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Does X51 support GTX 970?
Current X51 Setup - i5-3450, 8GB RAM, GT640, 1tb Hard Drive, (getting the 330w power supply before the new GPU) and Blu-Ray drive.
With the release of the new 900 Series. Is my X51 compatible with the 970? It only draws 145w of power according to the specs which is only 5 more than the 660. But there might be other factors, which is why I'm asking.
Or should I just go with the 760? Or 660? SC, Ti?
DELL-Milena M
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October 20th, 2014 14:00
I will recommend you to go with GTX 760TI since we did validate it for the X51; in the other hand I cannot assure you that the 970 will work properly because we haven’t tested yet.
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October 22nd, 2014 05:00
Thanks for the help. One last quick question... Should I try to find a blower-type fan setup in the card or is the ACX setup okay too. I found a 4gb version of the card I want to get, but I'm not sure with the limited space/cooling in the X51...
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October 27th, 2014 08:00
Just make sure that the card's power consumption doesn't exceed the power that the x51's PSU provides.
A blower version would be better but make sure the dimensions are equal to the ones we sale.