer rate = you wont be getting the most out of the card.

Same goes for the RAM, that mboard supports DDR2 RAM, you'll get better performance with DDR3.

So definitely buy the GPU, but I would also buy a new mboard and new RAM when you get the chance, you will really notice the difference then. That Mboard will throttle the 960 a bit unfortunately.

 

[morsio]

yes it will run, provided your PSU can handle it, as I said before, the 960 is a low power card, esp. considering its capabilities. just make sure you can fit it into your case.

You should also get a new mboard as soon as you can. That mboard only supports PCIe 1, gtx960 is pcie 2.0 but will work in the 1.0 slot, however this means a slower data transfer rate = you wont be getting the most out of the card.

Same goes for the RAM, that mboard supports DDR2 RAM, you'll get better performance with DDR3.

So definitely buy the GPU, but I would also buy a new mboard and new RAM when you get the chance, you will really notice the difference then. That Mboard will throttle the 960 a bit unfortunately.

I already have a LGA 2011-V3 system, so DDR4, i7-5930k, Samsung 850 EVO, 2x Gigabyte 970 G1 in SLI.
My old computer though, needs an upgrade, I have it since 2007, but now it's collecting dust, so I was thinking of reusing it as HTPC without spending a big amount of cash, and the GPU upgrade made a lot of sense. I don't need to make the most out of the GPU, I'll be watching 1080p content at most.

 

[King_Potato]

yes it will run, provided your PSU can handle it, as I said before, the 960 is a low power card, esp. considering its capabilities. just make sure you can fit it into your case.

You should also get a new mboard as soon as you can. That mboard only supports PCIe 1, gtx960 is pcie 2.0 but will work in the 1.0 slot, however this means a slower data transfer rate = you wont be getting the most out of the card.

Same goes for the RAM, that mboard supports DDR2 RAM, you'll get better performance with DDR3.

So definitely buy the GPU, but I would also buy a new mboard and new RAM when you get the chance, you will really notice the difference then. That Mboard will throttle the 960 a bit unfortunately.

I already have a LGA 2011-V3 system, so DDR4, i7-5930k, Samsung 850 EVO, 2x Gigabyte 970 G1 in SLI.
My old computer though, needs an upgrade, I have it since 2007, but now it's collecting dust, so I was thinking of reusing it as HTPC without spending a big amount of cash, and the GPU upgrade made a lot of sense. I don't need to make the most out of the GPU, I'll be watching 1080p content at most.

In that case, you'll be better off saving money by buying a card that's not bottlenecked by PCI express. If watching 1080p videos is all you're gonna do, something like a GT 730 will be more than enough.