Hardware Can I upgrade this to a 1080/1080ti?

[Aether Lion]

Okay, so I need a some verification to make sure I can upgrade this without any problem.

Current desktop:

https://www.cnet.com/products/asus-rog-g20cb-db71-gtx1070-sff-core-i7-6700-3-4-ghz-16-gb-1-tb/specs/

I7-6700 + GTX 1070 in a 9.5 Liter case. (I bought it for $725 in February 2017)

Wanted to know if I could upgrade it to a 1080 card and if so which one? Probably gonna wait till next gen cards release just to see what happens to the prices/see if the mid-range cards of next-gen use the same power as the 1080.

Thanks. :3

 

[Joe88]

You can fit a founders card at the very least, you would have to measure, obviously nothing bigger than 2 slot design, also ones that push over the pci slot screws would be no good either. (I know this is a 970 but they are about the same size)

 

[TotalInsanity4]

What Joe said. It's definitely possible, but you'd need to look for cards that are on the smaller side. If you give us measurements for depth, width and height of the PCIE slot space we could help you a bit more with specific recommendations

 

[Aether Lion]

You can fit a founders card at the very least, you would have to measure, obviously nothing bigger than 2 slot design, also ones that push over the pci slot screws would be no good either. (I know this is a 970 but they are about the same size)

What Joe said. It's definitely possible, but you'd need to look for cards that are on the smaller side. If you give us measurements for depth, width and height of the PCIE slot space we could help you a bit more with specific recommendations

My main worry is about the PSU being powerful enough to work with the bigger card. I think physically it'll fit. I'm just worried about roasting my PC by doing so. ^^ Also, the video you posted is to a slightly different G20 using a 970.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

Generally speaking, most modern cards will do fine as long as your PSU physically has the connectors for it. There'll be some edge cases obviously, and I'll check later tonight once I'm home, but you should be fine. Plus, worst case scenario your PC just won't POST, or crash when doing something GPU intensive, it won't burn anything out in your computer

 

[Aether Lion]

Generally speaking, most modern cards will do fine as long as your PSU physically has the connectors for it. There'll be some edge cases obviously, and I'll check later tonight once I'm home, but you should be fine. Plus, worst case scenario your PC just won't POST, or crash when doing something GPU intensive, it won't burn anything out in your computer

Sorry for the slow response. Was revolving my weekend around San Diego Comic Con. Just wanted to give you a thanks. ^^

 

[TotalInsanity4]

Ok, so... It's gonna be a little tough. From what I'm seeing, your computer runs off of (up to) two DC power adapters, one 180w and one 230w, for a combined output of UP TO 410w. The minimum recommended PSU wattage I'm finding for your configuration + a 1080ti is 500w, although that's really the lowest standard form factor wattage most companies make these days. So I dunno, if you're feeling like giving it the "ol' college try", you could order a 1080ti and see if it runs without stability issues, and if it keeps blue-screening return it and fall back to a standard 1080. If you still run into stability issues there, you really have no choice but to stick with the 1070 it came with, or purchase a 1070ti

 

[x65943]

Ok, so... It's gonna be a little tough. From what I'm seeing, your computer runs off of (up to) two DC power adapters, one 180w and one 230w, for a combined output of UP TO 410w. The minimum recommended PSU wattage I'm finding for your configuration + a 1080ti is 500w, although that's really the lowest standard form factor wattage most companies make these days. So I dunno, if you're feeling like giving it the "ol' college try", you could order a 1080ti and see if it runs without stability issues, and if it keeps blue-screening return it and fall back to a standard 1080. If you still run into stability issues there, you really have no choice but to stick with the 1070 it came with, or purchase a 1070ti

He could buy a new psu, right? Usually $40 or so for a cheap one.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

He could buy a new psu, right? Usually $40 or so for a cheap one.

Nope, this is a SFF proprietary ASUS computer that uses those high-wattage laptop power bricks as power inputs. I thought the same thing and then I actually paid attention to the spec sheet lol