1030 VS... 1030?

[SirGeneral]

I'm looking for a Nvidia GT 1030 for my rig and I am thoroughly confused because there's one for $95.00 (USD) and there's one for $79.99... so, whats the difference? the 95 dollar one is a GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 GV-N1030D5-2GL Low Profile 2G Computer Graphics Card and the 79.99 dollar one is a GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 GV-N1030SL-2GL Silent Low Profile 2G. P.S. if there's 1050 on the market for less than $110 please link me to it

[d0ge]

where are you getting the prices from, can you link them in a comment for me?

[ProjectBox153]

One of those cards has a fan while the other doesn't. 

[EunSoo]

The silent low profile one has passive cooling which means that you'll rely on your case fans and airflow to get heat away from the heatsink instead of a dedicated fan. Unless you have good airflow in your case and don't mind the potentially higher temps, I'd get the other one, though the 15 dollar difference could counter that.

[SirGeneral]

amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GeForce-GV-N1030D5-2GL-Computer-Graphics/dp/B071DY2VJR/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1520214823&sr=1-2&keywords=gt+750 and https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072HRD3CY/ref=psdc_284822_t1_B071DY2VJR and do I need to install a fan on the fanless model?

 

[Damascus]

14 minutes ago, SirGeneral said:

and do I need to install a fan on the fanless model?

Nope.  

[flibberdipper]

15 minutes ago, SirGeneral said:

and do I need to install a fan on the fanless model?

 

Depends how much airflow you have around it. If it's like pretty much any other prebuilt it'll be pretty stagnant around where it'll be and temps/clocks might be less than ideal. Might as well just get the model with the fan, or if you have a spare 70mm or so fan (guessing based on what my old HP SFF was like) you could just slap it on the passive card and call it a day.

[SirGeneral]

oh forgot to ask in a previous topic but can I just use the CPU and GPU fans and not install an airflow fan?

[Streetguru]

22 minutes ago, SirGeneral said:

 

You're going to want a card with a fan, preferably a larger fan if it's within the budget.

[SirGeneral]

@Streetguru I can't see what you quoted

[iiNNeX]

The 1030 doesn't use much power nor does it get very hot. The passive one will work fine, assuming you have 2 fans in your case...

[Canada EH]

why not spend an extra $50 for a better gpu?

 

[wasab]

24 minutes ago, iiNNeX said:

The 1030 doesn't use much power nor does it get very hot. The passive one will work fine, assuming you have 2 fans in your case...

It is less powerful than the mx150 in your laptop. Passive cooling+ case fan is good enough 

[Streetguru]

48 minutes ago, iiNNeX said:

The 1030 doesn't use much power nor does it get very hot. The passive one will work fine, assuming you have 2 fans in your case...

Neither does the Radeon 5450 low power GPU, but passive coolers still get pretty toasty, always good to have some kind of fan on the card.