Compatibility

[fato]

Hello everyone ,

so I've bought a prebuild cause I had to. Basically got a voucher that paid 400$ for a pc , but could only use it on a prebuild one. So I got this one : https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c07033862

But now , since Im not really familliar with the concept of compatibility , I was wondering what upgrades are possible for this build . Can I add a GPU (would I have to change the PSU for that )  ?
Can I add whatever RAM I want and remove the current one it has ?  I don't think I'm interested in changing the CPU for now. I'm not really looking to get a high-end pc with the upgrades , was just wandering what I can and what I cant change without having to change the entire mobo.
Thank you in advance .

[tkitch]

good upgrade:  Second stick (Or just buy a 16GB Kit and replace) of RAM

 

You can probably get a 1650 in there without any issues.  But anything needing a PCI-E Power connector is trickier.  

 

HP most likely put a proprietary PSU in that box, so you can't easily swap it.

 

Your CPU is pretty damned solid, and the onboard GPU with it doesn't suck, either.

[Beat_my_Laptop]

51 minutes ago, fato said:

Hello everyone ,

so I've bought a prebuild cause I had to. Basically got a voucher that paid 400$ for a pc , but could only use it on a prebuild one. So I got this one : https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c07033862

But now , since Im not really familliar with the concept of compatibility , I was wondering what upgrades are possible for this build . Can I add a GPU (would I have to change the PSU for that )  ?
Can I add whatever RAM I want and remove the current one it has ?  I don't think I'm interested in changing the CPU for now. I'm not really looking to get a high-end pc with the upgrades , was just wandering what I can and what I cant change without having to change the entire mobo.
Thank you in advance .

You can buy ram, you can buy a small graphics card, & all the storage & cooling you want. If ho is like dell then they use a proprietary PSU & Mobo connector so you're locked into that Mobo & PSU unless you want to drop the kaputska to buy both (& likely a new case unless you're talented & have a drill, Dremel), and luck (or choose an itx mbd. Towers like that use nonconforming mobos so their cases don't like atx boards. Also lacking lots of PSU headroom it limits how large a gpu you can add, no 3090 for you.

[fato]

57 minutes ago, tkitch said:

good upgrade:  Second stick (Or just buy a 16GB Kit and replace) of RAM

 

You can probably get a 1650 in there without any issues.  But anything needing a PCI-E Power connector is trickier.  

 

HP most likely put a proprietary PSU in that box, so you can't easily swap it.

 

Your CPU is pretty damned solid, and the onboard GPU with it doesn't suck, either.

What do you think about the 1660 ( super/ti) ? Can those work too? Cause those are probably the most I'll get 

[tkitch]

Just now, fato said:

What do you think about the 1660 ( super/ti) ? Can those work too? Cause those are probably the most I'll get 

does your PSU have a PCI-E Power connector?

[fato]

1 minute ago, tkitch said:

does your PSU have a PCI-E Power connector

I basically know nothing about the PSU , no info about it somewhere. So they only way for me to know would be opening the box and checking what psu I have . All I know about it , it's that it is a 400 Watt one...

[fato]

Is there any way to find exactly what PSU I have ? I can't find it anywhere on the internet for some reason

[tkitch]

3 hours ago, fato said:

Is there any way to find exactly what PSU I have ? I can't find it anywhere on the internet for some reason

nope you'll have to open and look.

[fato]

I can see it from the outside , the mobo says "X16 PCIEXP" somewhere. Is that what youre taking about? That's it right?

[fato]

10 hours ago, tkitch said:

nope you'll have to open and look.

It's the :  hp part L76557-001 , but I still can't find it's full specs.

[tkitch]

1 hour ago, fato said:

I can see it from the outside , the mobo says "X16 PCIEXP" somewhere. Is that what youre taking about? That's it right?

no.  You need to find a cord off the power supply.

 

it'll look like this:

[fato]

15 hours ago, tkitch said:

no.  You need to find a cord off the power supply.

 

it'll look like this:

The best I could do is find the psu I have on ebay : https://www.ebay.com/itm/304039730518?hash=item46ca2e1d56:g:PbgAAOSwSrxgz8qI
And in the last photo I think you can see the PCI-E cord. Am I right ?