Upgrading my HP Pavilion Elite HPE-500z need help

[dayodadude]

Hi i am wanting to upgrade my HP Pavilion Elite HPE-500z and dont want to buy a new card and psu that i cant use does anyone know what kind of psu would fit in this pc and if it could handle a geforce 560ti by chance? any help would be awesome!

 

[FlintIronStagg]

What cpu/ ram do you have?
I looked at he specs online and it has a pciex16 so it can fit the card, and the hp case should be able to fit a 500/600w standard size power supply. Best thing you can do is open up the side panel. Look for a pciex16 slot and also your psu in those cases i believe are top mounted. My dad had a similar hp tower that we were able to squeeze a 700w psu in.

 

[dayodadude]

it has a AMD athlon II X4 640 processor and 6 gigs of ram im not super smart with computers sorry if i come across to stupid :/

 

[FlintIronStagg]

it has a AMD athlon II X4 640 processor and 6 gigs of ram im not super smart with computers sorry if i come across to stupid :/

Dont sweat it.
Im sure you would be ok upgrading your psu and card based on my experience with an almost identical tower and your mobo specs listing pciex16. I would double check the slot and dimensions before hand by looking in there, but am sure youwill be fine
also get a tape measure and check the length of the case. it should fit a 9" card such as the 560Ti, but youre going to want to be double sure before buying.

 

[dayodadude]

any recomendations on a good psu or brand for the geforce 560ti?

 

[FlintIronStagg]

seasonic, corsair, or antech 500W or above.