HP Prodesk 400 G6 MT Supported graphics card

[Guttersnipe]

Hi, I have an HP Pro desk 400 G6 MT With a 180watt power supply an i5 9500 cpu,256gb m2 ssd, dvd writer and 2x 8gb ddr4 memory installed. Would a low profile GT 1030 rated 30 watts work with this power supply? If so are there any better graphics cards that would work with the 180 w power supply 

[NonSequitur777 · Accepted solution]

@Guttersnipe,

Welcome to our HP Community forum!

In addition to the stock 180-watt power supply, the specs indicate that there are a 250-watt and a 310-watt power supply for your HP ProDesk 400 G6 MT. The part number for the 250-watt power supply is L29869-001 and the p/n for the 310-watt power supply is L29874-001.

The paltry 180-watt power supply really cannot power any meaningful graphics card, and you'd be advised to upgrade it.

Unfortunately, HP hasn't made available a great deal of power supply upgrade information, as this user verbalizes: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/proprietary-hp-power-supply-advice.18963906/.

Based on prior research and looking at the "P2" 7-pin power connector, I am fairly confident that a 500-watt power supply with p/n: 901759-013/ L77487-001 / L77487-003 / L89233-001 is also compatible with your PC. 

The dimensions of this power supply are: length 165 mm, width 72 mm, height 94 mm.

These power supply analogs can be bought online, such as this eBay purchase example: https://www.ebay.com/itm/176198458106.

Look, since we are dealing with some unknowns, whatever power supply upgrade you buy, see to it that you can return it to Seller if it doesn't work out ("30 days returns. Seller pays for return shipping").

Obviously, with a 500-watt power supply you will have plenty of graphics card options.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[Guttersnipe]

Hi, Thanks for the quick reply, I actually bit the bullet this morning and installed the gt 1030, powered the pc and it installed fine, took about a minute longer to start up, Presume it was loading the generic drivers for it but everything worked fine, I then ran driver booster and it updated the driver for it, rebooted the pc and alls well.

Been running the pc all day (just browsing and youtube,iplayer etc) everything seems fine, pc running fine and cool will see how it goes. Thanks for the info on the power supply options that may come in handy in the future if things go wrong or if i want to install a better card later.

Thanks again and all the best

Guttersnipe

[NonSequitur777]

@Guttersnipe,

You are very welcome -and I am happy things worked out well for you!

Return any time if you have additional (upgrade) questions.

I did some more searching, and here are some of the best low-power, low-profile (you'll need the full-size PCI bracket for these cards): 

AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100 4GB GDDR5 (50-watt TDP max)

RX 550 4GB GDDR5 (50-watt TDP max),

AMD Radeon RX 640 4GB GDDR5 (50-watt TDP max)

AMD Radeon Quadro P620 2GB GDDR5 (40-watt TDP max)

AMD Radeon RX 6300 2GB GDDR6 (32-watt TDP max)

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[Guttersnipe]

Thanks for the info on the graphics cards, would these run on the 180w psu or would that be pushing it too far as they mostly require 50 watts  compared to the gt 1030 at 30 watts.

[NonSequitur777]

@Guttersnipe,

That is a really good question, and I believe that any of the low(er)-power cards I listed should work with a quality 180-watt power supply like the one you got in your desktop.

However, to be 100% safe, I would definitely recommend the Dell AMD Radeon RX 6300 (32-watt TDP max) over the GT 1030, and here is why -aka let the numbers speak for themselves: UserBenchmark: AMD Radeon RX 6300 vs Nvidia GT 1030.

You can buy one of these remarkably powerful low-profile cards online, such as this competitively priced eBay-UK purchase option (fitted with a full-size PCI bracket): Dell AMD Radeon RX6300 2GB Graphics Card | M6G3T | eBay UK.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[Guttersnipe]

• Thanks a lot for all the info much appreciated 👍

[NonSequitur777]

@Guttersnipe,

You're welcome -any time!

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777