About GPU and CPU upgrade

[WilsonMiller]

Hello, i need to upgrade my computer, but i already did mistakes about "low voltage" things with the RAM, so i'm asking you for advising me about GPU and CPU upgrading before waste my money again.

My Curent config: 

PC: HP 550-129nf

Mainboard: 2B47 (IPM17-DD Rev.1.04) with ODE A0.20 (01/18/2018) AMI BIOS

CPU: i5-6400

GPU: GeForce GT 710@1Go vRAM

OS: Windows10 home 64bit v.2004 (19041.546)

RAM: 6Go (4+2) mixed noname low quality memory

According to HP:  https://support.hp.com/fr-fr/product/hp-pavilion-550-100-desktop-pc-series/8499648/model/9137298/doc...

and the game developers system requirement: https://eu.battle.net/support/en/article/256565

About GPU:

GTX 1080 isn't on sale on the French web anymore, so i want to buy another one like RTX 2060 or more powerful

About CPU:

Intel Core i7-6700 also isn't ready to buy on the web, but i found some i7-6700k, i know the "k" is only because the CPU is unlocked, but i didn't found any "6700" and the computer datasheet don't mention "6700k".

Does RTX 2060 + i7-6700k okay in my 550-129nf computer ?

or at least any part on the range of the game system requirement can be okay with my computer ?

thank you for any advise.

[DGroves]

for those who are not french speaking, here's the english spec link for the system 

https://support.hp.com/hk-en/product/HP-Pavilion-550-100-Desktop-PC-series/8499648/document/c0478326...

note that the system (according to the NA spec link) only comes with a 180 watt supply

however the supply is a std ATX size, and the motherboard is also a ATX compatible board so you can upgrade the board to a 550/650 watt supply which will power a 2060 video card

the motherboard only supports CPU's with a 88 watt (or less) rating 

with the Intel Core i7-4790 (Haswell) 3.6 GHz Quad Core being the fastest supported cpu 

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c04648625

regarding the motherboard, if the region where you live does use the odense motherboard use this link

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c05355651

all that changes is the cpu TDP wattage 91 watts instead of 88 watts and the fastest HP approved supported cpu is the Intel Core i7-7700 (Kabylake) 3.6 GHz Quad Core

the only difference between "K" and non "K" cpu's is that the "K" suffix cpu's have a unlocked multiplier for motherboards that support overclocking

your not going to be replacing your current video card with anything other than a video card that draws less than 75 watts and does not have/use a AUX GPU power socket on the card if you stay with the current 180 watt supply

the PCI-e bus speed has no effect on if video card, it will work as newer pci-e revisions are backwards compatible

you might want to try using google, as all of your posted questions can be quickly found using it

[WilsonMiller · Accepted solution]

Hello, thank you for this answer.

I won't be rude but you watched the wrong model, you show me the HP Pavilion 550-129 with the Memphis2-S Motherboard (Socket type: LGA 1150 (Socket-H3)/Haswell)

but my computer is the HP Pavilion 550-129nf with the Odense Motherboard (Socket type: LGA 1151/Skylake)

(i don't know why but the website won't switch to english version, it come back everytime in french)

_my computer: https://support.hp.com/fr-fr/product/hp-pavilion-550-100-desktop-pc-series/8499648/model/9137298/doc...

_it's motherboard: https://support.hp.com/hk-en/product/hp-pavilion-550-100-desktop-pc-series/8499648/document/c0479042...

here is the actual config inside my computer (i'm using it actually):

PC: HP 550-129nf

Mainboard: 2B47 (IPM17-DD Rev.1.04) with ODE A0.20 (01/18/2018) AMI BIOS

CPU: i5-6400

GPU: GeForce GT 710@1Go vRAM

OS: Windows10 home 64bit v.2004 (19041.546)

RAM: 6Go (4+2) mixed noname low quality memory

Everything is up to date and i flashed the latest BIOS version.

The only things i changed is "added the GT710", "added a 2Gb RAM on the second slot" and replaced the HDD by a fast SSD;

all the rest is stock.

so it said i can put an i7-6700 (65 W) inside it, but i want to know if i can fit an i7-6700k (because i didn't found any 6700 on the web; only 6700k).

and about the GPU you did it right, i want to put the highest GPU possible on it without changing the PSU;

but i dont know if an RTX-2060 can fitted well with the actual "180 W uATX Energy Star 6.0" (also because i noticed the GPU Bus is "PCIe x8 2.0").

btw thank you for taken your time to respond.

[EDIT]: i don't know what's going on with this forum (can't add new post bellow and the page refresh when i click on "post" button), and wth with the HP website (can't get another language than french...)

Anyway, because the 6700k is 91w TDP, i made my own choices: i will get an i7-6700 (65w TDP) + an nVidia GT 1030 (36w TDP).

and i will build my next computer by myself, it will be better for everything.

thank y'all for.. reading me lol.

see ya and good luck for the rest.