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Will a 7850 work on my motherboard?

KaraminalKaraminal Member Posts: 58
in Hardware

As the title says, i want to upgrade my 7750 to a 7850 but i am unsure whether it will work on my motherboard

http://www.ebuyer.com/349910-gigabyte-ga-970a-ds3-socket-am3-7-1-channel-audio-atx-motherboard-ga-970a-ds3

 

All help will be appreciated :)

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  • DihoruDihoru Member Posts: 2,731
    Originally posted by Karaminal

    As the title says, i want to upgrade my 7750 to a 7850 but i am unsure whether it will work on my motherboard

    http://www.ebuyer.com/349910-gigabyte-ga-970a-ds3-socket-am3-7-1-channel-audio-atx-motherboard-ga-970a-ds3

     

    All help will be appreciated :)

    It will work the issue is how the parts fit together. You need to be sure the heat sinks on the new GPU aren't designed for a different layout of motherboard otherwise you can heat fry something ( I fried my last PC's southbridge with a 6950's heat sink because the motherboard was never intended to house a 6950).

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  • YaevinduskYaevindusk Member RarePosts: 2,094

    Expansion Slots

    1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16) (Note 3)
    1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
    3 x PCI Express x1 slots
    (All PCI Express slots conform to the PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
    2 x PCI slots

     

    First and foremost we will need to know your Power Supply Unit.  Assuming it is adequate enough to run it, then yes.  Though as a general rule, if you have a card from the same generation it should be able to run one of it's siblings providing you have the power to support it.  In addition, you need to see if your tower has the room to support the card.

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  • KaraminalKaraminal Member Posts: 58

    I recently upgraded my psu to a 600w corsair psu, will this be suitable?

    My case: http://www.ebuyer.com/343262-cit-vantage-gaming-case-black-hd-audio-black-interior-4-fans-card-cscitvan

  • QuizzicalQuizzical Member LegendaryPosts: 25,532

    Exactly which power supply is it?  I'm guessing that you got a Corsair CX600 V2, but given your history of trying to find cheap junk parts, I'd like to know for certain.

    The case should have ample airflow, as a Radeon HD 7850 doesn't put out that much heat.  The real concern is whether the card will physically fit.

  • SeariasSearias Member UncommonPosts: 743
    Originally posted by Quizzical

    Exactly which power supply is it?  I'm guessing that you got a Corsair CX600 V2, but given your history of trying to find cheap junk parts, I'd like to know for certain.

    The case should have ample airflow, as a Radeon HD 7850 doesn't put out that much heat.  The real concern is whether the card will physically fit.

    I think it should fit, got this picture off google. That person has a messy setup though :P.

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  • KaraminalKaraminal Member Posts: 58
    Originally posted by Quizzical

    Exactly which power supply is it?  I'm guessing that you got a Corsair CX600 V2, but given your history of trying to find cheap junk parts, I'd like to know for certain.

    The case should have ample airflow, as a Radeon HD 7850 doesn't put out that much heat.  The real concern is whether the card will physically fit.

    http://www.ebuyer.com/269259-corsair-600w-cx-series-v2-psu-6x-sata-2x-pci-e-cmpsu-600cxv2uk

     

    PSU

  • QuizzicalQuizzical Member LegendaryPosts: 25,532
    That power supply will support a Radeon HD 7850 without incident.  The case will probably be fine, too, though you may want to pull out a ruler and measure.  If you've got room in the case for a 26 cm long video card, you'll be fine, as I'd be surprised if any 7850 goes over that.
  • TybostTybost Member UncommonPosts: 629

    Owning a 7870-Tahiti LE I can say that it runs very well on my 760G motherboard! ;D of course it will work for you on the 970G without a doubt.

     

    ;D << Boasts his card way to often

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