Will a GTX 970 fit into my system?

[Erupza]

Case - ACER Predator G3 (605)

PSU - 500w


Processor - Intel® Core™ i7-4770 Processor (3.4 GHz, 3.9 GHz with TurboBoost, 8 MB cache

RAM - 8 GB DDR3 (32 GB maximum installable RAM)

Graphics card - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (1.5 GB)

Storage - 1 TB HDD, 7200 rpm, 128 GB SSD

Motherboard Intel B85

Wireless card - Wireless 802.11 a/b/g/n

When I purchased it I noticed it said "Expansion card slot - PCI x 1
- PCIe x 1" But i'm a relative n00b with PC's after only owning this one for a year and a half

 

[ImDaBaron]

Alright well first off what's the brand and model of the PSU?

 

[Erupza]

Alright well first off what's the brand and model of the PSU?

I have been looking everywhere but cannot find it what so ever, this will take your to a specifications page for my PC - http://www.pcrush.com/product/Desktop-Computers/908094/Acer-Aspire-Predator-G3605-Intel-Core-i7-i7-4770-3.40-GHz-32GB-RAM-3TB-HDD-Windows-8-64-bit-Desktop-Computer?refid=2229&siteID=je6NUbpObpQ-qDZ2fj3jq8xYFhQOLTZqMg

 

[ImDaBaron]

Yeah no name PSU = not good. Upgrade that first.

 

[Goodeggray]

The 970 should work fine. Specs show a 500W psu the 970 is no larger than the 660 and uses less power.

 

[Erupza]

The 970 should work fine. Specs show a 500W psu the 970 is no larger than the 660 and uses less power.

So when you say "No larger than the 660 is this in terms of size? Ive been told theres only like a 2cm difference by people but they know about as much as me"

 

[Goodeggray]

The 970 should work fine. Specs show a 500W psu the 970 is no larger than the 660 and uses less power.

So when you say "No larger than the 660 is this in terms of size? Ive been told theres only like a 2cm difference by people but they know about as much as me"

 

[Goodeggray]

The main difference in the size of a gpu is length. The 970s are very close in length to the 660s. If the 970 was 10cm longer it may not fit the case, but 2cm is usually not a problem.

 

[selfa]

Case - ACER Predator G3 (605)

PSU - 500w


Processor - Intel® Core™ i7-4770 Processor (3.4 GHz, 3.9 GHz with TurboBoost, 8 MB cache

RAM - 8 GB DDR3 (32 GB maximum installable RAM)

Graphics card - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (1.5 GB)

Storage - 1 TB HDD, 7200 rpm, 128 GB SSD

Motherboard Intel B85

Wireless card - Wireless 802.11 a/b/g/n

When I purchased it I noticed it said "Expansion card slot - PCI x 1
- PCIe x 1" But i'm a relative n00b with PC's after only owning this one for a year and a half

Not sure for yours but my Acer Predator is the GTX760 version. I was able to change to Zotac Twin Fan GTX970 with absolutely no problems (bootings or etc)

If its same as mine. Our 500W PSU is a 80+ Gold Standard PSU which was definitely enough, and the CPU Cooler fan was a japanese brand (taichi I think) which was a really decent one.

Hope yours works out for you like mine. Cheers!

 

[Bushido0216]

Is there an update to this thread-the op...other than selfa's answer. I too am looking for this to be answered-I too am trying to upgrade my acer ag3-predator (2014 model) with a gtx 970. Thank you