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HP Pavilion p6-2120 Desktop PC

I need to know, which graphics card  best supports this PC and the case and all other components stayed the same. i want to upgrade it still so let me know if it need things like more RAM etc. 

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@Evan021,

 

Welcome to our HP User Forum!

 

Your HP Pavilion P6-2120 Desktop PC (H2M53AA), according to: https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03353608 and: https://partsurfer.hp.com/partsurfer?searchtext=H2M53AA, is fitted with a 300-watt power supply (HP p/n: 667893-001), which does not have a 6-pin or 6+2-pin PCIe power supply cable, so the only graphics card you could install would be one that draws its power solely from the PCIe x16 motherboard slot.

Your Holly2 motherboard (Pegatron AAHD2-HY) is 24-pin ATX-power enabled, meaning you could replace the stock power supply with a more powerful ATX power supply, as long as you watch the dimensions (LxWxH) of a replacement ATX PSU. By doing so, you could power a higher-end graphics card.

 

As far as RAM goes, you will have to max out your desktop's RAM ceiling: 2 x 4GB of DDR3 PC3-12800, 1600 MHz, Non-ECC, Unbuffered, UDIMM, 240-pin RAM sticks -assuming your Windows version is 64-bit.  You can get 4GB RAM sticks cheaply via eBay: 4 gb DDR3 PC3-12800, 1600 MHz, Non-ECC, Unbuffered, UDIMM, 240-pin for sale | eBay.

 

As far as a graphics card is concerned, I would recommend the GTX 1650 4GB since it draws power solely from the PCIe x16 slot.  You can purchase a GTX 1650 4GB graphics card via Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=gtx+1650+4gb&crid=2XOE77CMGFLL4&sprefix=gtx+1650+4gb%2Caps%2C109&ref=nb_s..., or used via eBay: GTX 1650 4GB for sale | eBay.

 

Hope this was helpful.

 

Kind Regards,

 

NonSequitur777

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@Evan021,

 

Welcome to our HP User Forum!

 

Your HP Pavilion P6-2120 Desktop PC (H2M53AA), according to: https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03353608 and: https://partsurfer.hp.com/partsurfer?searchtext=H2M53AA, is fitted with a 300-watt power supply (HP p/n: 667893-001), which does not have a 6-pin or 6+2-pin PCIe power supply cable, so the only graphics card you could install would be one that draws its power solely from the PCIe x16 motherboard slot.

Your Holly2 motherboard (Pegatron AAHD2-HY) is 24-pin ATX-power enabled, meaning you could replace the stock power supply with a more powerful ATX power supply, as long as you watch the dimensions (LxWxH) of a replacement ATX PSU. By doing so, you could power a higher-end graphics card.

 

As far as RAM goes, you will have to max out your desktop's RAM ceiling: 2 x 4GB of DDR3 PC3-12800, 1600 MHz, Non-ECC, Unbuffered, UDIMM, 240-pin RAM sticks -assuming your Windows version is 64-bit.  You can get 4GB RAM sticks cheaply via eBay: 4 gb DDR3 PC3-12800, 1600 MHz, Non-ECC, Unbuffered, UDIMM, 240-pin for sale | eBay.

 

As far as a graphics card is concerned, I would recommend the GTX 1650 4GB since it draws power solely from the PCIe x16 slot.  You can purchase a GTX 1650 4GB graphics card via Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=gtx+1650+4gb&crid=2XOE77CMGFLL4&sprefix=gtx+1650+4gb%2Caps%2C109&ref=nb_s..., or used via eBay: GTX 1650 4GB for sale | eBay.

 

Hope this was helpful.

 

Kind Regards,

 

NonSequitur777

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Thank you .  just ordered them on amazon. 

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@Evan021,

 

You are most welcome.

 

Please follow up once you got your card installed, and how things worked out.  Feedback goes both ways.

 

If you need assistance of any kind, please reach out.

 

Kind Regards,

 

NonSequitur777

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