Operation: Un-Potato

[Mooshi]

So, cutting to the chase, I need advice from LTT on turning a crappy slimeline desktop from HP into a decent machine that could game with power greater than a potato.

 

Note: This is not my PC, but for someone else. This needs to be as cost effective as possible.

 

Desktop in question is this piece of crap:

 

 

The desktop is the HP s5310y

 

 

Being a crappy HP prebuilt, it has the joys of using a non-standard PSU. To make it even more of a slap to all things computing, the only spec I know about this particular unit is that it's 220w according to the HP website.

 

The other specs are decent, but not earth shattering such as a dual core Athlon and 4GB of ram.

 

So the question is. What is it going to take to get a GTX 750 Ti running in this thing? The monitor connecting to the computer only has a res of 1600x900 so the card is plenty for it. But it's the power delivery that has me worried. Even if the GTX 750 Ti is power efficient at using only 60w, this is a crappy prebuilt from HP so I dunno. Would the GTX 750 Ti running with the 220 be asking for disaster or would it get by? If the PSU needs to be swapped, what suggestions do you have? I would like for this to be <200 dollars total.

[SAV1OUR]

last time i checked the 750ti uses 90w so you should be fine 

[qwertywarrior]

I think the 750ti is too high to fit inside there

[Mooshi]

Amperage and clearance are legit concerns.

[s3ns3]

last time i checked the 750ti uses 90w so you should be fine 

the stock 750ti uses under 60W

[Mooshi]

If it comes down to it, I'm open to the option of a cheap decent case and standard PSU to swap the parts out of that HP into along with a GTX 750 Ti.

 

I wouldn't imagine an OEM Matx board would have any weird mounting holes to make changing cases that big an issue.

[SAV1OUR]

the stock 750ti uses under 60W

well guess im thinking of a aftermarket one guess he will be even more fine with a reference one 

[JAKEBAB]

I think the 750ti is too high to fit inside there

u can get low profile versions.

[Mooshi]

u can get low profile versions.

 

Have any suggestions for slimmer GTX 750/Ti's?

[TheDigitalRealm]

Does it even have a PCI-express slot? It looks like legacy PCI to me...

[Mooshi]

Does it even have a PCI-express slot? It looks like legacy PCI to me...

 

x1 PCI-E x16

x2 PCI-E x1

x1 PCI

 

It has a PCI-E x16 slot.

 

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I found this GTX 750 Ti, seems slim enough to work http://store.galaxytechus.com/GALAXY-GeForce-GTX-750-Ti-GC-Slim-2-GB-GDDR5-PCI-Express-30-DVIHDMIVGA-Graphics-CardbrbrBONUS-Low-profile-brackets-now-included-freebrbrFree-Gift-150-In-Game-for-Warface-Path-of-Exile-and-Heroes-of-Newerth_p_90.html

 

Not sure if the puny 220w PSU will be enough since it's claimed "300w minimum", but we know we also have claims like a Titan requires some monster PSU when those can run on 500w units fine.

[TheDigitalRealm]

x1 PCI-E x16

x2 PCI-E x1

x1 PCI

 

It has a PCI-E x16 slot.

 

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I found this GTX 750 Ti, seems slim enough to work http://store.galaxytechus.com/GALAXY-GeForce-GTX-750-Ti-GC-Slim-2-GB-GDDR5-PCI-Express-30-DVIHDMIVGA-Graphics-CardbrbrBONUS-Low-profile-brackets-now-included-freebrbrFree-Gift-150-In-Game-for-Warface-Path-of-Exile-and-Heroes-of-Newerth_p_90.html

 

Not sure if the puny 220w PSU will be enough since it's claimed "300w minimum", but we know we also have claims like a Titan requires some monster PSU when those can run on 500w units fine.

it's fine. the rest of the system won't be pulling very much considering it's OEM. (bare essentials only) That PSU should be fine.

[RedSpade]

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=193_1617&products_id=27301

 

According to this, the 300W is with an i7 processor clocked at 3.2Ghz, and the Galaxy card (from the same site) has a max of 60W so you should be fine...

[Mooshi]

it's fine. the rest of the system won't be pulling very much considering it's OEM. (bare essentials only) That PSU should be fine.

 

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=193_1617&products_id=27301

 

According to this, the 300W is with an i7 processor clocked at 3.2Ghz, and the Galaxy card (from the same site) has a max of 60W so you should be fine...

 

A stock Dual core Athlon should use considerably less power than an i7, So you guys think that slim Galaxy GTX 750 Ti should slot into the HP Slimline and give the old girl some more life without having to swap anything else out?

[TheDigitalRealm]

A stock Dual core Athlon should use considerably less power than an i7, So you guys think that slim Galaxy GTX 750 Ti should slot into the HP Slimline and give the old girl some more life without having to swap anything else out?

Exactly. A nice little life-extender

[qwertywarrior]

x1 PCI-E x16

x2 PCI-E x1

x1 PCI

 

It has a PCI-E x16 slot.

 

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I found this GTX 750 Ti, seems slim enough to work http://store.galaxytechus.com/GALAXY-GeForce-GTX-750-Ti-GC-Slim-2-GB-GDDR5-PCI-Express-30-DVIHDMIVGA-Graphics-CardbrbrBONUS-Low-profile-brackets-now-included-freebrbrFree-Gift-150-In-Game-for-Warface-Path-of-Exile-and-Heroes-of-Newerth_p_90.html

 

Not sure if the puny 220w PSU will be enough since it's claimed "300w minimum", but we know we also have claims like a Titan requires some monster PSU when those can run on 500w units fine.

"BONUS: Low profile brackets now included free!"

 

yes this is perfect

 

also if ur thiniking of doing something crazy like upgrading the cpu

here is the supported cpu list

 

Processor upgrade information

Motherboard supports the following processor upgrades:

Socket type: AM3

TDP: 95 watt

• AMD Phenom II X4 9xx/9xxe/8xx Quad-Core (Deneb)

• AMD Phenom II X3 7xx/7xxe Triple-Core (Heka)

• AMD Phenom II X2 5xx (Callisto)

• AMD II Athlon X4 6xx/6xxe (Propus)

• AMD II Athlon X3 4xx/4xxe (Rana)

• AMD II Athlon X2 2xx/2xxe (Regor)

• AMD Sempron 1xx (Sargas)

[Paralectic]

Go for a regular 750