What graphic card will fit in my dellvoptiplex 980 sff

[Gaminghardcore]

I got a dell optiplex 980 sff and I want a good graphics card for gaming would a Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1050 Ti OC Low Profile 4GB Graphic Card be ok with my 235 psu and would it also fit in my case. I have a core i5 650 and 8gb or ram to. Also could I upgrade my core i5 650 to a core i7,what core i7 thank you

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

300W-350W would be needed and SFF systems aren't worth upgrading.

 

[Rookie_MIB]

I have one of those SFF's and I plugged in a GTX 750ti without issue. They really are limited in what you can do with them, mostly by three things:

1) motherboard.
2) Physical size.
3) PSU.

As mentioned, you'd really need to watch what you put in there. However, there is a system test of power draw under gaming for an x99/5960 system, GTX 1050 and 1050ti, total power draw was about 160w.

Website link to the test system configuration:
http://hothardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1050--1050-ti-review?page=2

Link to the power draw numbers:
http://hothardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1050--1050-ti-review?page=6

So it'll draw about 60-75% of your PSU max power capability. The only problem is that the smaller board designs are a bit more expensive and from a price/capability perspective, it's not a very good price/performance point. Ultimately, you may be better off buying a larger case, better PSU, and moving your guts from the SFF system to a regular size case. Then you're only limited by your budget.

Will it work? Yes. Are there better long term solutions out there? Yes. If you're absolutely tied to your SFF, the 1050/1050ti is a decent little card for playing 1080p at medium settings, and it will fit your system and power budget.

 

[hockey930]

I was able to put a msi gtx 1050 in a 9020 sff. I put it in the 4x slot. I played doom last night for about an hour, it works well.