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    [SOLVED] HP motherboard and upgrading

    Okayyyy. I think I got the answer I needed and can now plan accordingly. Thank you for your responses guys.
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    [SOLVED] HP motherboard and upgrading

    Just did! So uhhh.. the black ones says x16PCIE which as far as I know is the one needed for a graphics card... right??? and added question btw! I also read that HP mobos need a 6 pin connector instead of a 20+4 from the PSU so I also need to buy a 20+4 to 6 pin adapter on top of that (which is...
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    [SOLVED] HP motherboard and upgrading

    Yes! I figured that too though I'm still quite figuring out how to upload photos lol. A minute please...
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    [SOLVED] HP motherboard and upgrading

    Yes I'm planning on a Ship of Theseus type changes but the endgame scenario on my mind is I save this pc to hand down to my little bro. But... do I really need to change everything right now? I'd buy the PSU, Case and GPU at the end of month, but not enough for a new CPU, MOBO, RAM (though...
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    [SOLVED] HP motherboard and upgrading

    Hi. I'm fairly new to the pc world and extremely new to this forum! I not-so-recently bought an HP compaq elite 8300 sff for about $200 usd (pretty cheap but pretty NOT WORTH IT realizing now). I've been saving up (about 2 months, I'm a student) to buy an RX 570 graphics card since it's the...