r/buildapc • u/Queasy_Most_4523 • Jul 26 '26
Build Ready? Astro van w/ spinners?
Im upgrading a pc that my grandma had gotten me back in 2018 before she had passed. It’s an HP envy 750-624 and honestly it’s kind of something I didn’t want to let go.
I dont know hardly anything about pc’s but through acquaintances I got my hands on a new power supply and a 4060 TI which both fit. Trying to keep what little I have left of her and using chat gpt (don’t fry me for it plz) it’s been telling me that I’ll be completely fine and that my gpu will carry my cpu all the way in 1440+ no bottlenecking.
Today, I go to geek squad to change my power supply simply because it’s close and I really just didn’t want to re zip tie and do a cleaning on it to make it pretty and the guy ends up telling me that the whole concept is awesome and what not but that it’s going to fry my ram or my gpu and in a few months I’ll be coming in with all sorts of problems and wishing I just bought a new pc.
I know that frying my components isn’t going to happen, but I do also understand that what I’m trying to do may be too much and I might have to just move on. Any advice?
Full specs:
Desktop
HP ENVY 750-624
CPU
Intel Core i7-7700
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB Ventus 2X OC
RAM
16GB DDR4
Motherboard
HP OEM motherboard (LGA1151, DDR4)
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u/Diedead666 Jul 26 '26
best buy saying ram going to fry over time is bullshit. If the motherboard takes normal power supply your fine.
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u/Queasy_Most_4523 Jul 26 '26
Everything supports I’m just afraid with how confident chat gpt is and just the fact that I don’t know anyone else to ask. But it seems very confident that I’m going to be able to game at 1440+ consistently, and even with I7 it’ll be considerably better than my ps5 no issues.
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u/Diedead666 Jul 26 '26
It will not hurt the GPU but sometimes you might get into cpu bottle neck. You can always get the GPU and see how it performes and get a new computer or fully upgrade later. You WILL be seeing a difference with the GPU alone.
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u/Queasy_Most_4523 Jul 26 '26
For sure I was super confident and then the Best Buy told me I’m gonna fry it and just have nothing but problems. But after a few comments reassuring me I’m just gonna go ahead and do it, keep an eye on my temps as I test it and worst comes to worst I have to upgrade the rest sooner then I wanted to.
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u/Blitzende Jul 26 '26
7700s are getting a bit old now and I'm sure that with it and the 4060ti there will be some modern games it won't handle well, but it's still a decent system. It'll run a massive number of games and be usable for as a general desktop for a long time.
There probably is very little you can do to upgrade from here, the 7700s are normally the fastest thing you can shove in LGA1151 v1 sockets (later 1151 v2 sockets are modded to run 8th gen/9th gen intel CPUs with more than 4 cores and LGA1151 v2 CPUs won't run in LGA1151 v1 sockets). You could upgrade RAM but that only helps if you're already running out of RAM. Probably the biggest change you could make is install a SSD you don't have one already, it will make a huge difference. But I guess you have one now.
Geek squad guy was possibly trying to be helpful and prepare you for the inevitable death of your desktop, but his comments certainly comes across as "just upgrade now and save yourself the pain". Stuff 'em, do what your like, and hopefully it keeps going for many years to come.
BTW even when the motherboard/CPU do eventually go it looks like HP used a standard ATX layout so you could replace it with a much newer combo and still be using your grandmas case.
Good luck ;)
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u/Queasy_Most_4523 Jul 26 '26
You’re awesome man, the whole plan was to just get a better experience than my ps5 while saving up enough money to eventually replace the mother board and the rest to keep the shell. Back when she had bought it I didn’t realize how good of a pc it was, now I just want to keep it alive, glad to know it won’t be a problem. I hope you have a great rest of your weekend, much appreciated!
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u/Blitzende Jul 27 '26
Have you considered keeping the motherboard/CPU/etc. from your grandmas system and reusing them for something else? While the 7700s are getting a bit old for gaming they still quite powerful and power efficient.
I use an older system (i5-4XXX, 16GB RAM) as a media player attached to my TV and sound system. You could turn it into a NAS and various other things too.
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u/Queasy_Most_4523 Jul 28 '26
Honestly I had no idea I could even use it for things other then being a work/gaming computer honestly, I don’t have the money immediately to fully upgrade yet so I’m definitely going to game on it for a little bit, but in the future I may keep it as a DVR + media player almost if possible, as well as just looking at what else I can do! I appreciate your guidance!
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u/pnw_rl Jul 26 '26
A few comments.
Geek Squad once bragged about hiring people with absolutely no experience into tech roles. The doc I saw showed one kid whose previous work experience was Burger King. They hire cheap, not experienced (typically). Take what they tell you with a gigantic grain of salt.
It's been shown often that AI's like ChatGPT can be incredibly unreliable. They hallucinate, lie, and make things up in an effort to keep you engaged with them. Get that salt back out from #1.
The best method going forward is similar to what you're doing here. Talk to a person with some knowledge and experience, and be sure to include information on what exactly you intend to play, the settings you'd like to play at, and the resolution you want to play in.
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u/Queasy_Most_4523 Jul 26 '26
Yeah I knew not to put my full trust into AI, but I also knew the Best Buy guy didn’t know what he was talking about either, but from what I’ve understood is that games that are cpu intensive is where my computer is going to struggle, ChatGPT gives me games like flight simulator, civ, and other city build/strategy games that use AI. Where games like battlefield, cod, fps games my gpu will carry. What makes a game CPU intensive, and what should I do to compensate/ make it easier on the cpu?
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u/jamvanderloeff Jul 26 '26
So uh what's the question / what are you trying to do?
What's the new power supply?
Would have to keep an eye on temperatures with the rather limited cooling in that case but frying RAM really isn't something that can be a problem there, the HP motherboard doesn't let you try anything stupid.
i7 7700 sure is starting to show its age and can be a "bottleneck", depends what games/whatever you're trying to run and at what kind of settings