will this work?

[sam needs help lol]

okay so i have a 550w power supply currently have a 1gb gtx 750 in my pc if installed a gtx 1050 ti into it would it work my motherboard is a gigabyte z68x ud3h b3 wondering if its compatible with the gtx 1050ti im new to pcs and need to know also have 8gb of ram if that helps can anyone help?

[Firewrath9]

yeah you should be good.

[faziten]

It will work, but you'll probably need a BIOS update. I had to update my z77 to install a 970 like 4 years ago, so probably you need that too. It's easy enough, from the motherboard manufacturar website you donwload the @BIOS software and the latest stable BIOS available to this day. Then you follow the steps to update and make sure you dont shutdown or unplug your pc while you do the process. Takes a few minutes to do that. Remember to match your motherboard model (and revision if there are more than one).

 

Besides that, all good, I assume your 550W PSU is a branded quality PSU and not a chinese metal box.

[i_build_nanosuits]

3 minutes ago, faziten said:

It will work, but you'll probably need a BIOS update.

You don't need to update the BIOS of a motherboard for it to support a new graphics card.

[faziten]

4 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

You don't need to update the BIOS of a motherboard for it to support a new graphics card.

Yes, sometimes you do. As I said, my Gigabyte G1 gaming 970 was not recognized on stock bios on Gigabyte Z77 UD5H. (Black screen).

After the update all gucci.

 

 

That "Improve VGA compatibility" in F13 is not for fun and giggles.

 

Note: I'm not saying every motherboard will need this. Since OP matches brand and period of time with my past rig I suggested the upgrade. Sometimes you do need a BIOS upgrade for new GPUs.

[i_build_nanosuits]

22 minutes ago, faziten said:

Yes, sometimes you do. As I said, my Gigabyte G1 gaming 970 was not recognized on stock bios on Gigabyte Z77 UD5H. (Black screen).

After the update all gucci.

 

 

That "Improve VGA compatibility" in F13 is not for fun and giggles.

 

Note: I'm not saying every motherboard will need this. Since OP matches brand and period of time with my past rig I suggested the upgrade. Sometimes you do need a BIOS upgrade for new GPUs.

interesting...i've been building, upgrading and troubleshooting computers for over 25 years at this point and never had that happened.