<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jyavenard@gmail.com">jyavenard@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
On 1 February 2011 13:11, Raymond Wagner <<a href="mailto:raymond@wagnerrp.com">raymond@wagnerrp.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> For that price, better to go with a fanless GT430.<br>
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Even with a fan I'd get with a GT430.<br></blockquote></div><br>Agreed. I just purchased this board:<br><br><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500175&cm_re=zotac_430-_-14-500-175-_-Product">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500175&cm_re=zotac_430-_-14-500-175-_-Product</a><br>
<br>It's great, but it does take up 2 PCI slots due to the large sized heatsink. It's also completely quiet. I highly recommend this board. Note, if you use a BTX style case (case opens from right instead of left), be sure you have the "extra PCI slot" ABOVE the PCIe 16x slot. I did not, and had to dremel off the extra PCI vent from the card. This works out fine however, because there's a fan and vent on the back of the machine to blow cool air across the card. If you don't have a vent there like I do, it probably won't matter too much (depending on the size of your case) as this card won't generate a _lot_ of heat just pushing 1080p. Hope this helps.<br>
<br>Jim<br><br>PS: I love JYA's repo. It's cool seeing that I have the ability to play the HD audio codecs. Once I get a decent receiver, then I'll be living it up. :-)<br>