This topic is not new, there are a lot of youtube videos about that(and done in exactly same manner - repurposing used office pc with a new video card). The resulting machine is not well-thought, why buying SFF case, if your video card does not fit?
Lease company surplus is always SFF and those SFF always has x16 slot at the bottom
The one problem I’ve run into with retrofits like that is that, even if your GPU will fit and can pull all it needs from the PCIe slot, the PSUs in the machines are often too weak to provide the extra wattage needed.
Check out the article. Works with GPU where no external power supply connector is needed.
Yeah, I saw. Just saying that not all OEM SFF PSUs are sufficient for even the ~75w that a card running on just the power from the slot will draw.
True, there are some SFF PCs where the PSU is rated for 210W and these may be unsufficient indeed.
Fun fact: “no external supply” cards are supposed to draw no more than 75W, emphasis on supposed to, while your point also standing.
One time I bought an AGP riser ribbon cable for a retro build in an SFF case and it was a bad time (it was meant for pci-e). Drivers would fail to start or crash randomly using it.
SFF in Japan is widespread compared to more regular form factors.