Looking to upgrade my graphics card, but need to know if I need to upgrade my power supply

[TeethForRent]

I'm looking to upgrade my GPU to the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT, but I need to know how much more power I need, if any, for this upgrade - if I can have any. Or how much more I'd need to upgrade/change for this.

• Victus by HP 15L Gaming Desktop PC
• BU RCTO Victus TG02-1 UMA H670 US
• Front Bezel Ceramic White Metal with 350 W 80 Plus Bronze certified power supply
• CKIT Victus 23C1 CTO US
• 23C1 Cycle AV
• NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3050 (8 GB GDDR6 dedicated)
• 1 TB PCIe® Gen4 NVMe™ TLC M.2 SSD
• 16 GB DDR4-3200 MHz RAM (2 x 8 GB)
• Realtek RTL8821CE-M 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (1x1) Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® 4.2 combo
• Intel® Core™ i7-13700 (up to 5.2 GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, 30 MB L3 cache, 16 cores, 24 threads)

[NonSequitur777]

@TeethForRent,

Welcome to our HP Community forum!

According to AMD, an RX 7700 XT (245-watt TDP) requires a minimum 700-watt power supply and requires two 8-pin PCIe power cables.  From what I gather here, you got a 500-watt power supply -please verify.

An equivalent Nvidia card is a smaller-sized (dual fan) RTX 5060 Ti 16GB (180-watt TDP) model, which can be powered by a 500-watt power supply and only requires a single 8-pin PCIe power cable and would be a better gaming card anyway -but I digress.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[TeethForRent]

Yeah, that's the correct power supply. Thank you! And double thank you for the better suggestion! You said "can" . . does this mean I may have to upgrade or should I be okay with the current power supply?

[NonSequitur777]

@TeethForRent,

That was an affirmative statement: yes, your 500-watt power supply is sufficient to power an RTX 5060 Ti.  I would recommend one of the smaller-sized (dual fan) models, such as this Amazon purchase example: https://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-GeForce-WINDFORCE-Graphics-GV-N506TWF2OC-16GD/dp/B0F4NHSHSQ/ref=sr_1....

Of course, you can also choose one of the still very capable 8GB models, which sell for about $100 less than the 16GB versions.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777