Need some clarification on upgrade.

[Juusuhako]

This is a PC from HP:
CPU: i5-2600
Ram: 16GB 1333MHz (665MHz Dual Channel, thats 1333MHz right?)
GPU: Radeon HD 6570
Motherboard: Pegatron 2AB5
PSU: no-name 425W

Am I right to think the only parts need replacing are the GPU and PSU? Shouldnt he get quite a decent rig with ie. 780, or would that bottleneck a 2600?

 

[WYP]

Provided the case has adequate space and the motherboard has a PCI-E 16x slot you should be fine with only a psu upgrade (spacially speaking).

Is your cpu a i5 2500 or a i7 2600 perhaps? i cant find info on an i5 2600?

 

[SeekaX]

This is a PC from HP:
CPU: i5-2600
Ram: 16GB 1333MHz (665MHz Dual Channel, thats 1333MHz right?)
GPU: Radeon HD 6570
Motherboard: Pegatron 2AB5
PSU: no-name 425W

Am I right to think the only parts need replacing are the GPU and PSU? Shouldnt he get quite a decent rig with ie. 780, or would that bottleneck a 2600?

There is no i5-2600. Either you have an i7-2600 or an i5-2500.
Either way, those parts suffice. Get something like a Corsair RM550 and a 280x and you should be fine.

 

[Wraith]

This is a PC from HP:
CPU: i5-2600
Ram: 16GB 1333MHz (665MHz Dual Channel, thats 1333MHz right?)
GPU: Radeon HD 6570
Motherboard: Pegatron 2AB5
PSU: no-name 425W

Am I right to think the only parts need replacing are the GPU and PSU? Shouldnt he get quite a decent rig with ie. 780, or would that bottleneck a 2600?

If that is all he has to budget for then yes should see a vast improvement.

I'd check first to see whether you can add in a 3rd party Graphics card first though.. the Bios on that motherboard could be locked. It's a HP/Dell thing.

 

[Juusuhako]

There is no i5-2600. Either you have an i7-2600 or an i5-2500.
Either way, those parts suffice. Get something like a Corsair RM550 and a 280x and you should be fine.

Provided the case has adequate space and the motherboard has a PCI-E 16x slot you should be fine with only a psu upgrade (spacially speaking).

Is your cpu a i5 2500 or a i7 2600 perhaps? i cant find info on an i5 2600?

If that is all he has to budget for then yes should see a vast improvement.

I'd check first to see whether you can add in a 3rd party Graphics card first though.. the Bios on that motherboard could be locked. It's a HP/Dell thing.

Sorry, it is indeed an i7-2600.

Its a Micro-ATX, and it has one PCI 16x slot (not sure if PCI/PCI-E makes a difference?)

He bought it many years ago, probably at an overprice. Isnt the HD 6570 already considered "3rd party"? so any GPU should work?

 

[SeekaX]

If that is all he has to budget for then yes should see a vast improvement.

I'd check first to see whether you can add in a 3rd party Graphics card first though.. the Bios on that motherboard could be locked. It's a HP/Dell thing.

Thought the same when i saw the post, but i don't think they can stop you from installing a new GPU?

Sorry, it is indeed an i7-2600.

Its a Micro-ATX, and it has one PCI 16x slot (not sure if PCI/PCI-E makes a difference?)

He bought it many years ago, probably at an overprice. Isnt the HD 6570 already considered "3rd party"? so any GPU should work?

PCI/PCI-E makes a difference but in your case it's definitely PCI-E, i don't think PCI 16x exists.
You should try to put in your GPU first to test if the BIOS locks up, if it works a new GPU will most likely work as well. Better be safe than sorry.

 

[Wraith]

Depends.. Did your friend fit the HD6570 or was it already installed at the factory.

EDIT: @SeekaX I always check now, the last 2 Dell systems I've had in would not accept any other GPUs bar the ones that came in the system.

 

[Juusuhako]

Thought the same when i saw the post, but i don't think they can stop you from installing a new GPU?



PCI/PCI-E makes a difference but in your case it's definitely PCI-E, i don't think PCI 16x exists.
You should try to put in your GPU first to test if the BIOS locks up, if it works a new GPU will most likely work as well. Better be safe than sorry.

Depends.. Did your friend fit the HD6570 or was it already installed at the factory.

EDIT: @SeekaX I always check now, the last 2 Dell systems I've had in would not accept any other GPUs bar the ones that came in the system.

Guys, the system listed in my first post, is his CURRENT system. It was all pre-built (factory), its a "HP", dont know what model though.

I simply wanna replace GPU/PSU, but wanted to be sure it wouldnt bottleneck CPU or cause any other errors. Cant think of anything on the top of my head, but clarification is always nice.

 

[Juusuhako]

This is his PC, official HP product page.

 

[WYP]

with that CPU you shouldn't have any bottleknecking issues. Nothing really requires more than a sandy bridge i7 tbh.

 

[Juusuhako]

with that CPU you shouldn't have any bottleknecking issues. Nothing really requires more than a sandy bridge i7 tbh.

Cool. I did a mistake in the first post.
He has 10GB of ram, with 4 blocks. 2 blocks are 4GB, 2 blocks are 1GB.

Is this a problem? I didnt know you could mix 4GBs and 1GBs, although it makes sense as long as the ones in the same color slot are identical.

Should he keep the 2x1GB, or is it ideal to just have the 4x2GB? (performance wise...)

Also, 1 ram block is blue, the rest green... It could seem as if two of the blocks arent identical?

 

[WYP]

Cool. I did a mistake in the first post.
He has 10GB of ram, with 4 blocks. 2 blocks are 4GB, 2 blocks are 1GB.

Is this a problem? I didnt know you could mix 4GBs and 1GBs, although it makes sense as long as the ones in the same color slot are identical.

Should he keep the 2x1GB, or is it ideal to just have the 4x2GB? (performance wise...)

Performance drop will be minimal if i'm honest, so keeping the extra ram in the PC will make little difference.

That being said 8GB of ram is more than adequate for a Gaming PC

 

[Juusuhako]

Performance drop will be minimal if i'm honest, so keeping the extra ram in the PC will make little difference.

That being said 8GB of ram is more than adequate for a Gaming PC

True, but as long as it all works out, theres no need to fiddle with it.

Guess im gonna find out what intake/outtake it has, space etc. and figure out what PSU/GPU is ideal then.

Thanks for all the help everybody. ^^

 

[maniac]

This is his PC, official HP product page.

Ummm wait, please make sure that that system will accept a different gpu as there is no gpu upgrade guide thingy in this link, there is for ram and cpu but none for the graphic card, my bet is the bios is locked (sorry) as only 3 options exist for that machine and those are integrated, 6570 or the nvidia counterpart 530. Can you borrow a gpu to test or take it to the store to test it for you before purchasing?

 

[NeverBackDown]

Ya make sure with HP it will work.. many vendors don't even allow driver updates for some stupid reason.

 

[RamboOC]

Hp and dell does not lock the ability to add/swap a graphic card. they do however have locked overclocking options and a tight whitelist of cpus. in laptops they also lock the ability to swap a wireless adapter, cpu and ram

 

[SeekaX]

Guys, the system listed in my first post, is his CURRENT system. It was all pre-built (factory), its a "HP", dont know what model though.

I simply wanna replace GPU/PSU, but wanted to be sure it wouldnt bottleneck CPU or cause any other errors. Cant think of anything on the top of my head, but clarification is always nice.

We are aware that this is his current system. Check if the rig accepts different GPUs first, prebuilt PCs pretty often have a locked up BIOS and then you will be sitting on a spare GPU.

 

[Wraith]

Hp and dell does not lock the ability to add/swap a graphic card. they do however have locked overclocking options and a tight whitelist of cpus. in laptops they also lock the ability to swap a wireless adapter, cpu and ram

My old Dell C521 office machine has a ATI x1300 Pro, it won't take any other card, same goes for the optical drive. It simply ignores anything but the original card.

My uncle has a HP Compaq P*** which has the GTX 550, he tried upgrading to the 670 and again the bios simply ignores any 3rd party cards, it's why when you open up any of their systems they have HP/Dell part numbers stuck to everything..