Quote Originally Posted by Elixirboy View Post
IMO, dropping a mid to high end GPU on an ancient motherboard with a first gen PCI Express x16 slot is not a great idea.
Didn't notice any mention of the motherboard OP is using, I am just assuming is something ok. If not yeah probably change that too, but in the end an H270 comes on the cheap and I don't think we're looking at any overclocking here.