Wondering if a 1070 will work in my computer?

Dbcash0809

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I have an asus rog g20 with the 230w powersupply only and gtx750. im wanting to upgrade to the 1070 and i was wondering what i needed to do to make it work... h97 chipset any other details you may need i can get. THANKS!!
 
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As far as MoBo goes, you only need one free PCI-E x16 slot where to put your new GPU. And that slot is present on your MoBo.

You need atleast 500W PSU if you want to use GTX 1070.

Edit:
For a full sized GPU, you need to get the blower type GPU not the open air type GPU. Reason for that is simple, since your case internals are so cramped up, open air GPU will heat up your entire PC, while the blower type will exhaust the hot air from the back of the GPU to the outside of the case.

Here's one such blower type GPU, MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO 8G OC,
specs: https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GTX-1070-AERO-8G-OC.html#hero-overview
pcpp...
As far as MoBo goes, you only need one free PCI-E x16 slot where to put your new GPU. And that slot is present on your MoBo.

You need atleast 500W PSU if you want to use GTX 1070.

Edit:
For a full sized GPU, you need to get the blower type GPU not the open air type GPU. Reason for that is simple, since your case internals are so cramped up, open air GPU will heat up your entire PC, while the blower type will exhaust the hot air from the back of the GPU to the outside of the case.

Here's one such blower type GPU, MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO 8G OC,
specs: https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GTX-1070-AERO-8G-OC.html#hero-overview
pcpp: http://pcpartpicker.com/product/nk98TW/msi-geforce-gtx-1070-8gb-video-card-gtx-1070-aero-8g-oc

Edit 2:
If you don't get your hands on a PSU upgrade, your best GPU upgrade would be newly launched GTX 1050 Ti.
It's recommended PSU is same as GTX 750 has, a 300W.

Comparison between GTX 750 and GTX 1050 Ti,
link: http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-750-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1050-Ti/3162vs3649

Cheapest GTX 1050 Ti would be Zotac,
specs: https://www.zotac.com/us/product/graphics_card/zotac-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-mini
pcpp: http://pcpartpicker.com/product/NndFf7/zotac-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-4gb-mini-video-card-zt-p10510a-10l
 
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