[SOLVED] Upgrading Graphics Card ?

[Oblivious972]

I was wondering what graphics card I could upgrade to on my pc, I have around $500 to play with, a little more, a little less. Spec's are as follows:

Current graphics is iGPU: Intel Graphics HD 530
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RAM	16 GB DDR4
Operating System	Windows 10 Home
CPU Model	Intel Core i5-6500
Brand	Periphio
CPU Manufacturer	Intel
Hard Disk Description	SSD
RAM Memory Maximum Size	16 GB
Power Supply Mother Board	GP-550 80+Bronze HP 8054

 

[Nine Layer Nige]

This might depend on you PSU, does it have the GPU power leads and what is the rated 12v AMPs ? What is the Make/model of the PSU ?
Also, what case do you have, will it be big enough to fit a GPU in ?

What games do you want to play and what is your expectation of performance ?

 

[Oblivious972]

This might depend on you PSU, does it have the GPU power leads and what is the rated 12v AMPs ? What is the Make/model of the PSU ?
Also, what case do you have, will it be big enough to fit a GPU in ?

What games do you want to play and what is your expectation of performance ?

It's a gamemax. And yes it has the power leads and extras for other graphics card that require others. 15AMPs aswell.

 

[Nine Layer Nige]

Looking at the spec sheet its 19A on each 12v rail so 19 x 12= 228Watts. I think the best you could do without upgrading your PSU to something better that has a single 12volt rail is an nvidia RTX 3050 at 130watts or a AMD Radeon RX6600 at 140watts.
Both GPUs only require a single 8 pin power connector.
I would be more confident in my assessment of this if others chipped in on this in the comments.

 

[Nine Layer Nige]

I will add some caveats...
If you do look into buying one of those, make sure to check that they require only 1 x 8 pin power lead as some MAY require 2 x 8 pin if they are overclock supped up versions. Get some more advise first and dont just take my word for it.

 

[Oblivious972]

I will add some caveats...
If you do look into buying one of those, make sure to check that they require only 1 x 8 pin power lead as some MAY require 2 x 8 pin if they are overclock supped up versions. Get some more advise first and dont just take my word for it.

Will do brother, I have x2 8pin connectors, but will look into it just to be sure. Appreciate your help.