HP Pavilion p7-1430 Desktop upgrade

lukasz_Bronko

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I want to upgrade graphic card on my HP computer so I can play wittcher 3 etc. I want to buy Geforce gtx 970 or radeon r9 380 both 4gb. Will my computer be compatible with those graphic cards even tough my PC already has integrated graphic and audio card? what else will I need to upgrade to make those graphic cards work on my HP computer. please help me guys here is the link to the specifications of my hp computer http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03517210


Motherboard
MSI MS-7778 (Jasmine) 

•Manufacturer: MSI

•Form factor: uATX - 24.4 cm (9.6 inches) x 24.4 cm (9.6 inches)

•Chipset: AMD A75 FCH

•Memory sockets: 2 x DDR3

•Front side bus speeds: UMI 5 GT/s

•Processor socket: FM2

•Expansion Slots:

•1 PCI Express x16 (Gen 2.0)

•3 PCI Express x1 (Gen 2.0)

•1 PCI Express Mini Card (Gen 2.0)

Processor

AMD A10-5700

•TDP: 65W

•Operating speed: 3.4 GHz (up to 4.0 GHz turbo)

•Number of cores: 4

•Socket: FM2


Memory

8 GB 




please help guys
 
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The power supply is only 300W so you will need to upgrade that along with your graphics card.

You don't need GTX 970 to PLAY Witcher 3. Even GTX 750 Ti can PLAY Witcher 3 on medium settings just fine.

Your CPU will be a pretty noticeable bottleneck if you purchase a GTX 970 or anything close to that. I say, get EVGA GTX 960 2GB SSC ACX and get EVGA SuperNova GS 550W for the power supply
The power supply is only 300W so you will need to upgrade that along with your graphics card.

You don't need GTX 970 to PLAY Witcher 3. Even GTX 750 Ti can PLAY Witcher 3 on medium settings just fine.

Your CPU will be a pretty noticeable bottleneck if you purchase a GTX 970 or anything close to that. I say, get EVGA GTX 960 2GB SSC ACX and get EVGA SuperNova GS 550W for the power supply
 
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