Will This Video Card / PSU / Riser Card Setup Work?

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I have a Dell E520, and well, it sucks. But i'm not buying a new computer. So!, I have decided to just upgrade it. I want to het the ASUS Radeon HD 4870, but with that, I also need a new PSU; and on top of all of that, I need a flexible riser card!

So heres the links to the three things I want/need to get.

PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703005

HD 4870:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121290

Flexible Riser Card:
http://www.orbitmicro.com/global/pe...exibleextenderforpciexpressx16bus-p-4354.html

Now what i'm planning to do is replace my 305Watt Dell PSU with that one, stick the riser card in my PCIe slot, connect the HD 4870 to the riser card, and then ...???...!!!...Win?

Anyone know if this setup should work?
 
What would you need the riser card for? I see plenty of space in the case from the looks of it but even if you do use the riser card, the video card may be blocking airflow from and to the CPU. Check the dimensions to be sure IMO.

Otherwise, everything else looks great.
 
As seen in this picture...

http://www.lewisroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/220520070151.jpg

Dell likes to vicegrip the peaches by using this gigantic heatsink cover. That isnt a picture of MY pc, but its nearly identical. The only difference is thats not my video card. But as you can see that card is a standard 2 slotter, but luckily for that person, the fan was high enough on the card for it not to interfere with the heatsink cover. However in my case, the card I want is a double slot card that is quite long and will almost certainly interfere with the heatsink cover.
 
What really sucks is the fan is to the left of the cover. The heatsink is attached to the cover and then the cover to the board, so its not even an option of removing the cover and leaving the heatsink, unless I wanted to take a hot knife and sear away the plastic or something.
 
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