Upgrading a PREBUILT PC?

[KristjanR]

Hey,

 

 I found a very good listing for a lenovo that has an i7 6700 and 12gb of ram and I have a few questions.

 

1. I have heard that you cannot upgrade some pre built systems, can I upgrade a prebuilt lenovo in the future?

 

2. The GPU is quite bad so I was thinking if I can install a better GPU? but do you know if the PSU of lenovo can handle a newer GPU?

 

 

Thank you in advance!

[Lurick]

What's the model of the prebuilt?

[gbergeron]

1 minute ago, KristjanR said:

Hey,

 

 I found a very good listing for a lenovo that has an i7 6700 and 12gb of ram and I have a few questions.

 

1. I have heard that you cannot upgrade some pre built systems, can I upgrade a prebuilt lenovo in the future?

 

2. The GPU is quite bad so I was thinking if I can install a better GPU? but do you know if the PSU of lenovo can handle a newer GPU?

 

 

Thank you in advance!

Link the prebuilt.

 

Most of the time, they have cheap 400 watt power supply,

 

So you will probably need to change it.

 

 

[themctipers]

1. CPU? Probably not. GPU? Sure. 

 

2. As long as you have enough wattage, yes. 

[Billy_Mays]

Model? 

[KristjanR]

5 minutes ago, Lurick said:

What's the model of the prebuilt?

 

3 minutes ago, gbergeron said:

Link the prebuilt.

 

Most of the time, they have cheap 400 watt power supply,

 

So you will probably need to change it.

 

 

 

1 minute ago, themctipers said:

1. CPU? Probably not. GPU? Sure. 

 

2. As long as you have enough wattage, yes. 

Its one of these>

 

PC Sobremesa - Lenovo IdeaCentre 300-20ISH, I7-6700, 12 GB RAM, 1 TB, GT720, NegroWindows 10 Home de 64 bits

 

PC Sobremesa - Lenovo Ideacentre 300-20ISH, I7-6700, 12 GB RAM, NVIDIA GTX750TICon disco duro HDD con 2 TB de capacidad de almacenamiento para guardar todos tus archivos

[Billy_Mays]

1 minute ago, KristjanR said:

 

 

Its one of these>

 

PC Sobremesa - Lenovo IdeaCentre 300-20ISH, I7-6700, 12 GB RAM, 1 TB, GT720, NegroWindows 10 Home de 64 bits

 

PC Sobremesa - Lenovo Ideacentre 300-20ISH, I7-6700, 12 GB RAM, NVIDIA GTX750TICon disco duro HDD con 2 TB de capacidad de almacenamiento para guardar todos tus archivos

The one with the 750ti is pretty good since it can game 

[KristjanR]

Just now, Billy_Mays said:

The one with the 750ti is pretty good since it can game 

I want to upgrade the GPU for a 1060 or 1050ti. 

[Billy_Mays]

Just now, KristjanR said:

I want to upgrade the GPU for a 1060 or 1050ti. 

Then the one with the 750ti is better

[Herman Mcpootis]

2 minutes ago, KristjanR said:

 

 

Its one of these>

 

PC Sobremesa - Lenovo IdeaCentre 300-20ISH, I7-6700, 12 GB RAM, 1 TB, GT720, NegroWindows 10 Home de 64 bits

 

PC Sobremesa - Lenovo Ideacentre 300-20ISH, I7-6700, 12 GB RAM, NVIDIA GTX750TICon disco duro HDD con 2 TB de capacidad de almacenamiento para guardar todos tus archivos

tower looks pretty standard fare, you should be able to fit a 1050ti or so in there, a 1060 or further and you may need a psu upgrade.

[gbergeron]

3 minutes ago, KristjanR said:

 

 

Its one of these>

 

PC Sobremesa - Lenovo IdeaCentre 300-20ISH, I7-6700, 12 GB RAM, 1 TB, GT720, NegroWindows 10 Home de 64 bits

 

PC Sobremesa - Lenovo Ideacentre 300-20ISH, I7-6700, 12 GB RAM, NVIDIA GTX750TICon disco duro HDD con 2 TB de capacidad de almacenamiento para guardar todos tus archivos

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883798805

 

I found this : power supply 180 watt. It's even worse than what I thought, so YES you will need to change the power supply

Just now, Billy_Mays said:

Then the one with the 750ti is better

He is gonna change the GPU so it's useless to pay 50$ more for the 750 ti

[KristjanR]

Just now, herman mcpootis said:

tower looks pretty standard fare, you should be able to fit a 1050ti or so in there, a 1060 or further and you may need a psu upgrade.

but I shouldnt have problems with the lenovo mobo and new psu?

[Herman Mcpootis]

Just now, KristjanR said:

but I shouldnt have problems with the lenovo mobo and new psu?

if you wanna upgrade the psu but the motherboard connector is proprietary, you should be able to find an adaptor. they don't cost alot, so you should be fine. motherboard shouldn't have any issues taking the gpu.

[Damascus]

not really relevant buy wut is this!

List 6700hq, then says close to but not quite 6700 speeds, I'm dying here

 

Intel® Core ™ i7-6700HQ processor you will not have to worry about any of that. Its 3.4 GHz frequency will allow you to carry out all the tasks you want quickly and can also reach 4.0 Ghz with the turbo boost . 

[Damascus]

not really relevant buy wut is this!

List 6700hq, then says close to but not quite 6700 speeds, I'm dying here

 

Intel® Core ™ i7-6700HQ processor you will not have to worry about any of that. Its 3.4 GHz frequency will allow you to carry out all the tasks you want quickly and can also reach 4.0 Ghz with the turbo boost .