Aspire XC-330 mini AMD desktop. upgrading the Cpu and putting a GPU is possible?

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edited June 2024 in Aspire and Veriton Desktops

I am curious if upgrading the Cpu and putting a GPU is possible?

i would like to turn into a casual gaming pc.

any advice would be great.

Model Number: Aspire XC-330

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  • billsey
    billsey ACE Posts: 35,989 Trailblazer

    Here are the GPUs they shipped with various XC-330 models:

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    All those require the 90W power supply instead of the 65W shipped with the modes that didn't have one of those GPUs installed. You really can't go much newer on the GPU just because there is so little power available, and they need to be the low profile cards to fit. The difference in the two supplies is only 25W, so the card can't draw more than that and still work…

    The CPU is soldered to the motherboard, so a CPU change means a MB change. They shipped with:

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    Your biggest performance boost is going to be to use that m.2 PCie 3.0 interface for an NVMe x4 SSD. Clone the existing HDD to the SSD and boot from the SSD. After you have verified it all works, remove all partitions on the HDD and repurpose it as a single partition data or backup drive. That will give you a significant speed boost over what you have now.

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