Lenovo H500s upgrade ideas

[h3donyst]

Hi, I've got Lenovo H500s old office computer and I want to upgrade or maybe repurpose it.
I think the case can fit a mini atx mbo but I'm limited by the PSU size
I'm considering buying a PSU, low profile GPU, MBO and CPU, basically changing the whole thing and using it for psx, ps2 emulator and some PC games for my son.

If anyone has any ideas or advice I thank you in advance.

 

[beers]

To be honest I would start fresh. There's simply too many limitations to work around and you'd spend more in effort making a worse system than what you'd potentially save.

Also keep in mind the CPU on those is soldered and not upgradable, plus you're limited to a single SODIMM slot and a laptop power brick, in addition to SFF. I think even the PCIE slot while is a 16x physical form factor is limited to 4x lanes on PCIE 2.0. Not even good enough for a dedicated card in most use cases.

 

[h3donyst]

I believe I will just put a new PC in the case in time, maybe use it as a HTPC or something similar.

 

[h3donyst]

What kind of PSU can fit inside this case? TFX PSU?
Someting like this?

 

[beers]

Can you show me the ATX header it would attach to?

 

[h3donyst]

A classic ATX header


But I'm guessing whatever can fit in here where the 3 screws are

 

[johnb35]

That looks like a TFX size.

Amazon.com : tfx power supply

 

[h3donyst]

Thanks

 

[h3donyst]

Can you show me the ATX header it would attach to?

Just dawned on me , did you mean the front panel connectors?

Because I had to find these to be able to connect it to the case:

 

[beers]

Just dawned on me , did you mean the front panel connectors?

Because I had to find these to be able to connect it to the case:
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not really, was referring to the 20 or 24 pin power connector since it used a proprietary one that wouldn't be relevant if you swapped PSU.