Can my pc get a gpu

[Kingstonoo1]

Hi my older brother said he was going to buy a GPU for my PC and i was wondering if i could get a GTX550 or 550ti or any of your recommended Gpu's

the specs are

CPU= Intel® Core™ i5-3570 CPU @ 3.40GHz    4 cores

motherboard= Hewlett-Packard 3397 

Memory (RAM)= 8GB

Graphic Card (GPU)= Intel HD(want to add GPU )

OS= Microsoft Windows 10 (10.0) Professional 64-bit

PSU= 320 WATS

all i need are some possible GPU upgrades

[old_geekster]

@Kingstonoo1 , welcome to the forum.

The first thing that you have to check is the BIOS.  Is it a standard/Legacy BIOS or UEFI.  HP didn't begin using UEFI in their motherboards until mid-October, 2012.  Your computer was released in 2012, but I don't know if it was late enough to have UEFI.  The 550/550 Ti requires UEFI in the motherboard.

Since your power supply unit (PSU) is only 320W, this presents a problem.  Most newer cards, like the 550/550 Ti, require at least 400W/500W to operate properly.  Your motherboard doesn't have the standard ATX 24-pin power connector.  Therefore, it would require an adapter to connect a standard ATX PSU.  These are very difficult to find, if at all.

If you can overcome these problems, you can upgrade the video card.

Here is the Illustrated Parts and Service Map for the computer.  In the section titled "Other boards", on Page 2, is a list of compatible video cards.  These have been fully tested to assure they will work with your motherboard.

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