Low Power Low Profile Single Slot Video Card

[nomdeplume]

Just got the folks a HP Elitedesk 800 G1 SFF that is locked into a proprietary 240w PSU. Planning to make some drastic changes inside to cut power usage to make headroom for max wattage draw from a discrete GPU. By the book it is limited to a 35w single slot video card with a low profile bracket. Ideally would like something with at least one DP output. Don't want to deal with passive adapters and couldn't care less about whatever other output formats it supports.

Is there anything meeting all of my criteria that would be a better choice than a Radeon R7 240 with boost?

OOPS wrong section of the forum. Move it if need be.

 

[Caring1]

GTX 750Ti some don't need power connected as they draw through the PCI-e slot. They also come in LP form factor.

 

[CJCerny]

GTX 750Ti some don't need power connected as they draw through the PCI-e slot. They also come in LP form factor.

750TI is not going to run in a 35w PCI-E slot. R7 240 is probably the fastest card you can get for a 35w limitation like that, if it is true.

 

[nomdeplume]

In the last few days I sort of answered this, but it is very system dependent. Since this is a business computer with workstation aspirations. I suspect the 35w figure is misleading. Office drones with stuff jammed in every USB slot and dust clogged fans running 24/7 are going to run into power issues without a verified card. Low profile single slots card are already a compromise on performance.

I'll look into the GTX 750Ti. As long as it looks like it will be stable enough to avoid pulling BSOD I'm happy.

 

[xfia]

if you want to get a little crafty and save some money on a pretty nice workstation.. ebay and what not for older intel server stuff