Galaxy 9600GT low profile in DELL C521

Hi,

I'm looking to upgrade my graphics to run Crysis with a few decent settings enabled. The MSI 8600GT is ok but it could do with some more guts.

The DELL C521 has a 280W PSU which could be where I come unstuck.

MSI specified a 450W minimum PSU for their 8600GT but the extra power consumption compared to the X1300 it came with was minimal and the PSU does not get hot.

Galaxy also specify a minimum spec of 400W with an external 6-pin connector for power. I saw a review from a buyer on newegg that said he had no problems with an HTPC slim case pc. There were even some molex to 6-pin power adapter calbles that came in the package.

My question is, has anyone else tried this? and does anyone know how long the Galaxy 'blade' 9600GT low profile is ?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

dblyth2007

DELL C521 Athlon 64 x 2 5000+ 2.6GHz, 2GB, 7200 rpm, 8600GT, Vista 32.

I recently purchased one of these for my Dell Inspiron 530s (having also bought a slim-tower without realising its limitations). Its a fantastic little card and runs COD4 with ease. I was a little concerned about the rather puny 250W power supply in my case handling the card, so I also bought a 450W Thermaltake VGA power supply. This has to sit outside the case (with the cables running out through a spare PCI slot) as I don't have a free 5.25in bay to house it, but this set up seems to work fine.

The card is pretty noisy under load, presumably because it has a smaller than average fan to keep it low-profile, but its not too intrusive.

I want to ask you a question , does 9600gt requires 1 or 2pcie slots because my motherboard has onlt 1 pcie slot?

plese tell me will it work on my pc,cabinet space is not a problem,

and tell me its price also