Installing an HD 5670?

driftkingz109

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Hello,
i have an HP pavillion p6655d, and if you need info the link to the system is right here. http://www.villman.com/Product-Detail/HP_Pavilion_p6655d_DT_PC

anyway i know my PSU is quite low and it comes with the standard Iona-GL8E Motherboard. i was planning to do a few tweaks to my computer my replacing the HD 5450 to a HD 5670, and replacing the 250 watt PSU to a PSU like 300-400. Im not sure if my motherboard is compatible with the HD 5670 because it has only ONE x16 graphics card slot. and im worried if i install the new hardware nothing wont display. so can i stuff a new power supply and the HD 5670 at the same time?
 

blade061188

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Hi driftkingz,

The 5670 only takes up one PCIe slot. You will have to uninstall the gfx card that is currently in there but then you should be good to go.

Also, good call on replacing the PSU, The PSUs Hp uses are garbage.

I don't know what you mean by

can i stuff a new power supply and the HD5670 at the same time

You'll just have to take out the old PSU and GPU, then in the now empty space install the new PSU and GPU.