Graphics card advice for a small form factor PC

[paulkerton]

Hi all,

I've got a HP 290 G1 Small Form Factor PC with a Core i5 8500 in it, 8GB RAM.

Pretty nippy machine, but the graphic card is an oboard Intel 100 Graphics.

I'd like to upgrade it to have a bit more poke. I'm not in need of the latest and greatest in processing power, but being able to run relatively modern 3D games at a lower resolution wouldn't hurt. My monitor is 1080p, so I'm not looking to push to 4K or anything like that.

 

It's been a while since I've looked at any graphics cards and devices like that, so I'm completely out of the loop as to what is supposed to be good, or not right now.

Anyone got any suggestions? Low to mid-budget would be my preference really. Maybe something like a GTX 1050 or RX 550 would do me?

 

Again, completely out the loop on what is considered usable or not these days, so any advice would be great.

[steveg]

My son has a gt1030 low profile card in a small form factor Dell that I recycled, makes a great budget gaming pc and he's very happy with it. Wont play the latest and greatest games very well, but for what he does with it he's happy and was around £80. Is also passively cooled which helps, there was fairly limited space in the case for one with a big fan on too. Also didn't need any extra power connectors.

 

Steve

[ICTDirect_Dave]

You should be able to fit a 1050Ti Low profile in there. Just be careful as some HP SFF desktops don't account for slightly longer cards.

 

On the elitedesk 800 G1 and G2, you can fit the 1050Ti in there (and it runs nicely on a 220w psu) but you have to remove the front usb header in order to do so.