350 W Peak 400 W 500 W - Which is it?

[Fasauceome]

30 minutes ago, Shaneisme said:

Another photo of a code

that appears to be this motherboard

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/vyGkcf/asus-motherboard-h87mpro

A somewhat high end offering of the time, and it definitely supports 3.0

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This motherboard supports Intel® 4th generation Core™ i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® processors in the LGA1150 package, ... and 16 PCI Express 3.0/2.0 lanes. 

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/H87MPRO/

32 minutes ago, Shaneisme said:

How much downgrade in power/speed of the card from a 3.0 to a 1.0 (if it is that) would there be?

technically you'd lose 3/4 of the bandwidth. although, that wouldn't be 3/4 of the performance, more like 1/4 at most. it would still be a massive improvement.

 

30 minutes ago, Shaneisme said:

This lithium battery is at least 9 years old. What is it for, and should I replace it??

that's the CMOS battery, it mostly keeps your BIOS settings memorized and the internal clock accurate. They can last for a really long time, so only replace it if your clock keeps screwing up.

[Shaneisme]

2 hours ago, Fasauceome said:

that appears to be this motherboard

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/vyGkcf/asus-motherboard-h87mpro

A somewhat high end offering of the time, and it definitely supports 3.0

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/H87MPRO/

technically you'd lose 3/4 of the bandwidth. although, that wouldn't be 3/4 of the performance, more like 1/4 at most. it would still be a massive improvement.

 

that's the CMOS battery, it mostly keeps your BIOS settings memorized and the internal clock accurate. They can last for a really long time, so only replace it if your clock keeps screwing up.

Sounds great! Once again your help has been so appreciated my friend!