[SOLVED] Possible upgrade to ASUS Phoenix GTX 1650

[CrisR82]

I'm currently considering replacing my desktop's GPU with something a that can handle 1080p60 video encoding for streaming or local recordings (and maybe add some more RAM), however I have some doubts that my PSU will allow an upgrade.

The PC in particular is an ASUS Essentio CM6870 with the specs below:

CPU: Intel Core i7 3770 @ 3.40GHz
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz (4 slots total, 2 currently in-use)
Motherboard: Intel H77
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7770 1GB GDDR5 (1GHz Edition)
Storage: 240GB Samsung EVO 860 SATA SSD (not part of OEM build), 1TB SATA3 Western Digital Blue 7200rpm Seagate HDD, 1TB SATA3 7200rpm HDD (not part of OEM build)
Optical drives: CD/DVD-RW drive, not sure of manufacturer
Audio: on-board
Peripherals: Logitech M100 USB mouse, ASUS OEM USB keyboard, 16-in-1 card reader (tower front panel, seems to be USB 2.0). NOTE: often using a Logitech C920 (USB 2.0) webcam and Blue Snowball (USB 2.0) microphone. Also a lot of my data is stored on external USB 3.0 drives (mostly Western Digital if that matters). While I'll at no point have all the devices connected, webcam+mic OR x2 HDDs being able to be connected is something I hope to be able to do.
Network: built-in LAN port.
Monitor: LG 23MP55 over HDMI (23'' 1080p 60Hz)

Would I this PC be able to handle an upgrade to an ASUS PHOENIX GTX 1650 (and if possible add another 8GB RAM as well)?

Any advise is greatly appreciated as long as it doesn't involve "PSU upgrade".

 

[Deleted member 2720853]

Would I this PC be able to handle an upgrade to an ASUS PHOENIX GTX 1650 (and if possible add another 8GB RAM as well)?

The configuration you have is more than adequate for a GTX 1650. You will have no problems on the power supply front either, the Radeon HD 7770's TDP is 80W while the GTX 1650's TDP is 75W. You can install an additional 8 GB of RAM, your motherboard apparently supports up to 32 GB.

 

[CrisR82]

The configuration you have is more than adequate for a GTX 1650. You will have no problems on the power supply front either, the Radeon HD 7770's TDP is 80W while the GTX 1650's TDP is 75W. You can install an additional 8 GB of RAM, your motherboard apparently supports up to 32 GB.

I checked a few PSU calculators and I seem to be pretty close to the 350W with that setup with 345'ish W (unless I'm using it wrong), though disconnecting the DVD drive drops it to about 313W.

I think my bonus question here is now "does the DVD drive actually use power if it's plugged in but not actually being used?". I'm guessing if I lower it to the 313W that should leave a reasonable overhead in case something decides to draw more than usual.

 

[Deleted member 2720853]

I checked a few PSU calculators and I seem to be pretty close to the 350W with that setup with 345'ish W (unless I'm using it wrong), though disconnecting the DVD drive drops it to about 313W.

I think my bonus question here is now "does the DVD drive actually use power if it's plugged in but not actually being used?". I'm guessing if I lower it to the 313W that should leave a reasonable overhead in case something decides to draw more than usual.

If your current setup works fine, the same setup with a 1650 will work as well as long as you don't overclock it. The TDP is lower on the 1650, no reasons it wouldn't work.