RTX 3060 compatability

[LiteGem]

Will a RTX 3060 connect to a DH61WW motherboard or do i need to get a new motherboard

[Dedayog]

3 minutes ago, LiteGem said:

Will a RTX 3060 connect to a DH61WW motherboard or do i need to get a new motherboard

yes, it's a PCIe 3 x16 slot.

 

Though I question adding a 3060 to a 12 year old PC.

[DreamCat04]

10 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

yes, it's a PCIe 3 x16 slot.

 

Though I question adding a 3060 to a 12 year old PC.

In one particular game, even my 12700K overclocked to 5GHz on all cores slightly bottlenecks my RTX 3060Ti at 1080p. A 12 yr old CPU will pair quite well with lower-end cards, but it'll hold back a 3060 quite a bit unless you really crank up the details and resolution

[LiteGem]

1 minute ago, DreamCat04 said:

In one particular game, even my 12700K overclocked to 5GHz on all cores slightly bottlenecks my RTX 3060Ti at 1080p. A 12 yr old CPU will pair quite well with lower-end cards, but it'll hold back a 3060 quite a bit unless you really crank up the details and resolution

Im planning on eventually getting a whole new motherboard, cpu and ram when my parents have the money (im only 15 and in the uk its hard to get job at that age)

[Tetras]

Is Windows installed in UEFI mode, or legacy?

 

In the user profiles here, the latest card was a 1650 Super (released late 2019) and this was the motherboard's bios date reported: 20110218.

[LiteGem]

5 hours ago, Tetras said:

Is Windows installed in UEFI mode, or legacy?

 

In the user profiles here, the latest card was a 1650 Super (released late 2019) and this was the motherboard's bios date reported: 20110218.

Idk, i just want to know if it will attach to a DH61WW

[LiteGem]

5 hours ago, Dedayog said:

yes, it's a PCIe 3 x16 slot.

 

Though I question adding a 3060 to a 12 year old PC.

i was just reading about the PCIE slot. is says this; 

[avidgamer121]

i had that mobo back in the day, it was a good budget option with features rich bios.

 

Coming back to the topic, you should be fine but for that era pc i would suggest you buy a i7 2600 or 3770 because otherwise with a dual core like i3 or i5 (which doesn't have HT) would suffer from huge bottleneck.