GTX 260 on my motherboard ?

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Hello i wonder will a gtx 260 fit and run on my motherboard?

Motherboard specs


Manufacturer: Pegatron
Form factor: microATX - 24.4 cm (9.6 inches) x 24.4 cm (9.6 inches)
Chipset: Intel G41 Express
Memory sockets: 2 x DDR3
Front side bus speeds: 1333/1066/800 MHz
Processor socket: 775
Expansion Slots:
1 PCI Express x16 slot for graphics card
2 PCI Express x1 slots
1 PCI slot
1 PCI Express x1 minicard slot

Picture on Motherboard http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/.../loc:1&cc=se&dlc=sv&lc=en&product=4130910#N66
 
Yes, but the more important thing is what power supply you have. What's the make and model and how many watts?

Well, I see you figured it out in your other thread, but you really should post what power supply you have.
 
It saids he has a 300watt power supply in a hp computer.
so if you think you have enough room for a card of that length then you need a new power supply. Card power requirements:
Minimum of a 500 Watt power supply.
(Minimum recommended power supply with +12 Volt current rating of 36 Amp Amps.)
Two available 6-pin Molex hard drive power dongles

looking inside of the computer:measure where the pci-express slot is,look up the length of the card and see it it will fit. also make sure you read the reviews on a card before getting one as many cards have lots of bad reviews and you want to know what you're getting into.
 
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it is big card, not the biggest but still, just about fits into my mid tower case.

The evga one I got from aastii is good btw.

How much are you looking to spend on a gpu? depending on this it may be be better and more value for money to get a more recent card.
 
Why are you still looking at the GTX 260? You'd be better off with a GTX 550 or a GTX 560 as these are newer cards, or maybe even a GTX 460 if you can get one cheap. Yes you'd need a new PSU, I'd recommend a 600 watt (Corsair makes a good one, the CX600 is about £50 I think) and make sure you can fit the card in the case. Remember the GTX 260 and the cards I listed above are dual-slot cards so make sure your card won't cover up any SATA ports or any other ports on the motherboard you may need.
 
Ischinel said:
I remember 260 is quite huge. Can it fit into a microATX? And it's quite power hungry as well?
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Yeah they were big so you may have a struggle getting one in an mATX case, and yes they were power-hungry. I can't really recommend one now for these reasons. I remember the GTX 200 series in general being big, power-hungry and they ran hot as well, so that's another reason why you don't really want one in an mATX case.

I don't know if it's possible or not, but could the OP purchase a larger ATX case (you can get them quite cheap) and then move the internals of his HP into the new case (so move the hard drives, optical drives, motherboard, RAM, CPU etc etc) so you'd have better air-flow for the graphics card you purchase? Is that possible? The last time I tried to remove a HP motherboard from an OEM case I couldn't take out the board because of the way the I/O shield was designed, so... it may not be.
 
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he can try, cases are cheap and come with many fans,if the old board wont go in a new large case,then time for a new board and reuse all the old parts,except the power supply...need new one of those,then add a video card...after reading reviews of course.
 
Not worth it man... It all depends on your case .... but you would also need a new power supply ... Depending on the card youd need 500-550 W and the 12v Rail outputting x ammount of power... I cant seem to find that information
 
Minimum of a 500 Watt power supply.
(Minimum recommended power supply with +12 Volt current rating of 36 Amp Amps.)
Two available 6-pin Molex hard drive power dongles
 
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