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March 19, 2014 6:20:39 PM

I am just getting into computers and need some help. I bought the HP pavilion 500-054 recently and love the computer, except some games require a better graphics card to look and run better. I want to add a card but I do not know where to even begin. How do I determine what cards are compatible with my PC?

http://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAG...

^ my current computer.

Thank you in advanced for any help.

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a c 96 U Graphics card
March 19, 2014 6:32:53 PM

witch game you want to play on this since the system have only a 300 watts psu your restricted on the gpu you want to had .
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a b U Graphics card
March 19, 2014 6:34:38 PM

I had a quick look at your PC specs and it seems your PSU (power supply unit) is 300W and probably made by some unknown manufacturer.
This limits your upgrade options as most graphics cards nowadays require a more powerful PSU.

This said the recently released GTX 750 and GTX 750Ti cards from nVidia could work on your computer as according to nVidia they only require a 300W PSU.

So on theory they "should" work but you will have to do the upgrade "at your own risk".

Hope it helps.
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March 19, 2014 7:33:53 PM

Mouldread said:
I had a quick look at your PC specs and it seems your PSU (power supply unit) is 300W and probably made by some unknown manufacturer.
This limits your upgrade options as most graphics cards nowadays require a more powerful PSU.

This said the recently released GTX 750 and GTX 750Ti cards from nVidia could work on your computer as according to nVidia they only require a 300W PSU.

So on theory they "should" work but you will have to do the upgrade "at your own risk".

Hope it helps.


ok, so if I wanted a better card than the GTX 750, how do I upgrade the power supply? haha

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a c 96 U Graphics card
March 20, 2014 12:46:43 PM

you will have to get a better psu even with a new gpu with the gtx750 your psu it is at is maximum limit ,also this is a hp model so i would take all the size specs for a new psu if it is too big it wont fit and does it have some kind of proprietary connector on the motherboard ,you could post details of the psu that in the system like name and model . this Dimensions: 150mm x 140mm x 86mm (5.9 x 5.5 x 3.4 inches)
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a b U Graphics card
March 20, 2014 3:38:58 PM

gtx 750 has a good chance to work even with the current psu.
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