Small, low power consumption cheap pcie GPU needed

[Nathan cole]

(EDIT BELOW)Hey guys, I recently bought a dell optiplex 380 for 45 quid, I want a cheap, small and kinda powerful enough pci e graphics card to play modern games at low with at least 30fps at 1024x768 (without breaking the bank because im on one heck of a budget)

it has to have a power consumption of under 50 watts if possible, it can be more with an external psu, if anyone could drop me some suggestions below that would be awesome, thanks

(Edit) what I mean by low power I mean 45-50 watts, cheap I mean 35-40 quid and small I mean that it fits into a small case

Edited November 12, 2018 by Nathan cole

[ZcanKal]

Can you tell us what your definition of "cheap" is?
Are we talking 5 pounds, or are we talking 70?

[Fasauceome]

The only cards rated that low would be the GT 1030 (DDR4 and GDDR5 versions) and the gtx 750/ti

[Nathan cole]

1 minute ago, ZcanKal said:

Can you tell us what your definition of "cheap" is?
Are we talking 5 pounds, or are we talking 70?

at maximum 35-40 dollars or pounds

[ZcanKal]

4 minutes ago, Nathan cole said:

at maximum 35-40 dollars or pounds

At that price range, I can ask, what is your definition of "low-power"?

[Nathan cole]

6 minutes ago, ZcanKal said:

At that price range, I can ask, what is your definition of "low-power"?

its only about a 250 watt psu, so to be safe max of 50 watts because the dell only supplies 45Watts to the pcie on the motherboard

[ZcanKal]

13 minutes ago, Nathan cole said:

its only about a 250 watt psu, so to be safe max of 50 watts because the dell only supplies 45Watts to the pcie on the motherboard

I would look into a GT 1030 then, or maybe wait to see if AMD or Nvidia makes a next-gen equivalent.

[SALEEN961]

A used GT1030 is probably your best option, just make sure you get a GDDR5 version and not a DDR4. I have a Asus GT1030-2G-CSM in my work PC and I've been very happy with it's performance. It greatly outperforms the GTX 550Ti it replaced and it only draws 30W compared to the 60W of a 750Ti. The performance is a little less than that of a 750Ti, but it seems like a better fit for what you're doing.

[Nathan cole]

1 minute ago, ZcanKal said:

I would look into a GT 1030 then, or maybe wait to see if AMD or Nvidia makes a next-gen equivalent.

Thanks, I’ve checked out a gt 1030 and it seems like it meets my standards for what I want, thanks for everybody’s help, I mark this thread as solved, thank you guys

[Nathan cole]

1 minute ago, SALEEN961 said:

A used GT1030 is probably your best option, just make sure you get a GDDR5 version and not a DDR4. I have a Asus GT1030-2G-CSM in my work PC and I've been very happy with it's performance. It greatly outperforms the GTX 550Ti it replaced and it only draws 30W compared to the 60W of a 750Ti. The performance is a little less than that of a 750Ti, but it seems like a better fit for what you're doing.

Hey there, thanks for you reply, I have figured out that I’m gonna use a gt 1030 as it seems like it meets my standards, thanks for your help

[ZcanKal]

1 hour ago, Nathan cole said:

Thanks, I’ve checked out a gt 1030 and it seems like it meets my standards for what I want, thanks for everybody’s help, I mark this thread as solved, thank you guys

Remember to get the GDDR5 version and stay away from the DDR4 version at all costs.

[Nathan cole]

7 hours ago, ZcanKal said:

Remember to get the GDDR5 version and stay away from the DDR4 version at all costs.

Ok, thanks for the advice