Upgrading a shoddy prebuilt.

[kucharczykt]

My mom recently bought a prebuilt HP with a hard drive and no ssd. I did the math and the 150w (I THINK gold certified) is barely enough for the current components and external devices (depending on what sources I looked at it was over 150w of usage) so, I didn't want to add an SSD to it before upgrading the psu, especially since she runs a photography business and is doing video editing more and more meaning she will want/need further upgrades down the line. So what I'm wondering is if the motherboard uses proprietary connecters or not, the motherboard is called "bakerMS" according to the hp website and the model is "M01-F1033wb". Also is there any possible way to copy most/all of the applications from the hdd to an ssd or at the very least the OS, if not possible using file manger or another pre installed software is there an external application that would be able to do so.

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 minutes ago, kucharczykt said:

I did the math and the 150w (I THINK gold certified) is barely enough for the current components and external devices

It has a i3 10100, 8gb of ram and a 1tb hdd? Then a 150w psu is more than plenty. Those parts will use less than 100w in total. Should be able to add a 1030 if you want.

 

3 minutes ago, kucharczykt said:

otherboard uses proprietary connecters or not, the motherboard is called "bakerMS" according to the hp website and the model is "M01-F1033wb".

Lots like its a fully properiery form factory

 

3 minutes ago, kucharczykt said:

there any possible way to copy most/all of the applications from the hdd to an ssd or at the very least the OS, if not possible using file manger or another pre installed software is there an external application that would be able to do so.

Use any common cloning tools like macrum reflect.

[kucharczykt]

4 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

It has a i3 10100, 8gb of ram and a 1tb hdd? Then a 150w psu is more than plenty. Those parts will use less than 100w in total. Should be able to add a 1030 if you want.

I looked at moniter, speaker wattages, external hdd, drawing tablet as well as appox. how much charging a phone would use, those 3's and 5's added up. Also either I'm dumb or used inaccurate sources because I got closer to 130w for the cpu, ram and storage. Either way unless my mom shills out for a whole new system the upgrade path is bleak.

20 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Lots like its a fully properiery form factory

I wanted to upgrade the psu not the mobo so I was more concerned about the connecters.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, kucharczykt said:

I looked at moniter, speaker wattages, external hdd, drawing tablet as well as appox. how much charging a phone would use, those 3's and 5's added up. Also either I'm dumb or used inaccurate sources because I got closer to 130w for the cpu, ram and storage. Either way unless my mom shills out for a whole new system the upgrade path is bleak.

Yea idk where your looking, but that cpu uses like 80w under max low, ram is like 3w, and hdd is like 5-8w max. 

 

Id probalby get a ssd. If you want to do much more, just get a new pc. Might be able to get away with a 10400 + 1030 if you really want to push it though.

 

Motherboared doesn't have a normal atx power connector either.

[kucharczykt]

6 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Yea idk where your looking, but that cpu uses like 80w under max low, ram is like 3w, and hdd is like 5-8w max. 

 

Id probalby get a ssd. If you want to do much more, just get a new pc. Might be able to get away with a 10400 + 1030 if you really want to push it though.

 

Motherboared doesn't have a normal atx power connector either.

As of right now an ssd will be enough. Thanks for your help!

[-rascal-]

4 hours ago, kucharczykt said:

I looked at moniter, speaker wattages, external hdd, drawing tablet as well as appox. how much charging a phone would use, those 3's and 5's added up. Also either I'm dumb or used inaccurate sources because I got closer to 130w for the cpu, ram and storage. Either way unless my mom shills out for a whole new system the upgrade path is bleak.

I wanted to upgrade the psu not the mobo so I was more concerned about the connecters.

 

Monitor doesn't draw power from the PC's power supply.

It's plugged + powered from the wall socket...

 

Speaker, also plugged powered through the wall socket...

 

External HDD, depending on which one you get, it's either through the 5V USB port, or wall socket again...

 

Drawing tablet...again either through 5V USB or wall socket...

 

Charging a phone through USB is like nothing, plus that is from the 5V, like USB.

It will won't even put a dent on the 150W.

If you use a wall charger... then 0W from the PC....

[kucharczykt]

4 hours ago, -rascal- said:

 

Monitor doesn't draw power from the PC's power supply.

It's plugged + powered from the wall socket...

 

Speaker, also plugged powered through the wall socket...

 

External HDD, depending on which one you get, it's either through the 5V USB port, or wall socket again...

 

Drawing tablet...again either through 5V USB or wall socket...

 

Charging a phone through USB is like nothing, plus that is from the 5V, like USB.

It will won't even put a dent on the 150W.

If you use a wall charger... then 0W from the PC....

The moniter I was wrong about but the drawing pad does not have a charger or battery and its plugged diretly into usb. The external hdd is also only plugged into the computer. The speakers are plugged only into a USB a port. So yes I was wrong about one thing the rest is vaild.