Upgrading the Video Card in an HP Pavilion Elite HPE-350t

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I have a HP Pavilion Elite HPE-350t desktop that I would like to upgrade the video card in. I am looking at this video card and power supply:

EVGA GeForce GTX760 SuperClocked w/EVGA ACX Cooler 2GB GDDR5 256bit, Dual-Link DVI-I, DVI-D, HDMI,DP, SLI Ready Graphics Card (02G-P4-2765-KR) Graphics Cards 02G-P4-2765-KR

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-SuperClocked-Dual-Link-Graphics-02G-P4-2765-KR/dp/B00DHW4HXY/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1412950644&sr=1-1&keywords=nvidia+geforce+gtx+770

Corsair Builder Series CX 600 Watt ATX/EPS 80 PLUS (CX600)

http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Builder-Series-Watt-CX600/dp/B0092ML0OC

Current setup in a midtower:
Motherboard: MS-7613 (Iona-GL8E)
Processor: Intel® Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80 GHz 2.80 GHz
RAM: 8.00 GB (DDR3 DIMM?)
Power Supply: 300 watt
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 5450

Are these two compatible with my current computer and/or should I look at upgrading any other components as well? Thanks for your help!!!
 
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Well the card itself isn't that large at 9.5" x 4.38"

But it's the power supply that would have me worried by size and orientation. Dell and HP prebuilds are terrible for upgrading. I'd take the side panel off your tower if you haven't already, and get some measurements from both the back to HDD trays, side to mobo. Then identify where the psu sits in the case and what the dimensions are
Well the card itself isn't that large at 9.5" x 4.38"

But it's the power supply that would have me worried by size and orientation. Dell and HP prebuilds are terrible for upgrading. I'd take the side panel off your tower if you haven't already, and get some measurements from both the back to HDD trays, side to mobo. Then identify where the psu sits in the case and what the dimensions are
 
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Thanks for the reply. I checked and physically the power supply will fit as the current 300W power supply is the same size or slightly larger than the new 600W power supply. What do you mean by orientation? Do you mean the fans/inlet/outlets location on the power supply? I did not look at something like this. Is there anything else that I need to be aware of (connections?) when choosing a power supply?

I am still concerned a bit about the video card. What is the main thing to look at for this? Is it the physical size? The size of the existing video card is 6.5 x 3 and the new one is 9 x 1.5 x 4.4. Are there certain things like pin connections that I need to match up?

Also, is there anything else that I need to do to complete this minor upgrade? Thanks for all your help. I am doing this so my son can play some more up to date games, so please excuse me if some of the questions are pretty basic. I just don't want to mess up the computer. Thanks!