background: I have a friend who games + Twitch streams very simple games off this computer; I'm serious. The friend lives in another state, so I don't have physical access to the machine, but it appears to possibly be a SFF case. I think the power supply is only 300 watts, which is why I selected the GTX 1650, otherwise I would of suggested RX 570 / 580 / or GTX 1660 Ti. I'm honestly not even certain that the computer supports a two slot graphics card. I estimate the cost of upgrading just the GPU / RAM / SSD at $300.
question: If this computer can actually be upgraded, do you agree with my recommendations, or have any differing or additional opinions? I've listed two SSD's because I think her motherboard has a M.2 slot, but I have to confirm that. If it does then I'd like to recommend the Intel 660p; their migration software does not support their NVMe SSDs unfortunately. If there is no M.2 slot, then I thought the Samsung 860 EVO 2.5" GB would be nice for the 1st rate migration software.
model: Acer aspire xc-780-u3e1
specs: i7-7700 / 4GB RAM / integrated graphics / 300 watt PSU (I think).
-- necessary upgrade --
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1650 OC WINDFORCE GV-N1650OC-4GD
$140
https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1650-gv-n1650oc-4gd/p/N82E16814932150
CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3200 CMK16GX4M2Z3200C16
$85
https://www.newegg.com/corsair-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820236214
-- might as well upgrade --
SAMSUNG 860 EVO Series 2.5" 500GB MZ-76E500B/AM
$75
https://www.newegg.com/samsung-860-evo-series-500gb/p/N82E16820147674
Intel 660p Series M.2 2280 512GB SSDPEKNW512G8XT
$60
https://www.newegg.com/intel-660p-series-512gb/p/N82E16820167460
SeaSonic M12II 520 Bronze EVO Edition 520W
https://www.newegg.com/seasonic-m12ii-evo-series-m12ii-520-evo-editon-520w/p/N82E16817151093
$40 (I would wait until this sale comes up)
question: If this computer can actually be upgraded, do you agree with my recommendations, or have any differing or additional opinions? I've listed two SSD's because I think her motherboard has a M.2 slot, but I have to confirm that. If it does then I'd like to recommend the Intel 660p; their migration software does not support their NVMe SSDs unfortunately. If there is no M.2 slot, then I thought the Samsung 860 EVO 2.5" GB would be nice for the 1st rate migration software.
model: Acer aspire xc-780-u3e1
specs: i7-7700 / 4GB RAM / integrated graphics / 300 watt PSU (I think).
-- necessary upgrade --
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1650 OC WINDFORCE GV-N1650OC-4GD
$140
https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1650-gv-n1650oc-4gd/p/N82E16814932150
CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3200 CMK16GX4M2Z3200C16
$85
https://www.newegg.com/corsair-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820236214
-- might as well upgrade --
SAMSUNG 860 EVO Series 2.5" 500GB MZ-76E500B/AM
$75
https://www.newegg.com/samsung-860-evo-series-500gb/p/N82E16820147674
Intel 660p Series M.2 2280 512GB SSDPEKNW512G8XT
$60
https://www.newegg.com/intel-660p-series-512gb/p/N82E16820167460
SeaSonic M12II 520 Bronze EVO Edition 520W
https://www.newegg.com/seasonic-m12ii-evo-series-m12ii-520-evo-editon-520w/p/N82E16817151093
$40 (I would wait until this sale comes up)