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HP Envy upgrade

Joined: Mar 03, 2013
Posts: 2716
Location: Haddon Twp. NJ
Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 4:39 pm
I usually build my own pc's but at the time my wife needed a new pc I couldn't beat the price of a store bought HP.
It's an HP Envy; 10g memory; AMD FX 6120 6 core processor; AMD Radeon HD 7450 vid card and 300w psu.
I want to upgrade the vid card which will mean a larger psu, so 2 questions...
1. good AMD vid card upgrade that won't break the bank, fit the case and play games
2. will any psu fit the HP case

Thanks!







Joined: May 31, 2011
Posts: 2631
Location: Fort McMurray, AB
Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 4:59 pm
Any PSU should fit the case, assuming it's  amid-tower and can conforms to the ATX for factor. Btu really, only tiny cases may not. And i mean tiny.

For a GPU, whatever you can afford. The newest series from either AMD or Nvidia will typically use less power and run cooler. Both companies give you equal bang/buck. Look for a good sale.

10gb? Weird. Maybe comes with 12gb, but dedicates 2 to onboard GPU?


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Joined: Mar 03, 2013
Posts: 2716
Location: Haddon Twp. NJ
Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 5:18 pm
Thanks Abram! Since this post I found where it says this model uses a low-profile vid card and searches showed conflicts when upgrading the vid card of this model (HP h8-1414) and Windows8.







Joined: May 31, 2011
Posts: 2631
Location: Fort McMurray, AB
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 12:21 am
It appears to use full height brackets,  though.  A regular card should fit just fine,  so long as the length isn't too immense. Even then,  you could probably remove or cut  a chunk of the hard drive cage out.


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Joined: Mar 03, 2013
Posts: 2716
Location: Haddon Twp. NJ
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 1:37 am
Thanks Abram, now to save the money.







Joined: Mar 03, 2013
Posts: 2716
Location: Haddon Twp. NJ
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 2:51 pm
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