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    Can you upgrade graphic card on msi force 16f3?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by Mendza, Dec 6, 2012.

  1. Mendza

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    As the title says, just a brief question, can it be done? Thanks :)


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    Yes .
     
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    Thank you.


    And if I decide to upgrade from 675m to 680m, do I need a new heatsink and x bracket?

    Thanks in advance
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    Mendza, Dec 7, 2012
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    Until more experienced people get to answer, I think the HS is compatible without any modifications and MSI does not use brackets for gpus.
     
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    Yeh, you can use the same exact heatsink.

    All I had to do was move around a few thermal pads.
     
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    The msi systems have posts soldered in place so no xbracket is used.
     
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    Thank you so much! You've just made my day! I ordered an 16F3 from xoticpc and it had 675m in it and they've told me you cannot upgrade the gpu. If only I had some experience with these thermal pads... I will try to learn how to do that before I go home in June, is there any tutorial/tips you guys can give me? Thank you so much again!

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    MSI heatsinks use metal posts and a thin thermal pad to contact the GPU making upgrading harder if the shape is very different.

    675M -> 680M is fairly painless IIRC.

    When the new ones come out it is very likely you will need to dremel it a bit to fit it, part of the reason MSI does not officially support GPU upgrading (they just have not done anything yet to particularly stop it).
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 9, 2012
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    I'm sorry, but what does dremel mean? :)
    I am an exchange student, English is not my strong side... :)
     
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    A dremel is a multi purpose rotary cutting tool that has many attachments that can be fit, its one of the easiest ways to modify a metal heatsink, though it takes some skill to do a pretty job (something I seem to lack :p ).
     
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    So you cannot just simply swap the cards and adjust the thermal pads? ( talking about 680m)
     
    Mendza, Dec 9, 2012
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    delete this post please, double post accidentally.
     
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    From what I recall you can with the 680M from the 675M, but that may not be true in future with other cards.
     
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    Okay, thank you.
    sorry for being boring can you also upgrade to 7970m too? Sorry for being so boring again..

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    No, since these machines are designed for optimus and not enduro, the 7970M only works in the last gen pre-optimus models.
     
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    Okay, thank you very much.

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    Mendza, Dec 9, 2012
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