Will this GPU work in this HP Compaq dc5850

ellwood20 · Mar 27, 2016

I was wondering if this would. I bought the computer the other day and was wondering if I could place in a GPU. So I went out and bought an Asus ATI Radeon HD6450. I have a 240 watt PSU with 4 gb's of ram and a 320gb hard drive. Could I add it?

ellwood20 · Mar 27, 2016

I haven't added it in yet due to the fear of it crashing or something.

djreedj · Mar 27, 2016

I would say its close, go here and enter your specs it should give you a better idea.

http://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator

Archaic59 · Mar 27, 2016

No, it won't work. Your power supply is not made to take a discreet video card and the HD6450 requires a 400 watt system power supply.

http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm

ellwood20 · Mar 27, 2016

It matched up to 230 watts on that website djreedj shared to me.

djreedj · Mar 27, 2016

Go ahead and give it a try, but I would def recommend getting a higher psu

ellwood20 · Mar 27, 2016

It was false didn't seem to work any other GPU's that I could get that would have a good performance for 40$ or under?

Archaic59 · Mar 27, 2016

The power requirements I found listed for it may be higher than what you need. If your motherboard has a X16 PCIe slot you could try it but the power supply you have is not designed to take any big load.

ellwood20 · Mar 27, 2016

Should I give it a try and see if it would work? I mean I don't wanna ruin the computer can't afford another one currently.

Archaic59 · Mar 27, 2016

ellwood20 :

If it puts too much load it will probably just shut off. There's no guarantee. Like I said, that little power supply is not made to power a gaming card.

ellwood20 · Mar 27, 2016

Could I take out the DVD drive and put the hard-drive near there and place a better PSU in it?

Archaic59 · Mar 27, 2016

ellwood20 :

No, the PSU needs to mount in the correct spot. Also, if you have the little slim case then the PSU probably is not upgradeable due to it being a small custom size. Trying to upgrade a slim case HP business pc is a losing battle. It's just not made to do the stuff you want to do with it.

Is this what your power supply looks like?
http://tinyurl.com/z7pmej4

ellwood20 · Mar 27, 2016

Yes that's how my power supply looks like.

Archaic59 · Mar 27, 2016

ellwood20 :

It's like I thought. Can't upgrade it with a store bought PSU. Sorry to give you bad news but that's how it is. You could try searching Ebay for the same model in higher watts but I don't know if one even exists in higher power.

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