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Does It Matter What MOBO I Use?

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Hello!

I was wondering if it matters what MOBO i have...
I whant to upgrade my Gpu im on a low budget of 120$so i want to buy the Gtx 750...
It says it uses GGDR5 ram.

So im asking if that metters because my Mobo is kinda bad, and i dont know if i upgrade is it going to damage my Mobo.
My Mobo: Msi A68Hm Grenade

My Gpu: AMD Radeon HD7540D      (Idk if u even need this but il just put it in)

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What PSU do you have?

 

It should be fine as long as your PSU can power it.

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Vram doesn't affect the motherboard. Don't spend $120 on the gtx 750, get a rx 460/560 4gb used for ~$150, EDIT: under $140 where i've looked.

Try using the PSU Tier List! 

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No, your motherboard only matters when you are changing out the RAM or the CPU. The memory that is on your graphics card doesn't have anything to do with what motherboard you buy.

 

On a side note, are you buying that 750 new? Or used? 

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20 minutes ago, hconverse02 said:

Vram doesn't affect the motherboard. Don't spend $120 on the gtx 750, get a rx 460/560 4gb used for ~$150, EDIT: under $140 where i've looked.

If you're upping the budget to $150, then surely you would just get the GTX 1050 instead? Same price, better out-of-the-box performance and the improvement in power consumption leaves you with room for OC'ing.

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Changing gpu won't affect motherboard.

Don't get 750, get a 1030 or rx460

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As long as your board has PCIe2.0 or newer, it will be fine.

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