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‎11-30-2019 01:55 PM

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Product: HP Pavilion Power Desktop - 580-015na
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I want to upgrade the graphics card from the installed NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (HP) to a1060 or possibly 1070 so I can run a vr headset smoothly

Would this be possible without too much hassel

The specs of the pc are

Intel Core i5 7400 @ 3.00GHz
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (HP)
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
8.00GB Single-Channel ram
180 W uATX Energy Star 6.0 internal power supply
Odense2-K moterboard

 

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‎11-30-2019 02:50 PM

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The GTX 1050 is a 75W card. To each card selected you have to add more wattage.

 The GTX 1060 adds another 50W, the GTX 1070 adds 75W o your existing PSU.

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