ColonelJoe

Interesting.

Ok, the only things i could find after a very quick google search were people trying 1080's on PCIe 8x and 16x, i couldnt find any lower end card tests

Ah, thanks!

Is this a bad idea? Well, I mean I know its sorta a bad idea lol, but what I mean is do you think it would be fine for about 2 weeks?

Ah ok, I dont have a physical manual and in the dell manual online (Dell Inspiron 3647) I didnt see it mention anywhere what it was. Either way even if it is a physical 16x but runs at 8x or whatever it should still be fine, with perhaps a few fps loss correct? I plan on creating a sorta janky setup. My brother is visiting for 2 weeks, so was going to throw a 1050ti I have in this pc. As you may be able to tell, there is only room for a single slot card. I'm planning on getting a PCIe riser and just leaving the side panel off.

Right but if that bit had been just a bit wider more PSU's would fit perfectly.

When I noticed it was not exactly standard, I was like URGH DEEEELL WHYYY!!

Alright, terrific. My desk actually has like a cupboard for PCs so it shouldn't get moved around at all.

Thanks, that's what I figured but my brother didnt think it would be alright so i decided to double check.

So I have a prebuilt case, dell 5680, and I'm trying to put a corsair cxf650w into it. The case is barely covering part of the power supply power plug on the back. I was wondering if it's fine if i dont screw the power supply to the case, that way I can plug the power supply into the wall? I will just be moving the pc back under my desk for only a few months until I build my new pc and put the psu in that. I really dont want to modify the case because when I build my new pc in a few months I'm going to put the old psu back in this casein

Ok new problem, it looks like the power supply of the person you linked, their plug was vertical mine is horizontal, so it still won't fit

Agreed, but I only plan on having this psu in here temporarily, a few months, until I build my new pc. I just got this power supply because I was able to get a better graphics card. So I'm just using the new gpu and psu in this case for a little while. I want to keep this dell prebuilt as a second system so that's also why I dont want to bother to move everything into a new case.

Hmm yeah I had tried that but wasn't sure if it was fine to only put in the outer screws. So I assume it's fine to not have all 4?

The black on the outside is actually just plastic, on the inside is metal. I have a little experience working with metal but not much. Alright thanks I think I might have some tin snips in my garage. Yeah if im cutting the case I might as well do it a tiny bit more so the new plug fits