Acer Aspire TC780 Desktop - Trying to upgrade a few parts

I'm trying to upgrade a few items on my desktop. I have an Acer Aspire TC780 (KBL); i5-7400 (4 Core, 3.00 GHz) desktop.

I would like to upgrade to the following:

GTX 1650 Super graphics card
400-500 W power supply
RAM

For the graphics card, it has one fan so it physically fits into the case. The card requires a 8 slot PCI, and at minimum 350W, which is where the power supply comes in.
For the RAM, after running Speccy, I believe I have 12 GB total: Slot 1: 4GB (DDR4-2134, 1067 MHz) and Slot 2: 8GB (DDR4-2400, 1200 MHz).

My questions are:

1. Is the graphics card compatible with this computer assuming I upgrade to the new power supply?
2. Is it possible to "remove" the integrated Intel 630 HD graphics card in the computer so it does not eat into the RAM?
3. What kind of RAM can I upgrade? Do the new sticks all need to be DDR4? What is the maximum per slot? Anything else to be aware of when upgrading the RAM (completely new to this).

Later down the line, would I need other parts if I wanted, for example, an AMD Ryzen 5 3600?

Thanks.

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billsey

Yes, as long as the new PSU has enough juice and the right connectors you are good to go.
Nope, the Intel 630 HD is built into the chipset. It's not a separate card.
Your system is specced with 2133 memory and I would expect that even with 2400 in there, it's actually running at the 2133 the chipset supports. You can put 4GB, 8GB or 16GB sticks in to a total of 32GB.
The next upgrade, if you haven't already done it, is a SSD for booting and system partitions. And actually, if you're running off a HDD now I'd do that as the first upgrade rather than after the rest of these.

AspirreeFaan

billsey said:

Yes, as long as the new PSU has enough juice and the right connectors you are good to go.
Nope, the Intel 630 HD is built into the chipset. It's not a separate card.
Your system is specced with 2133 memory and I would expect that even with 2400 in there, it's actually running at the 2133 the chipset supports. You can put 4GB, 8GB or 16GB sticks in to a total of 32GB.
The next upgrade, if you haven't already done it, is a SSD for booting and system partitions. And actually, if you're running off a HDD now I'd do that as the first upgrade rather than after the rest of these.

Thank you for the quick reply, very helpful.

About #2 - so after I install the new graphics card, will the old integrated card still use up some of the 12 GB RAM?

For #3 - If I wanted to expand the total memory then (let's say to 16GB), my best bet is to get 2x 8GB (of any DDR4 sticks)?

Any recommendations for an SSD? I have a 1TB HDD but honestly use like 1/4 of that. Not too concerned with startup either because I only have the minimum applications on startup but I have a lot of services running in my task manager all the time, which is strange (not sure why that is?)

billsey

In most cases when you put a GPU card in the onboard video is disabled, I've never looked to see if that also frees up that memory. Yes, best bet for memory expansion is paired sticks with identical specs. I like the Samsung SSDs, but that's just personal preference. I'd likely stay away from the really cheap no-name drives.

Reptar19

I have an Acer Aspire ATC-780-AMZi5 I got from Amazon a few years ago, I installed a 500W power supply without issue and am attempting to install a Zotac GEFORCE GT1030 but when I plug it in the video on the onboard port goes dead.

The system posts, but video never displays on the monitor. Without the new video card in, the system runs normally, but it will not install the driver without the card being present. I turn the system off, install the card and video never loads (onboard, or new card) what gives?