Which GT 1030 passive card to get?

[Casterina]

I'm deciding between the Gigabyte or EVGA card for my HTPC, it will be inside the Silverstone Milo ML03 case with the only fans being the CPU cooler (Scythe Big Shuriken 2) and the PSU, which card between the two would you say will run cooler?

 

Gigabyte

 

 

EVGA

 

[kelvinhall05]

Don't get a passively cooled GT 1030. Hell, don't get a GT 1030 at all; if you're building the system from scratch, get a Ryzen APU.

[Streetguru]

6 minutes ago, Casterina said:

 

Should really get a card with a fan, but what CPU? Why does it even need a GT 1030?

Do you already own the HTPC?

[Casterina]

7 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Don't get a passively cooled GT 1030. Hell, don't get a GT 1030 at all; if you're building the system from scratch, get a Ryzen APU.

 

6 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Should really get a card with a fan, but what CPU? Why does it even need a GT 1030?

Do you already own the HTPC?

Yes, I already have the HTPC and the rest of the hardware (AMD Phenom II X2 545 CPU, 4GB RAM, motherboard, power supply, hard drives and case).

[Princess Luna]

make sure its GDDR5 and not DDR4

[Casterina]

2 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

make sure its GDDR5 and not DDR4

They are both DDR5.

[Princess Luna]

Just now, Casterina said:

They are both DDR5.

Then pick the cheapest

[Streetguru]

12 minutes ago, Casterina said:

 

Yes, I already have the HTPC and the rest of the hardware (AMD Phenom II X2 545 CPU, 4GB RAM, motherboard, power supply, hard drives and case).

Why not look for like a used $40 GTX 750ti?

If you do end up with a GT 1030 get one with any kind of fan, otherwise it will cook in any case without airflow.

[Casterina]

12 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Why not look for like a used $40 GTX 750ti?

If you do end up with a GT 1030 get one with any kind of fan, otherwise it will cook in any case without airflow.

The Silverstone Milo ML03 case has a GPU width restriction of 74mm so the GTX 750 Ti won't fit and the GPU will only be doing hardware decoding so it won't be very hot.

[Streetguru]

2 minutes ago, Casterina said:

The Silverstone Milo ML03 case has a GPU width restriction of 74mm so the GTX 750 Ti won't fit and the GPU will only be doing hardware decoding so it won't be very hot.

Then just get whatever is cheaper or has a slightly bigger heatsink, but I can tell you that even just running a 5450 like this without any real load made it get pretty toasty.

[kelvinhall05]

59 minutes ago, Casterina said:

 

Yes, I already have the HTPC and the rest of the hardware (AMD Phenom II X2 545 CPU, 4GB RAM, motherboard, power supply, hard drives and case).

I'd get the EVGA because it looks better if you want a passively cooled card, but I would strongly push you toward a card with a fan.

[aakopa]

I would get the evga one.

[nick name]

I believe MSI is the only one with HDMI and DisplayPort.  If you think you'll be using it for a while that might be worth more than the DVI the other cards have.