Upgrading Graphics Card in pre-built machine?

paulthompson94

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Recently ordered a desktop PC due to laptop biting the dust, gaming wasn't my first instinct but after ordering it I have realised there is certainly potential for it to be a very decent gaming pc. Nothing spectacular but nice on the side.

The only thing that lets it down is the graphics card. Would I be able to upgrade the graphics card in due course?

Here it is :

http://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=N8X32EA&opt=ABU&sel=DTP&jumpID=ps_xeuz482n9f/sf:_sku:N8X32EA&k_clickid=EMEA%7C_kenshoo_clickid_&kpid=N8X32EA&gclid=CjwKEAiAws20BRCs-P-ssLbSlg4SJABbVcDpPJFe8lyJhj8TIP78qI_0e7d4JsiOFYVrhlVD5e14HBoCaLbw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CKuwxdiIo8oCFcM6Gwod9qcGUw
 

Dapanji

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It already has a dedicated PCI-e GPU so you can upgrade it without problems. That PSU worries me though. When you decide to upgrade, you're definitely going to need to get a better one.
 

meat_loaf

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You can always buy another graphics card and put it into PCI-e 3.0 slot and get a better power supply around the 500w-600w range would be more than enough to power a single gpu.

 

meat_loaf

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Its difficult to know if the bios is locked or not. And forums don't provide a 100% basis as HP could of supplied a different motherboard during the product line. But the possibility of having bios locked is very low.