Modified HP 8200 elite cmt GPU compatibility

[Crow1991]

Hey guys I'm new to this site so....OK so far I have a 8000 elite cmt chassis with the 320w PSU I modified the chassis to fit the 8200 elite cmt Mobo with the i3 2120 with 8gigs of RAM and the amd Radeon HD 7470 and a 128g sandisk x100 SSD as my OS and a 750g HDD as storage I'm planning on buying a 15pin male sata power to 6pin GPU power with that said what GPU can I buy that is better than my Radeon HD

 

[junkeymonkey]

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Business-PCs-Workstations-and-Point-of-Sale-Systems/hp-8000-elite-cmt/m-p/5500104/highlight/true#M11249

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Video-Display-and-Touch/8200e-sff-graphics-card-upgrade/td-p/1516733

and my disclaimer

some models of store bought computers [dell.hp,acer,ect..] may come with a ''locked or fixed'' bios and may not allow you to change certain hardware as a video card.. this is done to protect them from undue warranty claims and refunds .this is not done to hurt you but to protect them. you really need to see if that upgrade has been proven to work in your model first before you invest money in it .. there are a lot of these threads here at toms to look at some models will allow upgrades and some dont.. and a lot of guys here say ya ya ya when is really no no no...it would be sad you spent $200 on a card that wount post after you installed it as most find out. then get told its your psu and you spend more and end up right back where you are now, but its up to you good luck..


you got to know the the boards in these computers are not like the ones we use to do custom builds witch are open to upgrading with in the boards compatibly . the bios is custom made for there design and just for the parts they authorize to be used on there computers there only guaranteed to work as is out of the box as you bought it ,..


also these boards do not have to meet atx standards and there pci-e slot power may not do the required 75w needed for most higher end cards and can be limited to say 45 or 60w that is all thats needed with the low end factory oem cards that it may of shipped with


best thing to is look hard at the hp forums on what may or may not work its a hp proprietary board with a hp proprietary bios and anything you do over what hp offered out of its box as sole to you is ALL YOUR OWN RISK