Placing an Nvidia 740 GT in a computer socket

[wolly]

Hi,can I place an Nvidia 740 GT GPU in my computer?I tried placing it in the sock but there is a metal part that doesn't allow me to fit it in.What can I do?
This is how the GPU looks like:
And this is how the socket looks like:

That old GPU was low profile and this new GPU is modern size but it doesn't fit in. Is it because of the size?

 

[Assimilator]

What "metal part"? There are lots of metal parts in your pictures, please use a tool like Paint to highlight the one you're referring to.

 

[wolly]

What "metal part"? There are lots of metal parts in your pictures, please use a tool like Paint to highlight the one you're referring to.

 

[meatwar]

I believe the poor fellow is talking about the card having a standard bracket and the chassis supports only low-profile bracket cards (HP Compaq Por 6300 series)

Dont think you'll find a low profile bracket for that Gigabyte... get another model or disassembly the bracket and do not use the pc cover...lol

 

[wolly]

And the output of the GPU

 

[Panther_Seraphin]

Jesus that case looks like it has been mangled!!!

 

[wolly]

I believe the poor fellow is talking about the card having a standard bracket and the chassis supports only low-profile bracket cards (HP Compaq Por 6300 series)

Dont think you'll find a low profile bracket for that Gigabyte... get another model or disassembly the bracket and do not use the pc cover...lol

How did you find out that my PC doesn't allow normal GPUS boards into the system? I placed the board and all I needed is to cut that metalic part.

Jesus that case looks like it has been mangled!!!

I didn't had tools to make space for the GPU so I destroyed the slots ! Is that a bad idea?

 

[meatwar]

How did you find out that my PC doesn't allow normal GPUS boards into the system? I placed the board and all I needed is to cut that metalic part.


I didn't had tools to make space for the GPU so I destroyed the slots ! Is that a bad idea?

HP BACH Rev.A ...
And yes... cut it all... I've seem all kind of chassis "destruction" by users... its your propriety, you do what you want my friend, cheers.

EDIT: There you go... a "fine" example of modern "mods"...

Yet... another "plus modern" mod...

 

[wolly]

HP BACH Rev.A ...
And yes... cut it all... I've seem all kind of chassis "destruction" by users... its your propriety, you do what you want my friend, cheers.

So if I destroy the metal slot it will fit in? I have no clue if this will afect my PC.

 

[P4-630]

What is your goal with this?

If it's for display only, ok..

 

[wolly]

What is your goal with this?

If it's for display only, ok..

I want to play 3d animations and use Inventor for 3d pieces.I upgraded the RAM to 12 GB. The GPU has 2 GB RAM.
Will this be enough for 3dsMax,Cinema 4d and Inventor?

 

[lordmogul]

You can just cut away the metal of the case. But I would recommend taking the parts out for that, don't want any metal shavings where they could cause a short.

Will this be enough for 3dsMax,Cinema 4d and Inventor?

check the hardware requirements of the software.
3ds Max 2024
Cinema 3D 2024
Inventor 2024

The latest version of 3DSMax requires:

• Windows 10 or 11 64-bit
• a CPU with SSE4.2
• 4 GB RAM minimum (8 GB recommended)
• 9 GB drive space and
• a mouse.

For Cinema 4D:

• Windows 10 20H2 or Windows 11
• CPU with AVX2 support
• 16 GB RAM minimum (24 GB recommended)
• A Maxwell (GTX 750 or GTX 900 or higher) or Polaris/GCN4 (RX 400 or newer) or Kaby Lake GPU with support for DirectX 12 FL_11.0
• heavily recommended at least 4 GB VRAM, but better 8 GB

For Inventor 2024:

• A quad core with minim 2.5 GHz, recommended 3 GHz or higher (for >1000 parts 3.3 GHz quad core or more)
• 16 GB RAM for <500 part models, 32 GB recommended (for >1000 parts 64 GB recommended)
• 40 GB storage
• a DX 11 capable GPU with 1 GB VRAM with 29 GB/s bandwith (4 GB with 106 GB/s recommended)
• minimum 1280 x 1024 resolution, 4K recommended
• A mouse

The Geforce GT 740 is a Kepler card (with 2 GB VRAM in your case), available with 28.5 GB/s for the DDR3 model and 80.1 GB/s for the GDDR5 model.

By the information given, (2 GB GT 740 and 12 GB RAM)

• 3ds Max should run, assuming thee CPU supports SSE4.2 (Intel Nehalem, Silvermont or newer, AMD Bulldozer or Jaguar or newer, VIA Nano C4000 or newer)
• Cinema 4D will need at least 4 GB RAM more to meet minimum requirements, but the GT 740 doesn't meet minimum specs. Also a CPU with AVX2 is needed (Intel Hasswell or Newer, AMD Excavator or newer, VIA Nano Quad or newer)
• Inventor 4D also would need at least 4 GB more RAM, but the GT 740 meets requirements.

Obviously those are only official requirements, the software might or might not run on weaker parts, No guarantee there.
And older versions will have lower requirements