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So, im using Speccy and im looking at my motherboard and it says the following: "Slot Type PCI-E x16", can this be used with the MSI Geforce GTX 970 which has "PCI Express 3.0 x16", is there any correlation between these two things or am i WAYYYY off track here? :P

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So, im using Speccy and im looking at my motherboard and it says the following: "Slot Type PCI-E x16", can this be used with the MSI Geforce GTX 970 which has "PCI Express 3.0 x16", is there any correlation between these two things or am i WAYYYY off track here? :P

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PCI Express = PCI-E. Yes your GTX 970 will work.

 

PCI is something a bit different and older, but that doesn't matter.

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So, im using Speccy and im looking at my motherboard and it says the following: "Slot Type PCI-E x16", can this be used with the MSI Geforce GTX 970 which has "PCI Express 3.0 x16", is there any correlation between these two things or am i WAYYYY off track here? :P

Yes.

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So, im using Speccy and im looking at my motherboard and it says the following: "Slot Type PCI-E x16", can this be used with the MSI Geforce GTX 970 which has "PCI Express 3.0 x16", is there any correlation between these two things or am i WAYYYY off track here? :P

Any PCI Express device of any size of any revision can be used in any motherboard PCI Express slot of any size of any revision. There is no such thing as PCIe incompatibility if that's what you're worried about.

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And the regular MSI Geforce GTX 970 4GB uses 2x 6 pins right?

Not sure, could you maybe give me the product link?

PC SPECS: CPU: Intel Core i7 3770k @4.4GHz - Mobo: Asrock Extreme 4 (Z77) - GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 680 Twin Frozr 2GB - RAM: Crucial Ballistix 2x4GB (8GB) 1600MHz CL8 + 1x8GB - Storage: SSD: Sandisk Extreme II 120GB. HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB - PSU: be quiet! Pure Power L8 630W semi modular  - Case: Corsair Obsidian 450D  - OS: Windows 7

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And the regular MSI Geforce GTX 970 4GB uses 2x 6 pins right?

Not sure.  Pretty much all modern PSU's will support it though, unless you cheaped out on your PSU.

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Desktop

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CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X  CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15  Motherboard: Asus Prime X370-PRO  RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 @3200MHz  GPU: EVGA RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA (+50 core +400 memory)  Storage: 1050GB Crucial MX300, 1TB Crucial MX500  PSU: EVGA Supernova 750 P2  Chassis: NZXT Noctis 450 White/Blue OS: Windows 10 Professional  Displays: Asus MG279Q FreeSync OC, LG 27GL850-B

 

Main Laptop:

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Laptop: Sager NP 8678-S  CPU: Intel Core i7 6820HK @ 2.7GHz  RAM: 32GB DDR4 @ 2133MHz  GPU: GTX 980m 8GB  Storage: 250GB Samsung 850 EVO M.2 + 1TB Samsung 850 Pro + 1TB 7200RPM HGST HDD  OS: Windows 10 Pro  Chassis: Clevo P670RG  Audio: HyperX Cloud II Gunmetal, Audio Technica ATH-M50s, JBL Creature II

 

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Not sure, could you maybe give me the product link?

https://www.komplett.no/msi-geforce-gtx-970-4gb/824864?cks=ASS&assoc=D17C9206-4ABF-4D73-94BE-9D52E5984D4D#!tab:extra(Website is in Norwegian but "Utvidet Info" means "Specifications" :)

Not sure.  Pretty much all modern PSU's will support it though, unless you cheaped out on your PSU.

 

If it's got a 4460 in it it'll be fine as long as there is space (physically) and enough power (what wattage / model is the PSU)

cpu is a 4460 yes

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Yup, only 2 6 pins.

PC SPECS: CPU: Intel Core i7 3770k @4.4GHz - Mobo: Asrock Extreme 4 (Z77) - GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 680 Twin Frozr 2GB - RAM: Crucial Ballistix 2x4GB (8GB) 1600MHz CL8 + 1x8GB - Storage: SSD: Sandisk Extreme II 120GB. HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB - PSU: be quiet! Pure Power L8 630W semi modular  - Case: Corsair Obsidian 450D  - OS: Windows 7

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Ok yes it will work also your sig says you already have an EVGA 970 why would you get an msi one?

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Ahhh, great, Thanks for all the replies :) Much appriciated

No problem! :)

PC SPECS: CPU: Intel Core i7 3770k @4.4GHz - Mobo: Asrock Extreme 4 (Z77) - GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 680 Twin Frozr 2GB - RAM: Crucial Ballistix 2x4GB (8GB) 1600MHz CL8 + 1x8GB - Storage: SSD: Sandisk Extreme II 120GB. HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB - PSU: be quiet! Pure Power L8 630W semi modular  - Case: Corsair Obsidian 450D  - OS: Windows 7

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Its not for me, me and my brother are running the same system, but he also wants to upgrade :P

Ah what card does he have?

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If it fits, It sits.

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