Best low profile GFX card under £60?

[ValiantSaint]

Hi everyone,

I have been asked to find a graphics card for a Lenovo desktop PC that has a low profile PCI-e slot. It also has a 250w PSU

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/desktop-pc/3322736/lenovo-h330-review/
Are there any decent GFX cards in the £50 range that would fit this PC? It would be used to run Euro Truck Simulator 2 and Football Manager etc.

Many thanks in advance : )

 

[AtreuS]

A word of advice... even if it fits the airflow will be a big problem. I got a low profile asus gt430 for my gf's acer and it simply overheated within 5 minutes as the case had almost no airflow and the gfx heatsink was so close to the sidewall of the case it couldn't work.

If you can post a pic of the inside of the pc showing the pci-e slot.

 

[ValiantSaint]

A word of advice... even if it fits the airflow will be a big problem. I got a low profile asus gt430 for my gf's acer and it simply overheated within 5 minutes as the case had almost no airflow and the gfx heatsink was so close to the sidewall of the case it couldn't work.

If you can post a pic of the inside of the pc showing the pci-e slot.

Here's the best picture I can find (And thanks for your help)

http://ascii.jp/elem/000/000/617/617483/img.html

I've just had a quick look through Google, and people are saying either a 7750 or 6670.................

Would this one fit?

http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/EAH6670DIS1GD5/

 

[OliverDavis]

Any low profile card would not be bottlenecked badly in that x1 slot above the x16 slot.

Pretty much any cooler would be against the edge of the case not allowing it to breath making the card overheat in minutes (Check this before even thinking about proceeding with the following)

An alternative would be to put the card in the x1 slot, but you will have to do some modding.

You have 2 choices;

1 - Cut open the end of the x1 slot, allowing the extra pins of a x16 card to overflow.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/249291-30-card

2 - Cut off all unused pins on the GFX Card.
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110528

As the card will just detect that the other pins are not connected in either situation, it will continue to run at x1 speed, which is still 500mbs, which should not bottleneck any low-mid range card.

 

[ValiantSaint]

Any low profile card would not be bottlenecked badly in that x1 slot above the x16 slot.

Pretty much any cooler would be against the edge of the case not allowing it to breath making the card overheat in minutes (Check this before even thinking about proceeding with the following)

An alternative would be to put the card in the x1 slot, but you will have to do some modding.

You have 2 choices;

1 - Cut open the end of the x1 slot, allowing the extra pins of a x16 card to overflow.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/249291-30-card

2 - Cut off all unused pins on the GFX Card.
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110528

As the card will just detect that the other pins are not connected in either situation, it will continue to run at x1 speed, which is still 500mbs, which should not bottleneck any low-mid range card.

Wow, thanks for the really helpful reply. You're a star : )