Upgrading video card in low profile slot: HP slimline desktop

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Hello Hardware Gurus,

I am wondering what is the best video card (and power supply upgrade) that I can fit inside my small HP slimline desktop case.

I started with a slimline 270-P014 (Z5N47AA) desktop. Intel i7-7700T quad cpu @ 2.9GHz. 8GB RAM DDR4 (with a spare slot avail). Integrated graphics card which ranks very poor.

I added a Samsung NVME 960 EVO M.2 SSD drive as my boot drive (which I'm currently using in PCIE adapter, but will reconnect to M.2 on the motherboard instead. (Currently getting a nice 3GB/sec benchmark).

I will have 1 spare PCIE slot after I move the SSD to the motherboard M.2.
The power supply is called 80 bronze, but seems to be rated for <70Watts.

The main purpose was to conserve space and use for doing basic school stuff on the web and using office. However, I want to add some games and I am finding that the recommended baseline for a video card is geforce-gtx-770 which will never fit, and even if it could fit I would need a much larger PSU.

Now, I spent a lot of time and tracked down a similar slimline but with a video card installed. 270-p023d (Y0P99AA) comes with an AMD R5 435 (2GB) (Radeon I think) video card. The HP support specs say this card draws <30Watts. It also looks like it comes w/ a 180W psu.

So I'm thinking at worst, I can buy my own AMD R5 435 (2GB) card along with a 180W psu, and I can fit this into the small slimline.

My question to the more informed and more technical than I, gaming community is this. What is likely the best Video card I can put into my slimline? I cannot fit a nice PSU in there. I know I need a low profile card, and I have to be careful having a heat synch on the top that extends more than 5.75in to the right. I also have to be carefull with power draw.

These are some physical dimensions which I measured around the PCIE slot which is on the bottom of the motherboard immediately over the PSU:

Existing PSU:
3.5in W x 2.25in H x 7&7/8in L
Existing space surrounding my only avail PCIE adapter:
distance above PCIE until I hit the lower clip on the approximately 5.75in to the right & 0.5in up- I hit
lower clip on RAM adapter
distance above PCIE before 5.75" on the right allows me a coupe inches (but I only have a single slot
I can punch out on the back of the case)
3in W x 7.5in L until I hit something on the right towards front of the case
distance below PCIE to PSU is 1.5"


Thanks for your help guys!

PS. Here is a link to my product specs where there is detail on the motherboard:
https://support.hp.com/ee-en/document/c05525996

PSS. Here is a link to a very similar configuration where this detail on the videocard used: (same as mine only w/ video card and bigger psu)
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c05519984
 
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An Nvidia GT 1030 is your best bet. It's a low power(30W) card, so if any card will work with your power supply, it's this one. It comes in low profile and even passively cooled models. It's decent at gaming with esports types of games(Overwatch, CSGO, LoL) at 1080p. You could play more demanding games on it, although you'll likely have to turn down settings and maybe play at 720p. It is a large jump in performance over integrated graphics, so it's worth it if you intend to play games.
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An Nvidia GT 1030 is your best bet. It's a low power(30W) card, so if any card will work with your power supply, it's this one. It comes in low profile and even passively cooled models. It's decent at gaming with esports types of games(Overwatch, CSGO, LoL) at 1080p. You could play more demanding games on it, although you'll likely have to turn down settings and maybe play at 720p. It is a large jump in performance over integrated graphics, so it's worth it if you intend to play games.
 
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Thank you kindly. I may try this one. I need to figure out if there is enough room for airflow or
if I should go with a heat synch. This looks like a significant improvement. I will check a little more because I think I can fit in a 180W PSU at which point I think that might open the door for a slightly better card. I think I noticed 65W on the next model up.
 
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Hi Dontlistentome,

I spoke with Nvidia and they said the following: "Please do not get misunderstand by consumption, The actual power supply to run the card is 300W for different electronics PCB and capacitor and registers. Without having 300w the card can not be Initiated to function."
 
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Hi Guys, I decided to buy the MSI GEFORCE GT 1030 2GB with the fan. Very low profile. You can't see the fan protruding beyond the height of the bracket. Should work with 30W per tech support- probably. If not, I will upgrade my PSU to 300-400W. I found some very small PSUs on amazon also. Thanks for the help!
 
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I installed the card and here is my finding.

If you buy a small slimline HP chassis, this graphics card is the best thing out as of 10/2017 that will fit. 1 Card slot. Small cooling fan (silent to mildly audible when it powers up, but it does power down to regulate itself). Powerful enough for games: 2GB GDDR5. 30WATT which is comparable to the built in graphics on the slimline (30Watt also). MSI Graphic Cards GT 1030 2G LP OC

I had my eyes on a larger 300W psu, but it was not needed. The small 70Watt PSU for the system was just fine.
 
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