Is this desktop computer worth it?

[Giovanni Rose]

Can someone please help me?

I found this computer and it looked promising. But it only has an dedicated AMD Radeon R5 330 (2 GB) graphics card in it, which is nice but it is just not powerful enough

for what I want to do with it. I looked up the specs and the power supply is only 180W (Which is most likely maxed out). Does anyone know how I would go about changing the power supply and how to go about doing this. Please can you also supply me with the most value for money power supply available for its replacement. You would also make my day by suggesting a new graphics card. All Suggestion welcome... Thank you!!!

 

 

 

[79wjd]

It's very likely that it uses a non-standard PSU form factor and it's also very possible there won't be room for a decent GPU. Why not just build something from scratch? It will be cheaper and better. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£164.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: Asus H110M-K Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£47.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£25.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£35.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£42.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 8GB NITRO+ Video Card  (£239.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£41.46 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: XFX TS 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£36.88 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £636.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-17 21:07 BST+0100

[Mccapital]

The Gpu would probably bottleneck the i7 proccessor

[Letharas]

Custom pc's are always better man

 

the rx 480 is nice and cost around 200 ( videocard )

[kosamchetoo]

There are many weak points of getting a pre-built PC. They always pair top of the line CPU with a shitty video card. Pre-built PC's also have bad PSU's and bad motherboards. You can build something yourself for the same money that is far better. These days you need a minimum of 400W PSU, nothing less than that.

[ARikozuM]

17 minutes ago, kosamchetoo said:

There are many weak points of getting a pre-built PC. They always pair top of the line CPU with a shitty video card. Pre-built PC's also have bad PSU's and bad motherboards. You can build something yourself for the same money that is far better. These days you need a minimum of 400W PSU, nothing less than that.

Almost every gamer uses about 240W from the wall. A 400-550W is more than enough even if overclocking.

[kosamchetoo]

1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

Almost every gamer uses about 240W from the wall. A 400-550W is more than enough even if overclocking.

It really depends of what you have connected to your PC. I personally wouldn't go below a 400W PSU.

[79wjd]

1 minute ago, kosamchetoo said:

It really depends of what you have connected to your PC. I personally wouldn't go below a 400W PSU.

A 1060+i5 can easily run on a decent 300w psu, with that said, <430w psu's really aren't any cheaper than 430w+ PSUs. So I wouldn't go with a sub 430w anyway, but not because it doesn't supply enough power. Even a 1080+6700k would be fine on a 350w psu (certainly not ideal, and it certainly doesn't make much sense, but it's still enough).

[ARikozuM]

Just now, kosamchetoo said:

It really depends of what you have connected to your PC. I personally wouldn't go below a 400W PSU.

My build pulls 330W during a full burn (IBT, Kombuster, and Passmark concurrently) and normally 240W during gaming.

[kosamchetoo]

1 minute ago, djdwosk97 said:

A 1060+i5 can easily run on a decent 300w psu, with that said, <430w psu's really aren't any cheaper than 430w+ PSUs. So I wouldn't go with a sub 430w anyway, but not because it doesn't supply enough power. Even a 1080+6700k would be fine on a 350w psu. 

I doubt that someone who buys a 1080 and 6700K is going to get anything below 750W. Not because he needs it, but because he spends so much on a PC and wouldn't cheap on the PSU and it's very important to have a good PSU.

[79wjd]

Just now, kosamchetoo said:

I doubt that someone who buys a 1080 and 6700K is going to get anything below 750W. Not because he needs it, but because he spends so much on a PC and wouldn't cheap on the PSU and it's very important to have a good PSU.

High wattage =/= good. 

 

A 430w XFX TS >>>>> 750w EVGA G1. 

 

And you'd be very surprised. 

[ARikozuM]

Just now, kosamchetoo said:

I doubt that someone who buys a 1080 and 6700K is going to get anything below 750W. Not because he needs it, but because he spends so much on a PC and wouldn't cheap on the PSU and it's very important to have a good PSU.

You want your system draw to be around 50% of the rating. Getting a 750W for a system that draws 240W isn't at the peak efficiency.

[kosamchetoo]

Just now, djdwosk97 said:

High wattage =/= good. 

 

A 430w TS >>>>> 750w EVGA G1. 

I'm not saying a higher wattage PSU is better, but the very good PSU's like the EVGA G2 begin from 550W.

[ARikozuM]

Just now, kosamchetoo said:

I'm not saying a higher wattage PSU is better, but the very good PSU's like the EVGA G2 begin from 550W.

Seasonic 430W. Highly recommended and offers good price/watt.

[GuNjAX_3030]

1 hour ago, Giovanni Rose said:

Can someone please help me?

I found this computer and it looked promising. But it only has an dedicated AMD Radeon R5 330 (2 GB) graphics card in it, which is nice but it is just not powerful enough

for what I want to do with it. I looked up the specs and the power supply is only 180W (Which is most likely maxed out). Does anyone know how I would go about changing the power supply and how to go about doing this. Please can you also supply me with the most value for money power supply available for its replacement. You would also make my day by suggesting a new graphics card. All Suggestion welcome... Thank you!!!

 

 

 

It really depends what your going to use you pc for. But looking at the specs its actually not bad for typical use. Like just surfing the internet music and all that normal stuff. But it wont do for gaming. Idk if it would even play older games. And i just glanced at the page but if the psu is really 180W thats really weird and low. Usually hp pavillion have standard 250W psu if they havent updated yet. My older pc i gave to  my father was a Hp-Pavillion and still works great but I upgraded psu to evga 500W 80bronze and new gpu: XFX R7-280 and runs very well. But you should really consider building your own pc. You would get more bang for your buck and you can create it to however you prefer with what you really need. If its going to be your first build, its not that hard and actually very fun to build, there are hundreds of LTT videos on buidling and tips as you might know already =)

EVGA 500 W1, 80+ WHITE 500W

https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-WHITE-Warranty-Supply-100-W1-0500-KR/dp/B00H33SFJU/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1474145838&sr=1-1&keywords=evga+500w

[79wjd]

1 hour ago, Cazual-T said:

 

EVGA 500 W1, 80+ WHITE 500W

https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-WHITE-Warranty-Supply-100-W1-0500-KR/dp/B00H33SFJU/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1474145838&sr=1-1&keywords=evga+500w

That PSU is basically garbage.