Would A GTX 950 Be Compatible With This System?

[BigDay]

hi

 

a friend of mine has the following specs:

 

i5-750 @ 2.67 ghz; 4 cores, 4 thread cpu

Gigabyte H55M-S2H motherboard

8GB ram

Seasonic 350w PSU

 

would he be able to add in a gtx 950 with this motherboard? specifically the evga gtx 950 FTW ACX 2.0. would there be a bottleneck between the cpu and gpu? (i'm assuming so) just wanted to get some feedback.

 

the mobo has pcie 2.0 only

 

thanks!

[tbroadwater2010]

hi

 

a friend of mine has the following specs:

 

i5-750 @ 2.67 ghz; 4 cores, 4 thread cpu

Gigabyte H55M-S2H motherboard

8GB ram

Seasonic 350w PSU

 

would he be able to add in a gtx 950 with this motherboard? specifically the evga gtx 950 FTW ACX 2.0. would there be a bottleneck between the cpu and gpu? (i'm assuming so) just wanted to get some feedback.

 

thanks!

Yeah im gonna say there will be some bottlenecking at the CPU with that GPU. I would look into upgrading that first and then going with a better GPU

[jimakos234]

i think you are ok, but i would get a stronger psu in terms of watts, but i think he will be fine.

the cpu is ok, it can keep up up to 960/380/380x without any probs.

[PrimeSonic]

The PSU is really cutting it close.

While the 900 series does draw less power, I would still feel iffy about using a 350w PSU.

 

I would check if that PSU even has the appropriate cables to connect the to the card.

 

Consider getting something around 550w-650w from a reputable manufacturer.

[BigDay]

what about the fact that the motherboard only supports pcie 2.0? is this going to affect performance if he buys the card?

[PrimeSonic]

what about the fact that the motherboard only supports pcie 2.0? is this going to affect performance if he buys the card?

 

The transfer speed of PCIe 2.0 at 16x is equal to PCIe 3.0 at 8x.

 

PCIe 3.0 8x is what everyone's dual SLI config is running with and there's practically no impact.

 

The GPU will be fine with that bandwidth.

[MrTiC]

Change out PSU too 300w is al little low

And there will be no bottleneck if you oc the cpu to 3.5Ghz - 4.0Ghz (depending on the mobo)

My 760 wasnt bottlenecked even with the oc i have on it: core 1254 mem 6500Mhz (CPU runs on 4Ghz tough)