Need help concerning graphics card

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Jonagorn

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Hello, I have a rather compact computer, it's a Lenovo H520S (don't get jealous). I'm not really looking for a exteremely high performance card so I've chosen the Nvidia GTX 660. It is good right? Anyway, do I need any connections for it? And I'm slightly worried it won't fit in my computer. I've attached some photos of the inside to give you an idea of the size.

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You would be better taking some shots from further out, it does look very tight but the shots are a bit close to get a proper overview of your system.
 
You would need a good brand name 500 watt power supply that has at least 1 6pin pci express power connector. I'm sure your current power supply will not be sufficient to push the video card. And you may have issues with space trying to install it in your case.
 
You are still too close the case. But I have a feeling you won't have room for the card because of the drive cage on the right.

Get the bottle of pop out of the way.
 
johnb35 said:
You are still too close the case. But I have a feeling you won't have room for the card because of the drive cage on the right.

Get the bottle of pop out of the way.
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You can already tell that it won't fit and that an ATX power supply won't fit either. The DVD drive is in the way there, the PSU is not standard ATX and looking at the way the fan is mounted it may even be overlapping the PCI slot.

At a minimum you would need a new case and power supply to fit it, possibly remount the fan on your CPU heatsink
 
Aastii said:
You can already tell that it won't fit and that an ATX power supply won't fit either. The DVD drive is in the way there, the PSU is not standard ATX and looking at the way the fan is mounted it may even be overlapping the PCI slot.

At a minimum you would need a new case and power supply to fit it, possibly remount the fan on your CPU heatsink
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Exactly, a new case is required. I'm not sure what the form factor of the board is (probably ITX or mATX) but sometimes moving motherboards out of OEM PCs into third-party cases can be a pain. Sometimes it's fine though.
 
spirit said:
Exactly, a new case is required. I'm not sure what the form factor of the board is (probably ITX or mATX) but sometimes moving motherboards out of OEM PCs into third-party cases can be a pain. Sometimes it's fine though.
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Screw mounting position looks to be mATX, so a standard ATX would be fine. Worst comes to worst, nothing a drill or dremel won't fix if it is a proprietary form factor ;)
 
^ True, very true. ;)

I've had some problems in the past where I haven't been able to remove the I/O shields from the OEM cases, so I've had to put the board in a case without an I/O shield. Going by the picture, I think it can be removed in that PC just by pushing it maybe (like how it's normally removed).
 
Sorry but IMO you're just wasting money. Idk how upgradeable the mobo is cpu wise but that should have a pentium g645 in it which will probz bottleneck you, you have to change the case and power supply to even get the card in, and if you had gotten a card that fit your current case, finding a psu that will is a pain. Small form factor pc's should just be left stock
 
jonnyp11 said:
Sorry but IMO you're just wasting money. Idk how upgradeable the mobo is cpu wise but that should have a pentium g645 in it which will probz bottleneck you, you have to change the case and power supply to even get the card in, and if you had gotten a card that fit your current case, finding a psu that will is a pain. Small form factor pc's should just be left stock
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Au contraire

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/desktops/essential/h-series/h520s/

I3 by the looks of it which is plenty enough for games and should only bottleneck in heavily CPU dependant games. It is worth it Imo, much cheaper than a full new build and plenty of grunt for any game out now
 
Jonagorn

What may be useful to confirm all the details is to download PC Wizard from my signature, install and run it, then go to FILE, SAVE AS and click OK. Copy the text out of that file into this thread.

That will confirm the major details.
 
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