just get a 750 ti [low profile]

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2287481/galaxy-gtx-750ti-2gb-240w-psu.html

i read that
kinda iffy about the requirements
i might go for a 730 instead

Just start a 'lickstarter' say you're making this great game. and hey presto before you know it, you'll have the best rig ever.

;P.

I'm back. :) How many amps are on your 12V rail?

I was thinking, if you picked up the 750Ti from MSI, you could use afterburner to under-clock it substantially. It might work. Then again, it might not. :)

I think that's probably safest.

I have now read about people underclocking their CPU and 750Ti and getting it within a 200W window. So it's possible. But if you don't want to mess with all of that (I certainly wouldn't), then your Radeon r7 240 or 730 are probably the safest bets.

If you're feeling ambitious and insane, this external card system could be fun: http://www.techradar.com/us/news/computing-components/graphics-cards/how-to-make-an-external-laptop-graphics-adaptor-915616

Haha. :) Good luck!

im always a bit wary of overlcocking things i did it once
machine never worked right afterwards

so i wil probably go for the 730 it seems the better of the avaialble low profile low voltage cards
and its cheap

im always up for some insanity ! ( once managed to run oblivion on a pentium 3 1000 mhz with a geforce 512 video card )

and i know about that little venture from here
http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1191969-external-gpu-for-laptops-supercharge-your-graphics/
and here
http://www.villageinstruments.com/tiki-index.php?page=ViDock

it is however pricy and i kinda doubt they make express card pci cards just for dekstops though i could be wrong there

there is one http://www.amtron.com/reader/pcie101.htm

...hmm

here village tronic take my moniez !!

Probably not what you want to hear, but I personally think it's a billion times better (and in some ways more economical) to start with a different PC-base altogether than the HP Elite 800 G1.

Why? Because the limitations of the PSU (and limited upgradability of it), and low form factor (you pay more for it vs. standard) ultimately cripples your PC potential.

That is, you get all the downsides of a desktop with few of the benefits.

im fine with a geforce 730
its a better card then what is in it and better then the baseline i have in my laptop

and i was quite happy with the geforce 240 m

That's the problem with those slimline/low profile style desktop rigs. I just replaced an AMD 4800+ XP slimline rig with an nForce 460 or w/e. It was basically like running a 360, and I'll tell you this right now, with the smaller models, expect some skinned knuckles doing basic things, such as adding RAM!

for the price tag of 249 i cant complain too much
especially not with 4 ram slots and an i5 and i will manage with a geforce 730 ive done with worse

and if the psu connector is NOT propietary

...well im sure you can fill in the blanks and even if it is well its decent enough

Which version of the GT 730 are you planning on getting?
The GeForce website lists three variants for the GT 730, so keep that in mind. The reviews at Game-Debate indicate that the DDR5 version would provide the best performance of the three.