I am about to get a MSI amd radeon r9 380 and a EVGA 500 watt power supply, but I want to know if it will physically fit in my pc tower. I have an hp pavilion 500-200 series. Please help first time tinkering in pc.
I took a look at that PC, and I have serious doubts you can fit a fullsize GPU in there. I would open the case and measure the length from the back panel to those drive cages. You may well need to cut them out of the way to fit it.
If the EVGA 500watt PSU you want to buy is the 500B or 500W, don't, its junk. Buy yourself an XFX TS 550, Seasonic S12 520, or EVGA 550G2.
I took a look at that PC, and I have serious doubts you can fit a fullsize GPU in there. I would open the case and measure the length from the back panel to those drive cages. You may well need to cut them out of the way to fit it.
If the EVGA 500watt PSU you want to buy is the 500B or 500W, don't, its junk. Buy yourself an XFX TS 550, Seasonic S12 520, or EVGA 550G2.
I took a look at that PC, and I have serious doubts you can fit a fullsize GPU in there. I would open the case and measure the length from the back panel to those drive cages. You may well need to cut them out of the way to fit it.
If the EVGA 500watt PSU you want to buy is the 500B or 500W, don't, its junk. Buy yourself an XFX TS 550, Seasonic S12 520, or EVGA 550G2.
WHICH evga 500?
The r9-380 is not to be trifled with using lower than Tier 2 power supplies. Personally I wouldnt trust a 500 watt unit, I would want a seasonic tier 2 S12 520 as a minimum.
Rogue Leader :
I took a look at that PC, and I have serious doubts you can fit a fullsize GPU in there. I would open the case and measure the length from the back panel to those drive cages. You may well need to cut them out of the way to fit it.
If the EVGA 500watt PSU you want to buy is the 500B or 500W, don't, its junk. Buy yourself an XFX TS 550, Seasonic S12 520, or EVGA 550G2.
Plus should i buy a psu that has a fan that is facing out the back and not into the tower because i will have very little air space between the psu and the graphics card, if this is a problem at all.
Yeah that PSU is crap don't buy it. Go with one of my suggestions. Also all good PSU's have a fan facing the bottom, and that fan takes air in and then exhausts out the back of the PSU.
Otherwise like I said take measurements first I don't know if the card will physically fit.