Prebuilt power supply.

[Adam P]

So I have a pretty crappy prebuilt that I bought over a year ago. Since the computer has a Ryzen 7 1700x, I thought that was a good enough cpu for me. However, the gpu is a RX550. I want to upgrade to a GTX 1650. I did some small amount of research, because I don't want my pc parts to melt, as that would be quite problematic. While opening up my pc case, it would seem that my maximum psu wattage is only 310 watts. As a newbie to this kind of stuff, as in computer building type stuff, I wasn't sure exactly how to make sure whether this is enough wattage, which i'm most likely guessing isn't. Also, in the case of me having to buy a new psu, I'm not sure whether it would fit in the case. Pls halp a brutha out. Also in case any specs are needed for an answer, here are all the spec(I know)

-Ryzen 7 1700x

-16 gb Ram

-1tb (I think hdd)

-1 playing thingamajig

-um ?

no idea wtf the motherboard is

or uh

anything else

[Electronics Wizardy]

Wht model is the prebuilt?

 

310 should be fine for that gpu, it doesn't need much power.

 

But might want to get a better psu anyways, and a better gpu if you can.

 

ALso get a ssd if you don't have one already.

[Juular]

310W per se should be more than enough for this build in games, question is, which PSU it is ? Take a shot of it's label at least idk. But even if it's some ancient group regulated stuff it probably doesn't worth replacing it seeing that your overall PC appears to be pretty low-end and you probably don't have much spare money for a new (good) PSU in the first place.

[Adam P]

I mean, I want to upgrade TO a 1650. Also, the model of the prebuilt is a HP Pavilion "Gaming" pc. The black one with the green stripe down the front. I'm also not sure what psu it is, but it seems to be some sort of hp psu, since this is a hp prebuilt.

[Electronics Wizardy]

3 minutes ago, Adam P said:

I mean, I want to upgrade TO a 1650. Also, the model of the prebuilt is a HP Pavilion "Gaming" pc. The black one with the green stripe down the front. I'm also not sure what psu it is, but it seems to be some sort of hp psu, since this is a hp prebuilt.

Is there. model number on the pc?

 

But a 1650 should just work iin there.

[Adam P]

Ok, I think I got it now. I was looking through amazon, and there is one. The Zotac 1650 Super Compact. It'll fit my case and the minimum psu required is 300 watts or so.

Thanks peoples.