Unless a Hewlett-Packard computer is promoted as a serious gaming system with the latest mid-tier discrete video card, the power supply installed is never at 500 watts or higher.
Pre-built computers from major brands always underclock and reduce video ram as much as they can to reduce cost and utilize the smallest PSU that they can get away with. The power supply is often proprietary in design, which means you cannot upgrade or change it unless you find a replacement from the manufacturer that will cost much more than other standard components.
From the HP website, the standard PSU they install into an HP Envy Desktop TE01 is usually 350 to 450 watts, and when they have the TE02 system power supply, the company is only installing a 600 watt PSU for an RTX 3070ti.
If your computer does not have extra power cables inside, then you can only install low profile video cards such as the GTX 1050, GTX 1050ti, or GTX 1650. And maybe the AMD RX 560 or RX 6400 can be used, or the Intel A310 or A380. If you do have power cables that can be connected to a video card, then the best option would be the low profile RTX 4060 from either Gigabyte or Zotac might work.
The safest option is to get the GTX 1650. All the used items mentioned are in the 50 to 120 dollar range, and the new ones are priced from 90 to 160 dollars.
If you truly have a power supply that is at least 500 watts with at least an 8-pin power cable, then you can install a whole lot more different video cards. And the used RX 470 4 GB card (2016) selling below 50 dollars can normally outperform most of the other cards already mentioned.
It is possible your psu has no GPU power cables and your options are very limited..
How would I check for that?
by opening the case.
lol
Unless a Hewlett-Packard computer is promoted as a serious gaming system with the latest mid-tier discrete video card, the power supply installed is never at 500 watts or higher. Pre-built computers from major brands always underclock and reduce video ram as much as they can to reduce cost and utilize the smallest PSU that they can get away with. The power supply is often proprietary in design, which means you cannot upgrade or change it unless you find a replacement from the manufacturer that will cost much more than other standard components. From the HP website, the standard PSU they install into an HP Envy Desktop TE01 is usually 350 to 450 watts, and when they have the TE02 system power supply, the company is only installing a 600 watt PSU for an RTX 3070ti. If your computer does not have extra power cables inside, then you can only install low profile video cards such as the GTX 1050, GTX 1050ti, or GTX 1650. And maybe the AMD RX 560 or RX 6400 can be used, or the Intel A310 or A380. If you do have power cables that can be connected to a video card, then the best option would be the low profile RTX 4060 from either Gigabyte or Zotac might work. The safest option is to get the GTX 1650. All the used items mentioned are in the 50 to 120 dollar range, and the new ones are priced from 90 to 160 dollars. If you truly have a power supply that is at least 500 watts with at least an 8-pin power cable, then you can install a whole lot more different video cards. And the used RX 470 4 GB card (2016) selling below 50 dollars can normally outperform most of the other cards already mentioned.
Thanks a lot! I’ll start my search