HP COMPAQ ELITE 8300 - Teardown, upgrade RAM, SSD, and GPU in 4K (small form factor)

[@keremtürk-f9u]

What is the name and brand of the video card

[@georgihristov5825]

The video card is in the wrong slot. It should be in the black it is 3.0x16.
The storage device is also in the wrong slot. It should be in the second son, not the white one.

[@NATS-ew3ge]

What do you mean by the second one?

[@SeifGamerChannel]

what is highest gpu i can add to the pc without changing the psu just using the psu its came with

[@Nebacalacious]

Which operating system is on this system? I want to upgrade the same PC, but I only see Windows 7 and 8 as being supported from product info.

[@ComputerizedCanada]

You can install Windows 10 on it.

[@brianmartinez5091]

I have windows 11 on mine

[@senseal5462]

under the optical drive, is that a full 3.5'' Drive bay?

[@NATS-ew3ge]

Yes

[@akatsukihajime6100]

Does the gpu need its own power supply cables?

[@ComputerizedCanada]

Not this one, no.

[@3STAREAGLE]

Grafics card name

[@medgyvt]

what parts did you throw in there?

[@ComputerizedCanada]

256GB SanDisk SATA SSD, 2x4 GB DDR3 RAM, and a Radeon HD 7000 series low profile GPU.