Question gpu for 280w psu (thinkstation p300)

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Nov 11, 2018
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I bought an unused thinkstation for a good price to use as a family computer. kids want to play games on it.

the psu has a proprietary rail configuration and does not allow 6-pin to gpu.

i think i could probably meess about with some kind of sata to 6pin adapter, but would rather just run whatever the best light gaming card is possible from the pcie slot's power without doing that

I was thinking a gtx 1650 but not sure if that would tank it

CPUi7-4770 8gb RAM

Am running two 3.5" physical drives and two ssd's. May occasionally attach a 2.5" external to the USB 3 ports. Thats about all thats sucking power. the psu is

Specs https://download.lenovo.com/parts/ThinkStation/p300_tower_product_spec.pdf

Would be grateful if anyone could advise.