I would like to upgrade my GPU

Joshan556 · ‎12-18-2017

Hello there,

I was wondering if i could upgrade my gpu and what i could upgrade it to, i have a thimphu motherboard and have a 500 watt power supply, i have a i7 6700 cpu with it aswell. it would be very much appreciated if someone could respond as i am clueless as to what i should buy.

Big_Dave · ‎12-18-2017

Hi,

Open up your PC and look at the graphics card power connectors. I suspect that you have two PCIe 6 pin power connectors or perhaps two 8 pin or one 8 and one 6 pin but you need to confirm what is provisioned from the power supply.

HP does have a 600 watt power supply for your cabinet so you should be able to go up to a NVIDIA GTX 1080 TI or an AMD RX 580r.

HP Photosmart 6520
HP Envy 17", i7-8550u,16GB, 512GB NVMe, 4K screen, Windows 10 x64
Custom PC - Z390, i7-9700K, 32GB, dual 512 GB NVMe, dual 512 SSDs, 2K screen, OC'd to 5 Ghz, NVIDIA 2080TI 11GB

Joshan556 · ‎12-18-2017

Hello there dave i have 2 6 pin PCIe power connectors.

Big_Dave · ‎12-18-2017

Hi,

Without replacing the power supply, then consider this ZOTAC GTX 1080.

HP Photosmart 6520
HP Envy 17", i7-8550u,16GB, 512GB NVMe, 4K screen, Windows 10 x64
Custom PC - Z390, i7-9700K, 32GB, dual 512 GB NVMe, dual 512 SSDs, 2K screen, OC'd to 5 Ghz, NVIDIA 2080TI 11GB

Joshan556 · ‎12-18-2017

Are there any other cheaper options, im looking around the 300-400 pound range.

ccs- · ‎12-26-2017

Greetings!

Go for an rx580 8gb version. You can find well priced products among the known names. Eg.: sapphire or asus if there is enough space in the case.

Best luck!