looking to upgrade desktop to give it more life

[fencer38]

Hi,

I have an HP ENVY Phoenix 810-150se (c.2013) that is overall still going strong but the graphics card (an Nvidia GTX 770) is finally showing its age. I'm currently looking at the GTX 16 series of cards which would be a respectable jump in performance (I'd also consider the RTX series depending on pricing/availability given the whole shortage due to crypto mining). My question is how do I confirm that any new card I buy would be compatible with my current motherboard?

I know I'll probably (likely) have issues of bottlenecking unless/until I upgrade to a modern motherboard. For the moment that's fine, I'm willing to upgrade other parts as stock & personal finance allow. I just want to make sure I don't drop a few hundred dollars on a graphics card that won't be compatible with my other hardware.

I've been able to identify my motherboard as  Pegatron 2ACE (ver. 1.09). Beyond that I'm not sure how to confirm any new card will work with it.

My desktop also came with a preinstalled liquid cooling system so as long as I have one I intend to use it with any new graphics card. Any advice on what I need to look at/additional components I'd need to buy to ensure the liquid cooling correctly works with a new graphics card would also be welcome.

[Grzwacz]

Hi,

I had a 810-150. I installed a three fan Asus 1080 in the case. I think the 1080 was just under12 inches in length and it was a dual slot card. The card length was a tight fit but it worked.

You have a 600 watt PSU. Verify the PSU has six and eight pin PCIE connectors. How many of these you need depends on what graphics card you buy.

The MB supports UEFI so a newer Nvidia graphics card will work.

You have CPU liquid cooling which I also had on my 810. No problems here unless you intend to liquid cool the new graphics card.

Regards