Discreet gpu for this mini-itx

[xiorell]

Hi

I'm playing with the idea of putting together a cheap, quiet mini-itx rig, specs to follow.
A bit of a step backwards for me as I'm used to running high end rigs but my last one met a with its doom (long story) and I have ps4 and xb1 for a bit of gaming, so won't be asking an mini-itx to run the latest games.

That being said I have got it in mind to use it for older PC games, (deus ex, half life 1/2 and such), emulation, office use, media playback (both digital and from disc), download station etc

I need to work out if there's any gpu I can (or would even be worth) put in the intended case and run from the integrated PSU.
All my power calculations come up a bit dubious

Potential spec

MSI AM1I AMD (AM1)
AMD Athlon 5350
In-Win BP655, USB 3.0 Mini-ITX Enclosure, 250 Watt Power Supply
Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2x4gb)
Crucial BX100 250GB SSD
Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM

I can shake up these specs and I'm also considering selling off one (or more) of my consoles to take the sting out of building a "proper" pc but I just want to get a feel for where I can go with those specs

 

[xiorell]

Hi and welcome.

You can run a R6 250/250X at around £60.

Height is a problem in that case as it needs half height expansion cards.

What is your budget for all this? I might be able to suggest a different case+PSU that can take more GFX options.

Needs to be cheap. That's not me being a Scrooge , just I don't wanna be in that no mans land where it's not particularly small and quiet yet nor is it packing much punch.
If it was gonna creep up to 500quid Region, it wouldn't be meeting the mission parameters and I'd rather just go build a high end rig again and spend much more you see.

 

[xiorell]

That last one isn't far off something I put together last night actually but I'd paired it up with a gpu an 16gb.
Thing is though with larger cases and higher power draws etc isn't that moving away from the small, near silent appeal?

Part of me is thinking I should just stop messing about and build a full-on piledriver fx rig (last system was i7 build and I don't think it was worth the cost to be honest so back to amd next gaming rig), but the tiny, low noise, low power thing does have a certain charm