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Hi, i have a lenovo H420 which has a Nvidia GT 520 inside it. I want to upgrade the GPU to a 660ti. I'm wondering if my Motherboard will be compatible as it is a PCI-e x16pin. Also, would i have to upgrade the PSU to power it as well?

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What motherboard does the H240 have? If you need to find out, download the program Speccy.
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this is the motherboard i have in the H420:

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bboy212 wrote this is the motherboard i have in the H420:

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That doesn't really help because it doesn't show the the model of the Motherboard, however it shows to support PCI-E x16 GPU. The only problem you might face is if there is enough room inside the case for a 660ti and whether or not your PSU can power a 660ti.
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is this a better image?:

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From what Ive found online, it seems Lenovo white lists graphics cards for their systems and only approved ones will work.

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i just opened up the case and looked at the PSU and it said that the power must not exceed over 280 watts. So therefore i would have to buy a new PSU but i don't want to do that if the 660ti isn't even compatible with Lenovo systems.

EDIT: im pretty sure that the H420 does not whitelist GPUs, can anyone confirm this?
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