Graphics card backing plate an obstruction

The riser should work on a technical level but how will you actually mount the card in the case?

I presume it's a card powered straight from the pci-e slot? Maybe a gtx1650? It could be as easy to just return it and get a model without a backplate. Seems strange that the backplate would interfere with the ram banks.

I just put a low profile gtx1650 into a lenovo actually, it's an asus with a backplate but there were no issues.

Like that I guess. They never envisaged a real GPU going in there.

That's a strange looking board. Never seen anything like it.

Is that only a single ram slot? That's not good either.

I'm fine with mine. It's running perfect and as it should, though the 1650 doesn't need extra power. I have it with an i7-3770, and both are running full speed on a 200w power supply.

Sometimes with OEM machines the power delivery can be wonky. I know with some of the OEM boards with custom PSU designs that have those dual 4 pin connectors instead of the classic 24pin + 4/8pin, there can be issues supplying enough power as they wouldn't have been designed to be run with gaming cards. But in your case it should be OK.

However, the bigger problem is I suspect you will have an issue anyway as an RTX2060 + 2600S machine would need probably at least a decent quality 280-300w power supply. From looking online it seems the ThinkCentre comes with a 180w PSU, not even close to being enough.

I would say an RTX2060 with a 2600S is a very overkill anyway. It will be bottlenecked a lot and won't perform at all to it's capability. Something like a 1660 is probably the best card I would pair with a 2600S.

The 2600S is an old, slow cpu and supports only 1333mhz ram. It's still 'OK' for many games but it won't keep up with the likes of an RTX2060 in most cases. Assuming you are using a 1080P monitor a 1660 is a much better match. In most new games the RTX2060 would be sitting only half working because of the CPU ceiling.

Considering the RTX2060 is £300 it might be time to consider a new PC. If you can return that, you could build a nice, rounded new PC with the latest tech for about €600 that would run all the latest games very well.

Smiles35 wrote: »

Hello. Op here. Just on someone else's account while I sorted out this PC.


I had to laugh Ed-E, it's not that bad. I don't think some of the mini versions of today's graphics cards would fit in that. I wouldn't like to try.




No six pin connectors (or 8 pin which is what I need for the 2060). I have adaptors for both though.

LENOVO 1577G1G ThinkCentre Edge71 is the full model name. It's LGA LGA1155 with a i7-2600s in it.

How are you getting on framerate wise after your upgrade? It's always in the back of mind that a branded 3rd party board would be quicker than this Lenovo. Is their any truth in that I wonder.

So assuming this is your machine:



It sounds like you are restricted by length.

Academically, I'd say to get a ruler, measure how long you can have for a GPU, then get a 75W (no PCI-e power) GPU yadda yadda.

But the i7-2600 is 9 years old.
It's time to build a new machine.

Even a lowly Ryzen 1200 (or 2200G with iGPU) would be faster.

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

It sounds like you are restricted by length.

I certainly was restricted by length. I had one of the older full length behemoth graphics cards in it and I had to bend the chassis to get it in.

Homelander wrote: »

Well, that's not too bad then. But what brand PSU is it? A 620w with no pci-e connectors would have to either be ancient, or very low-end.

Here, you might laugh at this. The PSU brand is ACE.

Many thanks for laying out how bottlenecking can affect performance. I mean that sincerely.

Just to iterate on "fire hazard" PSUs:

The ACE PSU didn't come with it though. ACE is a low-end brand, Amazon have their '750W' PSU's for £22 and '500w' PSU's for £15.