Re:  1. Is it physically compatible with the Dell Opiflex 9010 (i.e. is the enough room for it to fit comfortbly inside the case? yes. max length of card in 9010 is 16.765 cm. this card is 145 mm.  You put it in blue PCIex16 slot.  It accommodates double slot width of this card. 2. Is the power supply sufficient or do I need an upgrade. I will hook it up with an external monitor and an additional SSD (240GB) drive. 275W stock psu is plenty. The blue PCIex16 slot supplies up to 75W.  this card TDP is 50W. 3. For the SSD drive, should I get a straight SATA cable or a right-angled SATA cable? get right angled sata for the ssd side and straight sata for motherboard side.  it is more convenient that way in MT. Re: I know that this is a very weak GPU. The plan is to wait out the GPU shortage and get one with better specs later. Dell recommended gpu for 9010 OEM gt 640 is 40% faster than 730. the second Dell recommended gpu for 9010 is HD7570, about as fast as 730. a used GeForce 900 series card that is significantly faster than 730 and affordable at this time.  950 is 450 times faster than 730. you need to upgrade psu slightly to have one 6 pin for it.   Ideally you want a gtx1050 or 1050Ti that can be supported by 275 W stock psu, or newer 1650 to 1650ti which are over priced now.
Hello I bought a Dell Optiflex 9010 - MT (Dell Optiplex 9010 MT i7-3770 3.40GHz 8GB DDR3 500GB Windows 10 Pro 64B DVDRW) online and it is on the way. I want to upgrade the GPU to play some low end games, and I decided on the geforce gt 730. I found the following online. MSI GeForce GT 730 DirectX 12 N730-2GD3V3 2GB 128-Bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready ATX Video Card [URL] Could you please let me know 1. Is it physically compatible with the Dell Opiflex 9010 (i.e. is the enough room for it to fit comfortbly inside the case? 2. Is the power supply sufficient or do I need an upgrade. I will hook it up with an external monitor and an additional SSD (240GB) drive. 3. For the SSD drive, should I get a straight SATA cable or a right-angled SATA cable? I know that this is a very weak GPU. The plan is to wait out the GPU shortage and get one with better specs later. Thank you GPC builder
Dell Optiflex 9010 - upgrade with GEforce GT 730