How to a turn a HP Pavillion Desktop PC into a Gaming PC?

[lukefriedman21]

Hey, I recently was gifted a HP Pavillion PC by my Dad. When I first got it I was trying to run the trending game right now, Fortnite. While running the game it was very pixelated and the graphics were horrible. Does anyone know how and what I will need to make this Desktop PC run a little bit closer to a Gaming PC. My budget for this project is around $170.(FYI if you couldn't tell I don't really anything about hardware or PC's in general just looking for some help)

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Some of the new mini-tower Pavilion desktops have the OS on an M.2 SSD, with an HDD for more storage. Consequently because of space constraints there are no PCI Express expansion slots provided - - - - so upgrading to gaming spec on one of those is a non-starter.

So that needs checking first - - does it have any PCI Express slots.

 

[lukefriedman21]

So I did my research and found out that it indeed does a One PCIe x16. What are the next steps in the process? Any other requirements that need to be met? (I found the information in the link below)


https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-pavilion-510-p100-desktop-pc-series/12079675/model/12740562/document/c05254568

 

[Calvin7]

That is a low-end desktop PC, not suitable to be a Gaming PC. I suggest you sell it.
https://www.overstock.com/Electronics/HP-Pavilion-510-p100-510-p127c-Desktop-Computer-AMD-A-Series-A12-98/14587963/product.html

I suggest you get a bare PC case -Mid-Tower for an ATX Form Factor motherboard.
https://www.newegg.com/Rosewill-Computer-Cases/BrandSubCat/ID-2177-7

 

[temptationgt]

Slap a gt 1030 in there for $80 bucks.. you get to keep $100.. (or use it to upgrade ram to 8GB if it isn't).

Would help alot if you post your HP model.

For example, mine is the HP Slimline 400-235d

 

[Gaidax]

Need to know exact model for that desktop, there is bazillion different HP Pavillions, also post specs of it too, so we can know what to upgrade there.