[Choque]

Well, I dunno where dan350zr got these numbers from. I just read it on page 1 of his thread here.
As for my build, it's on page 4 of this thread (at the bottom) and I'd like to replace the EVGA GeForce GT 430 with that Sparkle one cause the Sparkle one is passive cooled which would bring the "noise level" of my soon-to-be HTPC down a little

[Subliminal Aura]

Well, I dunno where dan350zr got these numbers from. I just read it on page 1 of his thread here.
As for my build, it's on page 4 of this thread (at the bottom) and I'd like to replace the EVGA GeForce GT 430 with that Sparkle one cause the Sparkle one is passive cooled which would bring the "noise level" of my soon-to-be HTPC down a little

http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=773...stcount=37

Your HTPC build looks fine to me, don't panic.

[Choque]

Hehe yea I guess I just was a little bit scared cause he wrote the GT430 needs 22A at a 12V rail. Would suck if I order everything and it won't work cause my PSU is too weak for the GPU But I feel reassured now ;D

[eskro]

can u give us a link to that GT430 plz?

[Choque]

can u give us a link to that GT430 plz?

There you go http://www.heise.de/preisvergleich/a584918.html

[eskro]

thats really weird too i found,,,
anyhow, if your afraid, just get the CORSAIR CMPSU-430CX 430W (+12V@28A),
that'll handle it 110%

[nemek]

56W/12V=~5A its max what that card may use (according to its tdp value)

[Choque]

I'll stick with the EarthWatts. I just can't believe that this card should suck/need that much power. Like nemek said, it's TDP value is 56W. So it comes down to this now (last update to the build, I promise ) Will start ordering today.

(Prices as they were on the 12.04.2011)

Case: Lian Li PC-C37B (94,92€
Board: Gigabyte GA-G41MT-D3, G41 (43,50€
CPU: Intel Celeron Dual-Core E3400, 2x 2.60GHz, boxed (36,19€
GPU: Sparkle GeForce GT 430 Passiv, 1GB DDR3, VGA, DVI, HDMI (69,58€
PSU: Antec EarthWatts 380, 380W ATX 2.2 (45,79€
RAM: Kingston ValueRAM DIMM Kit 4GB PC3-8500U CL7 (DDR3-1066) (33,91€
HDD: Kingston SSDNow S100 16GB, 2.5", SATA II (43,31€
Remote Control: HFX VISTA GP (29,00€

Total: 396,20€

Case: Sharkoon Avenger Economy Edition (29,90€
Board: ASRock 880GM-LE, 880G (53,50€
CPU: AMD Sempron 140 (27,02€
PSU: Corsair CX 430W ATX 2.3 (35,10€
RAM: Kingston ValueRAM DIMM 2GB PC3-10667U CL9 (DDR3-1333) (16,89€
Hot Swap Drive Bays: 3-in-2 SATA Backplane Modul (which I'll get from a co-worker)
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green 2000GB, 64MB Cache, SATA II (64,85€
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green 2000GB, 64MB Cache, SATA II (64,85€
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green 2000GB, 64MB Cache, SATA II (64,85€

Total: 357,28€

And here is a bigger image of the passive GT430 I'm going to get. It looks promising (The original version of the image can be found here)

[waxer]

Make sure it is low profile...

[Choque]

It is, as you see on the pictures

[nemek]

It is, as you see on the pictures

Card is low profile - but what about bracket? make sure there are 2 brackets

[Choque]

Card is low profile - but what about bracket? make sure there are 2 brackets

nvm.

[homewrek]

Maximum Power Draw 29 Watts
http://www.fudzilla.com/graphics/item/22...its-gt-520

[eskro]

make sure there are 2 brackets

+1

[Choque]

+1

nvm