Storage, PSU and GPU upgrade

[ogre_bear]

Aloha folks,

I currently have an S5- 1224 on my hands that was passed on to me from my father.

So far I was able to upgrade the stock g640 to a 3570 and maxed out the ram with 16GB 1333mhz.

My next hope is to upgrade from the HDD or at least get a faster boot drive of some sort. Is this possible?

I have the chance to purchase a low profile gigabyte 1650 locally and was wondering if this would be ok? I saw that most people put a 1030 in but want something a tad bit more powerful.

lastly, I know the psu is a about 220w, does any flex atx psu fit in the slimline? Or is there any other ski lines that come with a higher wattage psu that may fit?

I know this is a super old and almost obsolete comp but I’m really hoping I can keep this thing going and possibly pass it on to my little nephew who plays Fortnite.

any help or suggestions with any upgrades will be greatly appreciated.

thanks,

Justin

[BeemerBiker]

The motherboard is a standard uatx.  I guess if you get a larger case you could put a bigger atx power supply in it which allow a modern Gen2 graphics board.

For about $60 you could put in a fast SSD such as WD blue 

Please read this discussion by @Prométhée 

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Operating-Systems-and-Recovery/Bios-and-or-firmware-update-to-...

I recommend you do not spend any more money on it. Try the latest Ubuntu and use it as a safe surfing system.  

https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop

[Prométhée]

Hi @ogre_bear @BeemerBiker 

for the graphics card see for example this

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/What-GPU-will-fit-in-my-PC-case...