Upgrading GPU first time

[childofthesun1]

So I'm a total noob. I'm trying to upgrade this: https://www.asus.com/us/Tower-PCs/M11BB/specifications/
With this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZGF40QO?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
Which I know requires a new power supply, so I got this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H33SFJU?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
My question is, will they work or even fit? This is my first forray into upgrading a PC for gaming, or even cracking open a tower. I know I can figure this out, but someplace to start would be nice.

I'm not even really sure how to deal with basic things like static electricity ruining the new parts, or even how to actually install them.

Thanks

Edit: I ordered the parts on Monday, but before I crack them open and void the return I'd like to know a little bit about what I'm doing.

The PC is currently running Windows 8 with the stock Radeon 7300. I'm pretty excited to see the extra power a decent graphics card can squeeze out of the machine.

 

[Eggz]

Guru3D found that card to pull about 150 watts, so your 500 w PSU will totally be fine with the rest of the things listed on the spec sheet link you provided.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/asus-radeon-r7-370-strix-review,4.html

You also have the expansion port required of PCI-e 16x.

The only major limitation I see is that your computer only has 2 GB of RAM. That may limit some things. After that is that the CPU is a little on the slow side, but there's nothing you can do about that unless you upgrade the system more dramatically. Just test to see if you get the GPU up to 100% when running a stressful game. If so, then you are good to go. If you are only running it at about 50% or so, then that means your CPU can't deliver information fast enough. Just have to check and see where you land. I think it will be okay.

Good luck!

 

[Vetsku]

Ok, so first of all everything will fit in that case and yes, it will work too. Its always dcary when its your first time doing these kind of things. But when you do it, its not that hard. I recommend to watch some how to- videos before doing it. The GPU and the PSU switching is really simple, but still watch a video how to do it. The static electricity thing: pretty much you should touch metal or wear a antistatic wristband before touching your components to eliminate static electricity from your hand which could possibly mess up your components

 

[childofthesun1]

Cool, thanks. Also checking my computer, it says I have 12gb of RAM installed, since that model comes in 2-16gb.

 

[Eggz]

Cool, thanks. Also checking my computer, it says I have 12gb of RAM installed, since that model comes in 2-16gb.

Oh, sweet! Then give it a go.

If you watch this video (and generally start watching LinusTechTips' YouTube channel), you'll see a very good step-by-step overview with explanation of how to build a computer from the ground up. There's more than you need in the video, but it's edited well, and you'll have no problem installing the video card after studying it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbDiSMQ_L_k

Good luck!

 

[childofthesun1]

Okay, so, I installed the card and everything is working. Sort of. An error message popped up asking me to "reboot and select a proper boot device." I went into the bios and fiddled with a few things, and finally just clicking on my hard drive got me to the desktop. Now I can't get to the desktop without going to bios first. How do I fix that?

Edit: Wait, I clicked on the boot manager. Boot order is HDD, DVD, manager. Should I sap that around?

 

[Eggz]

I've seen older computers change BIOS settings without the user diong anything, and I've never understood why it happens - maybe the board dying? Anyway, you can try a fix.

There's a difference between selecting a boot device and setting the boot order. If you select the boot device, as you did, it will just boot from that device as a one-time-only thing. If you set the boot order, the computer will go down the list you set in the order you set, and it will boot to the first device that has a bootable OS on it each time the computer starts, until the setting is changed.

What you want to do is set your system drive to the top of the boot order list. That should force it to work automatically. But if it doesn't, then you're probably having a physical issue with your motherboard. That kind of issue is beyond what we can do over the forum here. You'd have to put in more work than it's worth, and if you do have a motherboard issue like that, I'd suggest just getting a new computer (i.e. motherboard, CPU, and RAM). But before we get to that point, give the boot order a shot to see what happens.

Good luck!