Do I have enough PSU to upgrade my GPU

N3333R0 · Nov 20, 2016

I was looking at recommended settings to run CS GO and my GPU is apparently really bad (AMD Radeon HD 7450). I'm looking at a GeForce GTX 560 to upgrade too. I checked to see that it was compatible with my PC and motherboard (HP Pavilion h8-1212 and M3970AM-HP (Angelica2)). My PC has 460W and 150W are required to run the new GPU. Will I need to upgrade my PSU?
Also, I'm a noob when it comes to computers.

elbert · Nov 20, 2016

I suggst a 750ti or 1050 because the 560 is to old.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($82.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $82.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-20 19:28 EST-0500

or

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Video Card ($109.99 @ B&H)
Total: $109.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-20 19:29 EST-0500

Dark Lord of Tech · Nov 20, 2016

What CPU is in that prebuilt and also some HP prebuilts have a BIOS that is incompatible with 700 series cards and up.

N3333R0 · Nov 20, 2016

elbert :

I suggst a 750ti or 1050 because the 560 is to old.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($82.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $82.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-20 19:28 EST-0500

or

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Video Card ($109.99 @ B&H)
Total: $109.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-20 19:29 EST-0500

Will those be compatible?

N3333R0 · Nov 20, 2016

I have a AMD FX-6120 Six Core Processor with 3.5 GHZ

Dark Lord of Tech · Nov 20, 2016

May or may not be compatible , maybe if you have the latest bios.

N3333R0 · Nov 20, 2016

How would I check that?

Dark Lord of Tech · Nov 20, 2016

With prebuilts you need to make sure the bios is the most recent and if your running 8.1 windows or 10 you need to disable secure boot. Also no long cards , space is limited.

N3333R0 · Nov 20, 2016

Thanks, so I should use either of those two cards and update my bios and disable secure boot (I'm on windows 10).

Dark Lord of Tech · Nov 20, 2016

As long as they fit , measure the clearance to make sure , the smaller cards fit in prebuilts better and get a slot power only card.

N3333R0 · Nov 20, 2016

Sorry for being a noob. What is a slot power only card.

Dark Lord of Tech · Nov 20, 2016

No input need from PSU , CARD is powered by the PCIE slot.

N3333R0 · Nov 20, 2016

Oh. how do I know if a card is powered by a PCIE slot or not

Dark Lord of Tech · Nov 20, 2016

I would go with the 1050 mentioned above.

Just might need a BIOS update and disable secure boot.

N3333R0 · Nov 20, 2016

ok thanks

N3333R0 · Nov 20, 2016

uhhh that ones still for preorder? Should I get the other one instead?

Dark Lord of Tech · Nov 20, 2016

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Mini Video Card ($109.99 @ B&H)
Total: $109.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-20 20:02 EST-0500

maxalge · Nov 20, 2016

N3333R0 :

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1294332-REG/zotac_zt_p10500a_10l_geforce_gtx_1050_mini.html

N3333R0 · Nov 20, 2016

maxalge :

The first one has a PCIE 3.0 and the second one doesn't have PCIE. My PC has PCIE 2.0 because it's old

maxalge · Nov 20, 2016

N3333R0 :

doesnt matter pcie 3 is backwards compatible

and 2.0 x16 is good enough for any card

N3333R0 · Nov 20, 2016

maxalge :

N3333R0 :

doesnt matter pcie 3 is backwards compatible

and 2.0 x16 is good enough for any card

so either one works? Or only the first one

maxalge · Nov 20, 2016

N3333R0 :

maxalge :

so either one works? Or only the first one

either

N3333R0 · Nov 20, 2016

maxalge :

N3333R0 :

either

I think I'll do the first one because its cheaper and I only want to play cs

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