2011-01-02, 20:14
poofyhairguy Wrote:PLEASE don't get a fanless card. You need to move air in that case or you will kill your harddrives in a matter of a few months. Trust me, I have done it in a similar setup. Fanless GPUs and HDs are a terrible mix. If you are gonna make one a HTPC, accept a little fan noise or accept data loss.
For the record, any half height GT430 will work:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...-_-Product
Like that.
Thanks for the reply!
To be fair i've currently got a fantastic fanless 5xxx card (can't remember the model) in an Antec Fusion case and it's been gold, but doesn't have HDMI, only DVI, so I know the airflow in there is good enough and the 430 is a bit more efficient, plus it has better XVMC support.
Do any fanless GT430 cards exist? I'd like to boot into Windows occasionally for games, else i'd go for a fanless GT210 or similar.
EDIT: Forgot to say - no hard drives in there, it boots over USB and uses NFS to my HP Microserver for the content