Upgrade 550-102nd

[LukeSavenije]

Hello everyone

 

I want to upgrade my brothers pc for his birthday tomorrow and I'm wondering if I could put something like a 1060 or 580 in it. I'm planning on getting a new psu with it, and a new case, so don't worry about that. But because I plan on doing it in parts, I need to use the hp motherboard, I tested it with a different card and it would boot, so I assume this would work, but is there anything else I should know about?

[ProRifts]

Hi Luke,

 

GPU's are easy these days, to my knowledge. I think its just install, download drivers and your good to go.

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, ProRifts said:

Hi Luke,

 

GPU's are easy these days, to my knowledge. I think its just install, download drivers and your good to go.

yeah, i've done it before. I'm using my own built pc right now. but some prebuilds use a lower wattage on the pci slots. that's mainly why I asked because I can't test it with a higher wattage gpu

[Guest]

If it is the same one as below (Same psu) then you won't be able to add a new gpu.

 

https://support.hp.com/gb-en/document/c04796461

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, lee32uk said:

If it is the same one as below (Same psu) then you won't be able to add a new gpu.

 

https://support.hp.com/gb-en/document/c04796461

it is, and I know that that psu is too weak. that's why I plan on upgrading it right away with something like a cx450m. would it work then?

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

it is, and I know that that psu is too weak. that's why I plan on upgrading it right away with something like a cx450m. would it work then?

Depends if the case can take a standard psu and whether the gpu would physically fit etc. Some of these mass produced pc's use weird components so they are sometimes hard to upgrade. 

[LukeSavenije]

2 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

Depends if the case can take a standard psu and whether the gpu would physically fit etc. Some of these mass produced pc's use weird components so they are sometimes hard to upgrade. 

once again, case is also a first upgrade. it's just that i'm getting a different mobo, cpu and ram later

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

once again, case is also a first upgrade. it's just that i'm getting a different mobo, cpu and ram later

The HP board should work with the GTX 1060 as it has a pcie x16 Gen 3.0 slot according to the specs. If you are getting the case and psu at the same time then you should be fine. The board is listed as a micro ATX.

[LukeSavenije]

44 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

The HP board should work with the GTX 1060 as it has a pcie x16 Gen 3.0 slot according to the specs. If you are getting the case and psu at the same time then you should be fine. The board is listed as a micro ATX.

okay, then it should be fine. thank you for your time