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Will the Radeon RX 6800 XT fit and work in your PC?

Everything you need before you buy a Radeon RX 6800 XT as an upgrade: the power supply, the power connector, whether it fits your case, and which CPUs won't hold it back.

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Performance (1440p) ~48% of an RTX 5090
Board power (TDP) 300 W
Recommended PSU 750 W
Power connectors 2× 8-pin
Length 267 mm
Thickness 2.5 slots
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
Released 2020

🔌 Power & connectors

NVIDIA/AMD recommend at least a 750 W power supply for the Radeon RX 6800 XT, and it draws power through 2× 8-pin. Make sure your PSU actually has that cable free — it's the #1 reason a GPU upgrade gets returned.

📏 Will it fit your case?

The Radeon RX 6800 XT is 267 mm long and 2.5 slots thick. It fits 64 of 66 popular cases we track, including 8 small-form-factor (ITX) cases.

Tightest cases it still fits: Lian Li A4-H2O (ITX), Lian Li Q58 (ITX), Fractal Terra (ITX), NZXT H210 (ITX).

🧠 CPUs that won't bottleneck it

The faster the GPU, the more CPU you need — and lower resolutions lean harder on the CPU. Minimum recommended CPU for the Radeon RX 6800 XT by resolution:

1080p (most CPU-demanding) — at least a Ryzen 3 3100
Ryzen 3 3100Ryzen 7 2700Ryzen 5 2600XCore i3-10100FCore i5-7600K
1440p — at least a Core i5-4690K
Core i5-4690KRyzen 5 1600Ryzen 7 1700Core i5-6500Ryzen 7 1700X
4K (least CPU-demanding) — at least a Core i5-4690K
Core i5-4690KRyzen 5 1600Ryzen 7 1700Core i5-6500Ryzen 7 1700X

"Won't bottleneck" means your CPU can keep the Radeon RX 6800 XT busy at that resolution; the chips shown are the most affordable that qualify. Specific games still vary.

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