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‎12-20-2015 01:17 AM

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Product: Pavilion 550-151na
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)
What would you recommend, I bought this as my first PC and I am under the understanding I can't upgrade my GPU because of the PSU won't be able to handle it so what would work with this PC? I'll be doing it when I can but I'd like to know. If I can't I will return the PC when it arrives and buy an Alienware Dell PC
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‎12-20-2015 03:06 AM

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That desktop PC has a uATX PSU with a output capacity of 180 Watts. That is not enough to power a gaming PCIe x16 video card. The uATX PSU  also has no PCIe connectors for a video card.


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‎12-20-2015 03:06 AM

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That desktop PC has a uATX PSU with a output capacity of 180 Watts. That is not enough to power a gaming PCIe x16 video card. The uATX PSU  also has no PCIe connectors for a video card.


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‎12-20-2015 03:10 AM

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Would you recommend me returning it, and buying something else then? I wanted it to game mostly and as I say it hasn't been delivered yet and PC World has a policy if it's unopened then I'm able to do so
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‎12-20-2015 03:14 AM

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If you want to run games at least as graphically demanding as Witcher, Fallout and Rainbow six, then you need a real gaming PC.

 

The 550-151na can't even run my old favorite Borderlands 2.

 

My current HP product loan Omen 15-5000 CTO notebook can run all of those aforementioned games with ease. Its a beast!

 

 

 

 


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‎12-20-2015 03:16 AM

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Alright brother, thanks for the help saved me a bunch of money there. I searched it under gaming PC's so I wasn't sure to much and bought it. I know pretty silly but lesson learnt and least I can get my money back to get something else
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‎12-20-2015 03:18 AM

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You're welcome. Happy Gaming!

 

                         🙂

 


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‎03-13-2017 11:13 AM

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did you get a different pc then?

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‎03-14-2017 04:16 AM

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@ADAMaim wrote:

did you get a different pc then?

 

@ADAMaim

This thread is from 2015.


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