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‎12-29-2019 12:06 PM

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Product: HO Desktop H8-1409
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I have a an HP desktop H8-1409 with the i7-3770 3.4ghz processor (10 GB) and the AMD Radeon HD 7570 graphics card. I would like to upgrade the card for gaming. Any suggestions?

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‎12-29-2019 04:42 PM

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Greetings,

Welcome to the forum.

I am not a HP employee.

 

The Intel Z75 chipset is circa 2012. This chipset and processor could be a bottleneck depending on game requirements.

 

You can do a newer graphics card because you have the required motherboard UEFI BIOS.

 

You have a 460 watt power supply. This could be an issue.

 

The latest high powered graphics cards may require 500 + watt power supplies. You also may need up to two supplemental eight pin PCIe connections from the power supply to the graphics card.

 

Regards

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‎12-29-2019 04:42 PM

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Greetings,

Welcome to the forum.

I am not a HP employee.

 

The Intel Z75 chipset is circa 2012. This chipset and processor could be a bottleneck depending on game requirements.

 

You can do a newer graphics card because you have the required motherboard UEFI BIOS.

 

You have a 460 watt power supply. This could be an issue.

 

The latest high powered graphics cards may require 500 + watt power supplies. You also may need up to two supplemental eight pin PCIe connections from the power supply to the graphics card.

 

Regards

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‎12-29-2019 06:36 PM

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@Grzwacz 

has many valid points.  By today's standards, an I7-3770 is a handicap.

@ED850 

How about naming just 2 games you really wanted to play.

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‎01-01-2020 02:17 AM

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Thank you for your response. This is helpful. I will look into possible card upgrades that will hopefully work with the existing power supply

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‎01-01-2020 01:33 PM

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Hi,

 

You're very welcome.

 

Regards

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