Low Profile card suggestions?

[Digital X]

I have bought two Optiplex GX520's for me and my stepdad to use for older games, 2000/XP era.

I have a Core 2 Duo E6550, and a P4 in his. Was thinking about having SOME sort of card in there so games that require one, can see it (some games won't run without a card or something)

Something like an AMD 5450 would work right? It's a SFF Case but the PSU is my worry. It's 275w from looking around so no external connectors.

Should add it's just a PCI slot, and very tight fit.

 

[mickyflinn]

You should be fine with the 275w psu the 5450 hardly uses any power about 20-25 watts in total at load.

 

[Digital X]

Brilliant thanks, kinda hard to find just a PCI card but I have seen some.

Edit: Just opened one, it does have a PCI E as well as a PCI, but the space between the PCI E and the HDD caddy is rougly a cm maybe more. Has a small cap at the end so will be have to careful when choosing the size, because of fans etc.

 

[varkanoid]

I take it this is a Small Form Factor case as some 520 cases are massive and would easily fit a double spaced full size GPU. IIRC there are 3 sizes of 520 cases.

You could always look into removing the HDD caddy and buying a cheap SSD as that can go just about anywhere then you wouldnt have to worry about the size of the cooler.

 

[Digital X]

SFF yes. Just about as tall as a tea cup!

It's the with the dvd drive and floppy drive. same colour all around, NOT the silver bit that wraps around.

Edit: http://imgur.com/OTJJ3Ns This is what I'm working with. Standard PCI for sure. 220w PSU. More room than in my stepdads.