Will asus h81-m be fine with GTX 950

[Nekoshet]

Hey. I'm buying a new PC based on:
Motherboard: Asus H81M-K
CPU: i3 4170
Graphics Card: Asus Gtx 950 OC STRIX 2GB

I see that the GTX 950 supports PCI-E 3.0 and I think the mobo that I was suggested by the store (ASUS H81M-K) supports only PCI-E 1.0.
Will this be a problem? Will it affect the Graphics Card performance?
if so, should I only go for a motherboard that supports PCI-E 3.0?

Thanks in advance,
Tal.

 

[bailojustin]

I would reccomend just getting a board that will take PCI x16 2.0, the difference between 3.0 and 2.0 is barely noticeable and will work great with your card as long as its 2.0. the difference between 1.0 and 2.0 is great though, so yes, a new motherboard.

 

[sizzling]

As the 950 isn't that powerful there may be negligible impact of running pcie 1.0, if you were talking a 970 or higher then yeah it definitely would be an issue.

Id try it and run a few benchmarks, if your gpu performs inline with others then your ok. If you have evidence of the card underperforming then consider a new mobo

 

[Nekoshet]

And the Asus H81M-k really doesn't support PCI-E 2.0? Because I'm not sure about that now.. (after doing some more research)
Please help.

 

[bailojustin]

And the Asus H81M-k really doesn't support PCI-E 2.0? Because I'm not sure about that now.. (after doing some more research)
Please help.

I did research on it aswell, yes it does not support 2.0, only the smaller pci slots support 2.0, the x16 is 1.0

 

[renz496]

I think you read the spec the wrong way. That PCIE x16 slot should be compatible with PCIE 3.0. Only that two x1 slot operated using PCIE 2.0 spec. But even so PCIE version 1.1 should work with GTX950 without bottlenecking the card. Only PCIE version 1.0 should have noticelable impact to most current graphic card.

 

[bailojustin]

I think you read the spec the wrong way. That PCIE x16 slot should be compatible with PCIE 3.0. Only that two x1 slot operated using PCIE 2.0 spec. But even so PCIE version 1.1 should work with GTX950 without bottlenecking the card. Only PCIE version 1.0 should have noticelable impact to most current graphic card.

I may have, but on other MOBOs it clearly specifies that its either 2.0 or 3.0 after the pci x16, with this one I do not see it specifying that anywhere so my best educated guess would be it supports only 1.0, I would rather not take the risk if it doesn't and you could have better for slightly more $

 

[renz496]

To be honest it is hard to think that such modern motherboard did not have support for PCIE 3.0. Plus if i remember correctly ever since Sandy bridge Pcie controller has been integrated into cpu logic instead being put on motherboard chipset. And processor above sandy bridge did support pcie 3.0.

 

[bailojustin]

To be honest it is hard to think that such modern motherboard did not have support for PCIE 3.0. Plus if i remember correctly ever since Sandy bridge Pcie controller has been integrated into cpu logic instead being put on motherboard chipset. And processor above sandy bridge did support pcie 3.0.

So after a bit more intense research I finally found the answer, its is 2.0, I found this by checking out the specific chipset that you led me to look up http://ark.intel.com/products/75016/Intel-DH82H81-PCH#@specifications

 

[Nekoshet]

I think I agree with bailojustin on this; that's what I understood from it too.
So what mobo will suit me for sure?
Will this do? - https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/B85MG/specifications/
It does say it supports 1 x PCI-E 3.0/2.0 x 16 but I see some mobos only run it in x4 mode..

 

[bailojustin]

I think I agree with bailojustin on this; that's what I understood from it too.
So what mobo will suit me for sure?
Will this do? - https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/B85MG/specifications/
It does say it supports 1 x PCI-E 3.0/2.0 x 16 but I see some mobos only run it in x4 mode..

further research and help from renz lead me to find out that it is ver 2.0 on the pci x16, so it will support your card. you can still up your mobo if wanted, just know that the h81 will do what you need it to

 

[bailojustin]

I think I agree with bailojustin on this; that's what I understood from it too.
So what mobo will suit me for sure?
Will this do? - https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/B85MG/specifications/
It does say it supports 1 x PCI-E 3.0/2.0 x 16 but I see some mobos only run it in x4 mode..

and yes, the MOBO you just linked will do perfect aswell, may even be better in the long run to be honest with you.

 

[renz496]

Then it is limited by motherboard implementation. Still no motherboard maker will use PCIE 1.0 anymore. (heck it has been a decade since mother board adopting PCIE standard starting with version 1.0)

 

[waythps]

So h81m-k would work okay with gtx 950?

 

[renz496]

Yes