I’m not a gamer and I’m not sure if you can. But I’m a power user with like 25 years experience. Let’s see what I can do here.
First of all you might want to check your guarantee and warranty. If you just open the thing and replace parts, you might lose it.
Next, make sure that the graphics card actually is a step up and does what you want. Don’t just buy it because it offers more RAM or a higher processing frequency. Look at the details and compare detailed specs. Look at reviews and performance comparisons. Gamers are deeper into this kind of stuff than I am. I don’t need the fancy stuff for what I do. In fact you might want to compare different manufacturers too. They might use the same basic chipset, but putting them together differently might result in different performance.
Next, the graphics card sits on your mainboard and inside your case with all the other components. This one seems to take up at least 2 slots. So, make sure you have all the room available on all sides. Find the measurements. For example the MSI one seems to be 226x128x41mm in size. Note: personally I don’t like MSI, but it is just the first one I came across. So, I’m going to use it as reference.
It’s always a good idea to know, which mainboard you have in there. You also need to know, if the mainboard provides the according port. The MSI one for example needs a PCIe 3.0 16x port. You not only need to find out, if you have this port on your mainboard (which I would assume you have, given the specs). You also need to find out, if this port is available or otherwise occupied. Unless of course it’s occupied by the graphics card you want to replace.
And finally, you need to find out about the power consumption of the card. I came in contact with graphics cards that would draw 550W peak. The MSI one for example seems to draw 160W. So, that adds to your CPU, the smaller stuff, the hard drives,… I just went briefly over the specs, but I can’t see it. Maybe I overlooked it.
So, that in a nutshell is what you need to look for. Swapping the card itself should not be too hard. Should be doable. Just make sure you have the space and the port and it is what you want.
Oh, one more thing: the basic system seems decent, but if you want a better refreshing rate, you might also want to take a look at the specs of your display!
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