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Thank you to everyone for the input, I appreciate it. I really liked the Asi card recommended by scatterforce, but can't reasonably get my hands on one in Canada. Also, when I looked at the specs on my motherboard HP states the CPIe x16 slot is only rated for 25 watts. This concerns me, I know that people are running 1050ti in those slots which draw up to 75 watts, so the 25 watt limit must be a suggestion. However, as my son, and not I will use this I am concerned with creating an electrical hazard for him. So this is what I plan to do(you might think I am creating a larger hazard). Rather than overpaying for a low profile 1660 or 1050ti card which are not in stock anywhere close to me anyway, I will use a $20 adapter from amazon to hook up an atx psu to my proprietary motherboard. I got a nice modular 600 watt version for 80 bucks on Amazon with built in led lighting. I spent another 30 bucks on extension cables so I can place it outside of the case if need be. I did consider powering a GPU from sata connections, nut did not find anyone doing that, so thought it might be risky. So at this point I am spending some cash, but figure we will likely build a gaming rig when he is older and could use this psu again. So I am into new power for about 140 bucks tax in--hopefully it pans out.Next I need to choose a gpu. If the psu is outside of the case I will have lots of options to mount inside, or I might place that outside too--or modify the case as bubba showed. I plan to get a full sized gpu so I can plug it into the new psu rather than drawing all power from the motherboard. I figure at least then we could wait until there is new stock of GPU's so we don't get hosed on price and if we did another build in the future we could use this gpu. I would use a riser to relocate the gpu.So, any thoughts or concerns about this plan? I appreciate any insights.Mike
Thank you to everyone for the input, I appreciate it. I really liked the Asi card recommended by scatterforce, but can't reasonably get my hands on one in Canada. Also, when I looked at the specs on my motherboard HP states the CPIe x16 slot is only rated for 25 watts. This concerns me, I know that people are running 1050ti in those slots which draw up to 75 watts, so the 25 watt limit must be a suggestion. However, as my son, and not I will use this I am concerned with creating an electrical hazard for him. So this is what I plan to do(you might think I am creating a larger hazard). Rather than overpaying for a low profile 1660 or 1050ti card which are not in stock anywhere close to me anyway, I will use a $20 adapter from amazon to hook up an atx psu to my proprietary motherboard. I got a nice modular 600 watt version for 80 bucks on Amazon with built in led lighting. I spent another 30 bucks on extension cables so I can place it outside of the case if need be. I did consider powering a GPU from sata connections, nut did not find anyone doing that, so thought it might be risky. So at this point I am spending some cash, but figure we will likely build a gaming rig when he is older and could use this psu again. So I am into new power for about 140 bucks tax in--hopefully it pans out.
Next I need to choose a gpu. If the psu is outside of the case I will have lots of options to mount inside, or I might place that outside too--or modify the case as bubba showed. I plan to get a full sized gpu so I can plug it into the new psu rather than drawing all power from the motherboard. I figure at least then we could wait until there is new stock of GPU's so we don't get hosed on price and if we did another build in the future we could use this gpu. I would use a riser to relocate the gpu.
So, any thoughts or concerns about this plan? I appreciate any insights.
Mike
