Gtx 550ti

[Reed71]

Hello I am planning to upgrade my graphics card and cpu, For my cpu im getting a i3 2120. For my gpu im planning on getting a Gtx 550 ti,Can my psu handle both? And will my BIOS, and motherboard be compatible with my gpu and cpu?

[Malygris1 · Accepted solution]

Hi there @Reed71,

May the Forums be with you!  I understand that you are looking for some compatibility advice for some system upgrades you are planning.  I am happy to give you a hand with this.

Referring to the HP Pavilion p6-2220t Product Specifications and Configurable Options, and the HP and Compaq Desktop PCs - Motherboard Specifications, H-Cupertino3-H61-uA TX (Cupertino3), you can see the following:

The power supply has a capacity of 300W.

Under the processor options the "Core i3-2120 (Sandy Bridge) (65W), 3.3 GHz" is an option.

Under expansion slots there is one  PCI Express x16 (Gen 2.0) slot

The GTX 550ti, is not listed as a configurable option, so taking a look at the GeForce GTX 550 Ti specifications  - geforce.com, to see what the card requires:

Bus Support                                        PCI-E 2.0 x16

Minimum System Power Requirement:  400 W

Supplementary Power Connectors        One 6-pin

The bus support is fine, but the power requirement is higher than your power supply capacity, so the PSU would need to be upgraded  to something higher than 400 W, and you need to be sure to have at least one supplementary power connector.  So as is, your system cannot support that card.

Please let me know whether that works for you, and if it does resolve your issue, please mark this post as a solution. Kudos would also be appreciated.  

[Reed71]

can a i3 2120 and gt 730 work?

[wb2001]

Your computer is Legacy BIOS  (7.16), and not capable of UEFI. The GT 730 is UEFI.