good single slot Radeon card I can get. Lower powered the better

[holden j caufield]

Hi my computer has space for 1 more single slot Radeon card. It can't be too tall, what would you recommend, the lower power the better. I'm going to use it to mine litecoins.

Thanks

 

[Techhog]

A single slot low profile card? That's a bit on the difficult side I think. Does the bracket on the case need to be low profile, or just the PCB?

 

[Kallogan]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814202002

 

[holden j caufield]

regular bracket will work but I have an esata card above and a quad port nic below and I don't want to lose either one. I see most cards take up 2 pcie slots now. I may lose the esata port if need be. I'm currently trying to mine with 1 7570 I pulled from an oem machine and it's poking around at 96 khash/s and it's pulling 65w (according to my killawat) not sure if this is good or bad numbers. I have coworker that wants to sell me his diamond 6570 2gb for $25 is that an ok deal? Seems like I'd waste more electricity and would pull 50 khash/s with that card.

 

[Techhog]

That deal doesn't seem worth it to me. Why don't you look into the new R7 240? I'm pretty sure that's basically the successor to the card you have now. Not sure how power consumption compares though

 

[Blue_Max]

So you don't need half-height (aka "low profile") you need SINGLE SLOT.

Still, THE lowest power card with decent speed is the Radeon 7750 which doesn't even need a power connector!

Cards like the Radeon 7850 and Geforce 660 (not TI) have more performance but will require one power connector and are probably impossible to get in a single-slot model. 7770 or 7790 may be your best bet...

Oops... I see you asked for single-slot from the get-go.
THIS was the best I could find:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150612

 

[skipsneeky2]

Maybe hop on ebay and try and find one of these used..... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131433

That card there could very well be the last good solid single slot card for a while, i remember hearing a ton about this card when it debuted and why a 7770 hasn't been built like this yet is beyond me....

 

[holden j caufield]

thanks for the input, it was very helpful