pre built upgrade ?

[Trendwalker]

i was wondering what things can go wrong upgrading a optiplex 990 the cpu is the i5 2400 has 4 gigs of ram

 

 i know i will have to replace the power supply if i want to put in a graphics card

[Textosterone]

nothing really. It really depends what you are trying to upgrade.

[Soarinex]

It depends what the gpu is, but sometimes replacing it is the best option if your putting in extra componenets.

[Trendwalker]

3 minutes ago, Textosterone said:

nothing really. It really depends what you are trying to upgrade.

just really say getting it up to 8 gigs of ram and maybe a gtx 750 ti or a better budget card for 100 or so US

[Textosterone]

1 minute ago, Trendwalker said:

just really say getting it up to 8 gigs of ram and maybe a gtx 750 ti or a better budget card for 100 or so US

You prob. will need to upgrade the PSU. And you will also need to make sure it will fit the case, I have had that issue before and it was not fun at all.

[Trendwalker]

1 minute ago, Textosterone said:

You prob. will need to upgrade the PSU. And you will also need to make sure it will fit the case, I have had that issue before and it was not fun at all.

okay yeah i will do research on which gpus will fit and will work with the mobo thanks for the help !

[Textosterone]

2 minutes ago, Trendwalker said:

okay yeah i will do research on which gpus will fit and will work with the mobo thanks for the help !

Is the optiplex you have the small for factor case? If so its going to be really hard to find a video card that will fit.

[Trendwalker]

no its the bigger version

[Energycore]

15 minutes ago, Trendwalker said:

i was wondering what things can go wrong upgrading a optiplex 990 the cpu is the i5 2400 has 4 gigs of ram

 

 i know i will have to replace the power supply if i want to put in a graphics card

Cool, couple things.

Can I take a look at the PSU's side sticker? It should have a bunch of tables in it. Maybe you don't need to change it after all.

What's your budget? We can find you upgrades for pretty much every budget.

[Trendwalker]

2 minutes ago, Energycore said:

Cool, couple things.

Can I take a look at the PSU's side sticker? It should have a bunch of tables in it. Maybe you don't need to change it after all.

What's your budget? We can find you upgrades for pretty much every budget.

i tried to take a look at the stickers its blurry so i couldnt see them i barely have enough money to buy the pc so once i get a job i will go buy a decent psu and gpu then save the money over time to just get a beast pc

[Energycore]

2 minutes ago, Trendwalker said:

i tried to take a look at the stickers its blurry so i couldnt see them i barely have enough money to buy the pc so once i get a job i will go buy a decent psu and gpu then save the money over time to just get a beast pc

Gotcha. Once you have the computer in hand, come ask here about whether you can run a good GPU off the PSU it comes with. There are pretty great GPUs in the market that don't require any additional connectors, so you could turn that prebuilt into a quite powerful gaming PC.

 

I would add to it a GTX 1050 Ti ($140, 75W) and 4GB more RAM ($20)

[Trendwalker]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

Gotcha. Once you have the computer in hand, come ask here about whether you can run a good GPU off the PSU it comes with. There are pretty great GPUs in the market that don't require any additional connectors, so you could turn that prebuilt into a quite powerful gaming PC.

 

I would add to it a GTX 1050 Ti ($140, 75W) and 4GB more RAM ($20)

okay sounds good i will take a look into it once i do. where should i buy ram i also think the ram is two sticks sadly

[Energycore]

1 minute ago, Trendwalker said:

okay sounds good i will take a look into it once i do. where should i buy ram i also think the ram is two sticks sadly

Pretty much any RAM that works is good RAM, you might get good deals if you look around.

 

If the RAM is not upgradeable, get a single 8GB stick so you can add another later.

[Trendwalker]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

Pretty much any RAM that works is good RAM, you might get good deals if you look around.

 

If the RAM is not upgradeable, get a single 8GB stick so you can add another later.

okay sounds good thanks for the help !