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Hey guys,

I have a TH55B HD motherboard & need to upgrade graphics card but I don't know what's compatible as I want to run Elder Scrolls Online.

I am currently running
Windows 7 64 bit
500w power supply
4gb ram
i3 @ 2.93ghz
& onboard intel HD core i3 graphics


Have found a pic of the motherboard... I was ideally looking at a radeon HD 7870.
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Is this possible with the current build?

Many thanks

Adam
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You didn't say how much your budget is, so I guessed.
Here is the R9 270x;
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Make sure your power supply has a 6-pin + 6-pin power connector.
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Also, you can upgrade other aspects of a PC, but it will only perform as well as the weakest part

i.e you only have 4gb RAM which will hinder you to a point
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Thank you & that's perfect.

Would that def fit in the mobo?

Adam
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JVl wrote Also, you can upgrade other aspects of a PC, but it will only perform as well as the weakest part

i.e you only have 4gb RAM which will hinder you to a point


Okey dokey will upgrade the ram as well ty
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01parkera wrote Thank you & that's perfect.

Would that def fit in the mobo?

Adam


Yes, your mobo has PCI Express 2.0. PCI Express 3.0 is backwards compatible with PCI Express 2.0.

Also, I agree with JVI you should get another stick of 4gb RAM.
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Tattoo wrote
01parkera wrote Thank you & that's perfect.

Would that def fit in the mobo?

Adam


Yes, your mobo has PCI Express 2.0. PCI Express 3.0 is backwards compatible with PCI Express 2.0.

Also, I agree with JVI you should get another stick of 4gb RAM.



Thank you so much for all the help... 1 more question how can I tell if I have a 6pin + 6 power connector?
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First of all, what power supply do you have? For all we know it could be an unbranded crappy PSU.
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You won't want to be running a 7870 or 270X on a 500 Watt PSU anyhow. So upgrade that first...
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01parkera wrote
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01parkera wrote Thank you & that's perfect.

Would that def fit in the mobo?

Adam


Yes, your mobo has PCI Express 2.0. PCI Express 3.0 is backwards compatible with PCI Express 2.0.

Also, I agree with JVI you should get another stick of 4gb RAM.



Thank you so much for all the help... 1 more question how can I tell if I have a 6pin + 6 power connector?


Look at your connectors and see if you have any connecters that look like this:
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Those connectors will plus into this:
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