Am I able to add a graphics card to an APU based system?

[Cardinals21]

I'm looking at a budget build that has an APU. Obviously at some point I would want to upgrade the graphics. Would I still be able to add a good graphics card? Or would that conflict with the processor or something? I would really like to know so when I do upgrade it my pc doesn't catch on fire or blow me up Can you guys help me?

 

[Wolfshadw]

Assuming you have an available PCI-Ex16 slot, you will be able to later add a discrete graphics card. The APU graphics will not interfere and your system will not blow-up or any other negative reaction.

-Wolf sends

 

[Cardinals21]

Assuming you have an available PCI-Ex16 slot, you will be able to later add a discrete graphics card. The APU graphics will not interfere and your system will not blow-up or any other negative reaction.

-Wolf sends

Great! Thanks for your help. But what do you mean by discrete? Is there a difference between a normal one and a discrete graphics card?

 

[stickmansam]

Nope, adding the dGPU will turn off the APU GPU

As Wolfshadw has said, as long as you have the room in the pc to put it in, you're good

I know of two builds in my imeadiate circle that run dGPU with APU's

A discrete card is just a "separate" card that exists on its own. That is different than iGPU's (integrated) which are "part of/inside" of something else [in case of APU, part of the CPU die]