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New Motherboard?? - Upgrading GPU

Schada
By Schada
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Hello everyone,

I'm looking to upgrade my GPU from a GTX 1050 Ti to either a GTX 1650 Super or a GTX 1660 Super.  My question is about my motherboard.  I don't know the exact model of my motherboard but I purchased a pre-build Dell XPS 8500 back in 2012.  Do I need to purchase a new motherboard to take full advantage of the new GPU?

Other Computer Specs:

-Win10 Pro

-i7-3770

-16GBs DDR3 1600MHz

Thanks everyone!

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You don't need a new motherboard. Card will work just fine in that one.

 

Your concerns must be power delivery and CPU bottleneck.

 

Make sure you have appropriate power supply that has 6 or 8 pin PCE-E power connector.

 

Also, 3770 is fairly old CPU, so it might hold back 1660 super.

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30 minutes ago, Schada said:

Hello everyone,

I'm looking to upgrade my GPU from a GTX 1050 Ti to either a GTX 1650 Super or a GTX 1660 Super.  My question is about my motherboard.  I don't know the exact model of my motherboard but I purchased a pre-build Dell XPS 8500 back in 2012.  Do I need to purchase a new motherboard to take full advantage of the new GPU?

Other Computer Specs:

-Win10 Pro

-i7-3770

-16GBs DDR3 1600MHz

Thanks everyone!

I dont think so. though, you might want to consider the PSU and or the the clearance at the bottom of the case. 

Im with the mentaility of "IF IM NOT SURE IF ITS ENOUGH COOLING, GO OVERKILL"

 

CURRENT PC SPECS    

CPU             : Ryzen 5 3600 (Formerly Ryzen 3 1200)

GPU             : ASUS RX 580 Dual OC (Formerly ASUS GTX 1060 but it got corroded for some odd reasons)

GPU COOOER      : ID Cooling Frostflow 120 VGA (Stock cooler overheats even when undervolted :()

MOBO            : MSI B350m Bazooka

MEMORY          : Team Group Elite TUF DDR4 3600 Mhz CL 16
STORAGE         : Seagate Baracudda 1TB and Kingston SSD
PSU             : Thermaltake Lite power 550W (Gonna change soon as i dont trust this)
CASE            : Rakk Anyag Frost
CPU COOLER      : ID-Cooling SE 207
CASE FANS       : Mix of ID cooling fans, Corsair fans and Rakk Ounos (planned change to ID Cooling)
DISPLAY         : SpectrePro XTNS24 144hz Curved VA panel
MOUSE           : Logitech G603 Lightspeed
KEYBOARD        : Rakk Lam Ang

HEADSET         : Plantronics RIG 500HD

Kingston Hyper X Stinger

 

and a whole lot of LED everywhere(behind the monitor, behind the desk, behind the shelf of the PC mount and inside the case)

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