Will it damage my motherboard if I upgrade to a higher power supply?

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Can Upgrade my power supply to accommodate a new graphics card? I have a new Asus Desktop, K20CD. It's a small, space saver desktop, with external 120W AC adapter as the power supply. I'm planning to upgrade it's current gpu (gtx 720) to a geforce 1030 LP or a geforce 1050 LP. I'm worried the motherboard will be damaged if I change to a Higher power wattage. Motherboard is Intel H110.

Any whelp will be much appreciated.

P.S. All my pc's are stock prebuilts so this is the first time I'm trying to upgrade a component.
 
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it's not going to work the way you think it will. since this comes with an external power adapter, the inside power connections will not be standard pc type.

without opening it up and looking around, i am willing to bet that the normal motherboard power connections and so on are not standard. so the new psu will not have any place to plug into. if you can get ti working, then it will likely take some modifications to the various power leads to make them fit with the atx psu.

not to mention that any new psu will not fit inside the case anyway so it is going to have to sit next to it or something like that with the wires leading into the case from outside. finally, i am not sure what size the current gpu is so no idea what will fit to...
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Hi! Thanks for answering. I search for power supply with atleast 500W, and I think this one is good for my current budget: Xigmatek X-Calibre XCP-A600 600W Power Supply. Not sure though if this things have compatibility requirements. If you can suggest better models, I'd really appreciate it.
 
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it's not going to work the way you think it will. since this comes with an external power adapter, the inside power connections will not be standard pc type.

without opening it up and looking around, i am willing to bet that the normal motherboard power connections and so on are not standard. so the new psu will not have any place to plug into. if you can get ti working, then it will likely take some modifications to the various power leads to make them fit with the atx psu.

not to mention that any new psu will not fit inside the case anyway so it is going to have to sit next to it or something like that with the wires leading into the case from outside. finally, i am not sure what size the current gpu is so no idea what will fit to replace it. gonna have to open the case up and make some measurements. this is a small, custom design that is unlikely to be compatible with off the shelf parts.
 
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I was thinking of putting it outside, but the next comment made me realize that it has different parts inside. Here's a link from asus website: http://
 
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Thanks! I thought of that at first but I wasn't sure because I know nothing about the parts compatibility requirements it has. So no way I can try to upgrade the GPU inside? I tried to open it and the stock gpu measured the same with msi 1030 Low profile. They look the same too.
 
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I see. I hope a price drop will happen soon, but the trend suggests the opposite. Thanks for your input. I really appreciate all the responses guys. You're absolute experts!!!
 
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i'd have to look for a service manual or teardown of the small pc to know what's inside. never dealt with one of these yet.

but past experience has shown me that little of it is standard type connections. see where the power comes into the pc and how it is distributed to see what/how a new psu would have to be wired up. more than likely it is set-up more like a laptop power system than a pc one. mobile parts use a ton less power then pc ones. the 120w power brick tells me this much. even a cheap office pc comes with 250w or more in a psu and they rarely have discrete gpu's in them!
 
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Thanks for the input! Do you think I have an option to get a 300W external Adapter? This thing by the way got an old entry level geforce 720, so I'm thin
king of upgrading it to a 1030 Low profile (they have the same size).
 
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not sure about that. i'd assume the mobo can handle the additional power input and distribution, but that is in no way saying i know it would work.

so long as the voltage stays the same, i believe you can change the adapter. i've done such things with laptop power bricks before but never in an effort to add power. usually just replacing a messed up one with a generic or off brand replacement.

someone with more knowledge of the internal power structure of the pc would have to verify you won't be causing issues doing this.
 
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how do i unfollow this <<edited for content>> thread omg I posted here on accident and deleted it and for the life of me i cannot figure out how to unsubscribe to its updates
 
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First, watch the language. This is a family friendly site.

Second, go to the very first post in the thread. Select "Stop tracking this thread". That's it.
 
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