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HP compaq 6300
Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I was trying to see if anyone could help answer a few questions about my computer. I'm wanting to play games and I need a graphics card and I was looking at different ones but it says you have to have like a minimum of 400 watts power supply for one that I wanted  mine has 240 watts can you get a 400 watt that would install it this ones place? Also Would I be able to install the kind of card I'm wanting which is a  GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB . Any help is appreciated thanks. 

HP Compaq 6300

intel i5 quad core 3.20 GHz

16 GB ram 

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the HP 6300 pro SFF (Small Form Factor) models can only use a 25 watt low profile card per HP your not going to find any gaming cards that draw 25 watts

 

if you replace the existing 95 watt cpu with a 65 watt "S" suffix model using a 75 watt video card should be possible

 

with the above said it might be possible to ignore the HP specs if you have only one SSD hard drive, no CD/DVD and only two sticks of ram with no other pci-e cards other than a nvidia 750 TI low profile model  (without any Aux pwr connection) and have a 65 watt cpu installed

 

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/65515/intel-core-i5-3475s-processor-6m-cache-up...

 

 

the 750-TI is a 75 watt card but beware some models do use a AUX GPU power connector, so be sure the model you get does not have this!!!

 

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03387773

 

my personal recommendation is to simply replace the 6300 SFF with a different system that is a ATX standard Microtower as tht config allows using generic parts that can be upgraded

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