James V

I’m not sure if this question has been answered before, but does anyone know if the Stealth Edition Desk Pad is still in the works? If so do we have a release date? I’d love to a Desk Pad, but I liked the looked of the stealth version a lot more.

I think biggest question I have is how much power will the slot actually pull??? If it does the full 75w, or something close. Then it’s that simple and the adapter should be fine, if it’s only 25-40 watts, then it could be a problem.

I wouldn’t mind undervolting and boost-limiting the GPU as a 1650 Super “limited” would still preform quite a bit better than a normal 1650. I’m not to worried about the CPU as it’s only 65 TDP. Unfortunately I have no molex lines and my 2 x Sata is already occupied (Which still only has the one 12v wire so I’m not sure how much better that would even be). Does anyone know how much energy the slot will actually take when the GPU is connected to the PSU as well. Obviously if it’s a normal 1650 75W, then all the power would come from the slot, but if it’s a 6-pin Super Card, then how does it usually split the difference? Do all cards vary greatly on this factor, or is there a norm to this? And not to try to cop out, but a lot of people have used the adapter on these pre-configured work stations and I can’t find anyone saying/showing that they’ve melted something or ruined their system with a paltry 100w GPU. Not saying that makes it right, but does anyone on here have experience with doing this with this exact card in a home PC?

My Dad has been bugging me for a long time to get him different computer, his current DDR2 era one is terrible, the GPU is dying and just a few too many open Chrome browsers bring the tower to a crawl. Running anything besides Runescape at 720p/lowest settings is out of the question. So for his birthday this year I scored a great deal on a used HP Elitedesk 800 G2 TWR. It's got the standard 280w 80 Plus Platinum PSU, an i5 6500, 16GB of RAM, 120GB SSD for the OS, and a 1TB HDD. Runs great and looks pretty clean. It's just waiting for a graphics card. I've been reading all the forum posts about it and have watched far too many videos. As it stands the best that it will normally accommodate is the GTX 1650, however it's very tempting to order the best quality sata to 6pin adapter I can find and go with a 1650 Super. I know there's a lot of stigma and risk surrounding using adapters for GPUs (with due reason) and I know the sata is only rated at about 50w, but the card is only 100 TDP, just 25 more watts than it's older, slower brother. It seems that many people are trying to use the adapters for GPUs that have a much higher TDP (120-180w), and that trying to push it that far could certainly be a cause for concern. Is it asking too much for it to help run the Super? How much of the maximum 75W will the PCIE slot actually provide? It's hard to ignore the performance difference for only 10-20$ more, but is it worth the risk? In case it matters, my sata power cables from the PSU are 20AWG.