What graphics card can I put into my HP Elite Desktop 2400 to upgrade it and be able to play games?

[StephW27]

I want to upgrade my graphics card so that I can play more games. I have an HP Elite Desktop 2400.

[NonSequitur777 · Accepted solution]

@StephW27,

Welcome to our HP Community forum!

Your HP Compaq dx2400 Microtower PC, as fitted with a 24-pin ATX enabled motherboard (2A73 / 2A73h), came equipped with a 300-watt power supply -please confirm.

This HP Compaq dx2400 Microtower User successfully installed a GTX 1660 Super: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/50852540, which, according to TechPowerUp can be powered by a 300-watt power supply.  Because I don't believe the aforementioned power supply is equipped with an 8-pin PCIe power cable, the User must have used a dual 15-pin SATA to 8-pin PCIe power adapter cable in order to power the GTX 1660 Super card.

In any regards, the GTX 1660 Super or GTX 1660 Ti would be a nice graphics card upgrade for you.

Make sure that you max out your RAM: use 4 x 2GB of DDR2 PC2-6400, 800 MHz, Non-ECC, UDIMM, 240-pin RAM sticks.

Hope this was helpful.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[StephW27]

Thank you so much for your reply and your help/information!! It is greatly appreciated!! I think I said the name wrong for the computer I have but the graphics card you suggested might still work. So I actually have an HP Compaq 8200 Elite SFF. Do you have different suggestions for this computer? 

Thanks so much,

Stephanie 

[NonSequitur777]

@StephW27,

All right, your HP Compaq 8200 Elite SFF is fitted with a 240-watt power supply, and there are no proprietary HP power supply upgrades available.  However, the best possible graphics card for your 8200 Elite SFF would be a smaller-sized, low-profile RTX 3050, such as this model for purchase: Amazon.com: ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3050 6GB GDDR6 Low-Profile 96-bit 14 Gbps PCIE 4.0 Super Compac....

There are other options available, which I pointed out in this discussion thread: https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/Hp-compaq-elite-8200-SFF-power-....

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[StephW27]

Thank you so much!!!!

[StephW27]

So the graphics card you suggested here looks too big to fit in my computer. Do you think it would fit?

[NonSequitur777]

@StephW27,

You are very welcome -glad I could assist!

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[StephW27]

Thanks so much! Did you see my last question?

[NonSequitur777]

@StephW27,

[EDIT:] Yes, this Zotac card should fit -though it will be close: it is only 3.6cm wide, and only 16.1cm long, and comes with a low-profile bracket you'll need for your SFF:

If you want a thinner card (1.5cm!) with still decent graphics power, look no further than this RX 6400 graphics card option: Amazon.com: XFX Speedster SWFT105 Radeon RX 6400 Gaming Graphics Card with 4GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 2 RX-....

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[NonSequitur777]

@StephW27,

[EDIT:] Please measure the distance between the PCI bracket and your CPU cooler:

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777