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My friend is looking for one. D: I have no clue about Low Profile.

D: Cause they look like they suck. But he's stuck with it till he can afford a non-slimline PC (his girlfriend wouldn't let him get anything else, lol)

So... Any ideas? (seriously?.. please?)

He needs the best LP GPU money can buy (and maybe some around 100 dollars too)

We would need more information about his computer first.

Mainly motherboard / Power supply info.

LP GPUs I believe are for mATX cases, which is what I had to get..
Once you get that info, reply back.

well power supply he's willing to upgrade and i don't know his exact motherboard specs.

He's got an HP slimline. That's all i know. And it can't do shit with that onboard PoS. =/

He figured he can upgrade the PSU later, and i really don't feel like messing with it. Can't you just give me a good GPU for a slimline.

The case is a very slim case. very similar to http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Pavilion+Slimline+Desktop+with+AMD+Athlon%26%23153;+II+Dual-Core+Processor/9692987.p?skuId=9692987&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=9692987&ref=06&loc=01&id=1218150183655

though the specs are wrong.

I believe the CPU is a AMD Athlon 215 dual core and 5 gb of DDR3.

I did see a PCI Express 16x slot and a two 1x slots.

I forget what it was though.. should've wrote it down. I'll check it out tomorrow. he's wanting to buy it after thurs.

Newegg.com - HIS H545H1GDL Radeon HD 5450 (Cedar) 1GB 64-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready Low Profile Video Card

Should also work in Hybrid Crossfire in tandem with the on board IGP.
Even if it doesn't X 11,silent,3 display outputs,etc...


http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/ ... tions.aspx

Actually Socket I would have to say this 9800GT would be the better choice.

Newegg.com - SPARKLE SX98GT512D3L-NM GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Low Profile Ready Video Card

Seeing as it has 4 times the memory bandwidth and the 9800GT is mainly a gaming card.

The 9800GT will probably drain the default PSU dry (and would require a 6pin molex I can guarantee isn't floating around in that case), not sure about Socket's Radeon. Those slim PCs generally don't have excess power output from their PSU and I'd be surprised if the PSU was very easy to upgrade.

Need to know the model to give a more exact answer, but I think this upgrade is going to be a lost cause.

snooggums wrote:The 9800GT will probably drain the default PSU dry (and would require a 6pin molex I can guarantee isn't floating around in that case), not sure about Socket's Radeon. Those slim PCs generally don't have excess power output from their PSU and I'd be surprised if the PSU was very easy to upgrade.

Need to know the model to give a more exact answer, but I think this upgrade is going to be a lost cause.

Yea. I'm not sure how the HP Slimline cases are laid out but they do make a few mATX PSU's that could possibly work.

mATX PSUs don't get much more powerful than 500w I believe.

Newegg.com - Athena Power AP-MP4ATX55FEP8 550W Micro ATX SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

Ok, so i've been lookin at it and it definetly seems plausible. the only issue will be heat really. if it requires it i will mutilate his case just to adjust for it, lol.

First, I find it unlikely that it has 5GB of RAM as stated earlier as small boards usually don't have 4 RAM slots to make that configuration possible with a dual core CPU.

Second, that's a couple hundred bucks being packed into a slim case that may or may not have enough airflow for the heat as you are already aware.

Third, I flipped through a few of the HP Slimlines and I did not see any that had x16 video card slots, but without the exact model I can't comment precisely.

I'm just seeing this as a likely case of putting racing tires on an AMC Pacer. No matter what you do with the video card, if the body and engine can't keep up or handle the strain there's no need to spend $200 on parts that are stronger than needed. Please post the model!

Actually snogg, most new computers come with PCIe x16 slots, and a Athlon II 215 with 5GB of DDR3 isn't to shabby for a computer, So I think a 9800/9600 would be right at home with those parts.

After a quick search of trying to remember the model number i came up with this:

HP Pavilion - Slimline s5260f - 6 GB RAM - 2.8 GHz - 750 GB HDD

Just proof that there are quad-cores with 6gb of DDR3 ram, thus proving your statement wrong snoogums. =/

It's an S5***f series.. i forget which one haha.

i do know we did research and they do use a regular sized motherboard, though i forget which type. The only issue seems to be that the parts get in the way of actually using slots on it. So what we figure is we replace the case with a mid-size case, to allow for more room, but still save space, and it should be a bit cheaper. Hell, i might give him my 902 case if i can afford a full-tower case. (I wants one i don't know why XD) Then i have a 400w power supply he could use. Then he could get himself a (cheap) full sized GPU

I wasn't wrong, I was given the wrong information and I noted that I was basing it on what I was able to find since nothing had been posted at the time.

The mobo is micro ATX sized, not similar to the other Slimline models I looked at which only had two RAM slots and PCI slots on odd sized boards. No, I din't take the time to flip through all 50+ listed on HPs site

The first list of features said the CPU was a dual core, which was misleading.

The request for the low profile is moot if he buys a midsized case, and since the original post was looking for something around $100, which would rule out an additional power supply taht would most likely be necessary but impossible to tell since HP doesn't list the wattage on their site either.

So in the final estimation, you may or may not need a power supply to go with it but you would have to check to see if it is labeled and if it has the appropriate additional plugs if needed. If no plugs, go with the ATI as it will be powered through the mobo for comparable performance.

The information I was given was after the information you gave me. It would also be able to note that I was just giving you an example, not trying to insult.

The decision to move to a midsize case of course would be after the information he gave me regarding the motherboard.

Basically, I'm going to buy a new case and stuff, and he's going to buy my old shit off of me (including my Antec 902 and ATI HD4890 1 gig. (cause i'm going Nvidia... since I think it just works better with PR. I don't know why.. i just always seem to have trouble with ATI when it comes to PR. =/)

I think it will work out much better for him that way, good to hear!

Ok, so we put it into my old mid-size HP case. worked out well. I gave him my old ATI X1600 pro 512 for the time being. He bought a 600w power supply (i put in 25 dollars) cause the 400w i brought over was dead

So, yeah. It worked. He can play portal. kinda sucks, but ah well.

^^; it's a good start.

Imma buy a full-sized tower next, so he can have my 902 case when im done.