GPU Upgrade

[wolfspartan360]

I have a HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop TG01-2170m with a 500w PSU, a Ryzen 7 5700g, 16gb of ddr4 ram, and RTX 4060 8GB. I would like to know if my system would support an RTX 5060, or if I'm better off just staying with my current GPU.

[resistencia]

Hi @wolfspartan360 

With 500 watts, it should be able to power the RTX 5060 graphics card- The tests at the following link recommend a minimum of 300 watts

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Specs | TechPowerUp GPU Database

[NonSequitur777]

@resistencia,

Not so fast.

Whilst it is true that the OP's 500-watt power supply can support the RTX 5060 power requirement, I don't think the HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop TG01-2xxx platforms -both fitted with the OP's Erica6 motherboard (SSID: 8906) or with the Stark motherboard (SSID: 8860), is compatible with the Nvidia RTX 50xx series graphics cards.

@wolfspartan360, looking at over 6,000 Userbenchmark entries for the TG01-2xxx platform, none showed up with an RTX 50xx card. While this is no definitive proof positive of RTX 50xx incompatibility, it very strongly hints that these cards are not compatible with your PC.

I had/have a similar issue with my HP Pavilion TP01-3003w upgrade project -a similar platform as yours, which refuses to work with an RTX 5070.

My advice for you is either to stick with your RTX 4060, or to consider a graphics card upgrade such as a (smaller-sized / dual fan) RTX 4070 or RTX 4070 Ti, but this would require a power supply upgrade -which are available -see my TP01-3003w upgrade link, since it uses the same power supplies as your PC.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777