Can this prebuilt computer's motherboard upgrade graphics cards?

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There are a few caveats to upgrading GPU's on OEM systems. First to consider is the power supply and which card (and most importanty) how much power it needs. This also includes whether the PSU has the necessary PCIE power connectors your card will need. This is all a moot point if you go with something like a nVidia 750 which doesn't need a PCIE power connection on most models.

The next caveat is some OEM systems don't play nice with all hardware. I have never...
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There are a few caveats to upgrading GPU's on OEM systems. First to consider is the power supply and which card (and most importanty) how much power it needs. This also includes whether the PSU has the necessary PCIE power connectors your card will need. This is all a moot point if you go with something like a nVidia 750 which doesn't need a PCIE power connection on most models.

The next caveat is some OEM systems don't play nice with all hardware. I have never personally experienced it on systems that I've helped upgrade for friends (don't own any OEM systems myself), but I've read plenty of cases where an OEM PC refused to POST with a different graphics card installed even when there should have been no reason it shouldn't.

I can't see any specific specs for the PSU from the link you provided. So it really depends on which card you are thinking about using and then reading the specs off of the power supply and seeing how many PCIE power connectors are supplied on the PSU (if any) and whether your new card needs them. If you have this system to hand, read the wattage rating as well as how much current is supplied on the 12V line as well as the answers to the other things I mentioned.
 
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I understand the power supply needing to be switched and i already planned for my friend to switch it out when upgrading to a card that will use more wattage.

Did you see the model of the motherboard? It looks to be proprietary to me.

Thanks again!

 
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I didn't see anything in the link you provided that specifically pointed out the motherboard. However it's a good bet that it's proprietary, at the very least they have it made for them by the likes of ASUS or someone else. Either way it will have their own firmware (BIOS / UEFI) which is usually the limiting factor in these sort of things.

Like I said, I've personally never run into an OEM computer that I couldn't put an aftermarket graphics card in them. I've heard of them though. However I wasn't able to verify that fact myself, so I can't be sure of the validity of the claims. Could just be inexperienced builder / upgrader.

I'd say as long as you get a suitable PSU, you've got a better than 90% chance everything will work just fine. This system already has a discrete graphics card in it, so you have that in your favor.

So do you have a particular card in mind? How about a PSU?
 
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