Quote Originally Posted by Krotoan View Post
using this as a reference:
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03859136

You do have a PCIE 16X so it should be able to support a decent graphics card, but it also has a tiny power supply, so that would likely have to be upgraded as well, hopefully it uses standard form factors and isn't some weird proprietary shaped thing (HP used to do that back when I did computer repair, like 5 years ago). If you know a PC guy or have someone local have them take a look, any competent techie should be able to give it a quick once over and advise a strategy. (Snip)
To add to this, you might be able to get away with the small power supply, but you would likely have to upgrade it to accommodate for potentially higher power draw components (the PC may not have a standard ATX power supply mount/cutout on the case). For example, the NVidia recommends at minimum a 300W power supply for a GTX 1050, which your PC spec technically meets (whether or not you should run the card on that spec or not is up for debate, I personally would recommend an upgrade to the PSU as well if possible).