ASUS H81M-PLUS dual slot GPU compatibility

[davide445]

Need to update a PC I did find in studio, currently with this mobo, i3-4160, 16GB RAM, HD5450.

My planned upgrade is i7-4790, ASUS GTX 1060 DUAL 6G or (depends also from my studio partner) i5-4690, Gigabyte GTX1050 Ti WindForce 2X 4GB.

Both of them are dual slot card and I'm not sure if they will fit this mobo that appear to me pretty tight.

How can I check that? Considering pc-specs website appear they are not compatible, considering UserBenchmark configurator appear they are, no info on board manual or on ASUS website.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

They will fit, assuming there is enough room/length on the right. But a dual slot card will cover the adjacent PCI-E slot. You will need to remove the metal slot cover tab (visible on the left.)

GPUs are usually not on validated hardware lists, and both of those are newer than the motherboard anyway. But they should work fine, so long as the PSU provides enough juice.