Graphic upgrade

[niilankwei]

Hello

I want to upgrade my graphic card to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB GDD R5, will it fit inside my Pavilion 550-200na?

[wb2001]

@niilankwei,

Your inquiry merits some questions.  Goals ?  Why?  Maybe a game play issue? 

The GTX 1050Ti is made by many vendors.  The length varies from 5-8 inches, but within spec for your chassis. The issue is your power supply. The existing R5 330 is <25W. The GTX 1050Ti is 75W.  Although most GTX1050Ti are powered from the OPCIEx16 (75W) slot, a few of these cards have an aux 6pin PCIE power socket.   NVidia suggests a 300W PSU.

[niilankwei]

Hello Wb2001

Thanks for the information you have provided. My main reason for the upgrade is, I do a lot of videos and photograhpy work, and I use very large graphic images. I think my graphic card appears be to struggling with these images, hence my dea to upgrade.

My  C ; 1TB  SSD, 3TB Second drive, and 16GB RAM.

I will leave things as it for now unless you do have another idea?

Many thanks

[wb2001]

@niilankwei,

You did not state the model of the GTCX 1050Ti. 

Most GTX 1050Ti cards do not require a 6pin PCIE power lead.  But a few do, like this one.

All will require a PSU upgrade,  and NVidia suggests a 300W.  I would suggest this  Corsair CX 450W unit, .as it has the added benefit of running with less stress, and has the 6+2 pin PCIE plug,  IF needed.