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Exaco
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Hey guys, i have this motherboard, i was wondering if i can run second low end card on it that does not require pcie power from PSU. I am not sure if it will even fit, also what about the power usage? I might be peaking it to 600w~ even with this 980.
I think i have somewhere GeForce 7300GT laying and would like to put it in also i wonder how to install drivers for different cards later.
Specs:
CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-2320
GPU: ZOTAC GTX 980Ti 6GB AMP! Omega
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance® Low Profile
MB: GIGABYTE H61 - GA-P61-S3
SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB
HDD: Western Digital WD Green 2TB
PSU: OCZ ZS 650W
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It will work, but why? You already outputs from the motherboard and GPU, why would you need more? 

Please quote our replys so we get a notification and can reply easily. Never cheap out on a PSU, or I will come to watch the fireworks. 

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PC:

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K @4.8GHz
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 
Motherboard:  ASUS Maximus VIII Hero 
GPU: Zotac AMP Extreme 1070 @ 2114Mhz
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB
Case: Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W G2

 

Peripherals 

Keyboard: Corsair K70 LUX Browns
Mouse: Logitech G502 
Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud Revolver 

Monitor: U2713M @ 75Hz

 

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Well, i need an second card that will run software UI and in general all system, meanwhile the main card is doing its job ( rendering ), without second card when its rendering i can barely move the cursor its extremely laggy, barely able to even browse on facebook, etc.

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Just now, Exaco said:

Well, i need an second card that will run software UI and in general all system, meanwhile the main card is doing its job ( rendering ), without second card when its rendering i can barely move the cursor its extremely laggy, barely able to even browse on facebook, etc.

Can you not just use the iGPU? 

Please quote our replys so we get a notification and can reply easily. Never cheap out on a PSU, or I will come to watch the fireworks. 

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My specs

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PC:

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K @4.8GHz
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 
Motherboard:  ASUS Maximus VIII Hero 
GPU: Zotac AMP Extreme 1070 @ 2114Mhz
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB
Case: Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W G2

 

Peripherals 

Keyboard: Corsair K70 LUX Browns
Mouse: Logitech G502 
Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud Revolver 

Monitor: U2713M @ 75Hz

 

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I can't this mobo doesn't even have the VGA cable output also didn't seen anything in the bios to enable it. When my first AMD card died i remember i was using through the dead w/ drivers uninstalled card to get the display. Was left only with CPU power, no gaming etc. It has some port similiar to VGA, but it doesn't fit, propably i need adapter or something. And anyway i am using single monitor, so not sure how i could run iGPU.

EDIT: it doesn't fit. Model of the card: MSI NX7300GT-TD256EH

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31 minutes ago, Exaco said:

I can't this mobo doesn't even have the VGA cable output also didn't seen anything in the bios to enable it. When my first AMD card died i remember i was using through the dead w/ drivers uninstalled card to get the display. Was left only with CPU power, no gaming etc. It has some port similiar to VGA, but it doesn't fit, propably i need adapter or something. And anyway i am using single monitor, so not sure how i could run iGPU.

the other port you mention is serial

also you can enable the i-gpu even if you dont have a display connected to it

also i tried to to what you wanted with one computer but all stuff (like chrome and windows) only works on main gpu

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What for?

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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