RX480 HP Prebuilt upgrade questions

[miningshark23]

I have an HP Pro 3500 mid tower PC with an i5-3470 and 8gb of memory and I would like to upgrade my current GPU (Sapphire R7 250 2GB) to the new RX480 which AMD has recently unveiled.
I am sure that my raw specs are enough to avoid a bottleneck, but I am not sure about my case, I can not access it to check the actual space inside of the case, so I would like to know if anyone can find anything on the maximum size GPU this case can fit.
I am unable to upgrade the case due to space constraints.

The size of the XFX RX480 is apparently 254mm hence my concern (source: http://m.hexus.net/tech/news/graphics/93779-amd-radeon-rx-480-pictured-xfx-livery-packaging/)

If any other information is required please ask.

Thanks

 

[jtk2515]

The r7 250 is a 65 watt card. The base 480 (non beast mode) is a 120ish watt card. So you will need to check your PSU +12 rail to see if you have the wattage. Also you are going from a 6.3 inch card to a 10inch card. As with most hp cases you might have to cut out your HDD Rack to fit the added length. Best way is to measure off the back of your 250 and see if you have the extra 4 inchs.

 

[miningshark23]

You're telling me what I already knew mate, all of that information except for the actual lengths was in my original posts. But I did forget to mention that my Power supply is more than enough to support the GPU (Seasonic S12-II 620)
Thanks for the response though.

 

[jtk2515]

I'm sorry if you can not access your case at this time even with specs off the web. I do not have the knowledge to answer that question. Hopefully someone else will come along. Cheers.

 

[miningshark23]

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These are a couple of photos that I took of the inside, to me it looks like the card should fit in nearly perfectly, since there is plenty of room above the hard drive area.

 

[intimthebrave]

you will have plenty room for the rx 480

 

[intimthebrave]

you will need a 6 pin pci e x1

 

[intimthebrave]

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[miningshark23]

you will have plenty room for the rx 480

Thanks