Best GT 1030 brand?

[pikachuboner-nosound]

MSI, Gigabyte, eVGA, PNY and Zotac all have single slot, low profile GT 1030's, which brand would you recommend for quality of construction?

[Mossy Snake]

I'd avoid the GT 1030, even the RX 550 is better than it.

I'd go for a used GTX 750 ti.

[pikachuboner-nosound]

Cost of shipping a used GTX 750 Ti to me is prohibitivly expensive, I already checked locally (if i could find one dirty cheap I would have gambled on it) and there is none for sale. Plus used GPU is a gamble I'm not thrilled about anyway.

GT 1030 is good enough for what I need to do and should take some strain of my little 120W PSU. A 750Ti might be pushing it too close as it's what 60W?

[Big Boom Boom]

Messaggio originale di MossyRathalos:

I'd avoid the GT 1030, even the RX 550 is better than it.

I'd go for a used GTX 750 ti.

Actually based on benchmark the GT 1030 is a bit faster than Rx 550 on eSports games overall.

https://www.techspot.com/amp/review/♥♥♥♥-esports-geforce-gt-1030-vs-radeon-rx-550/page4.html

[pikachuboner-nosound]

I looked at RX 550 but ruled it out because no single-slot/low-profile designs available from supplier at the good price point, also not as power friendly.

Will be replacing Zotac GT 640 1Gb. Zotac brand seemed good for 2 years but it creates artifacts now and has coil whine when entering 3D. Hesitant on Zotac now it's the cheapest 1030 but only by a couple dollars.

[⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧]

Messaggio originale di pikachuboner-nosound:

MSI, Gigabyte, eVGA, PNY and Zotac all have single slot, low profile GT 1030's, which brand would you recommend for quality of construction?

Brand doesn't rly matter, grab the brand u trust/like.

If u wanna go with the 1030, grab one with a fan(active), like the pny, msi aero or galex/kfa²

[appleseedcarrot]

Messaggio originale di pikachuboner-nosound:

Cost of shipping a used GTX 750 Ti to me is prohibitivly expensive, I already checked locally (if i could find one dirty cheap I would have gambled on it) and there is none for sale. Plus used GPU is a gamble I'm not thrilled about anyway.

GT 1030 is good enough for what I need to do and should take some strain of my little 120W PSU. A 750Ti might be pushing it too close as it's what 60W?

thats why black friday exists.

[⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧]

Messaggio originale di pikachuboner-nosound:

I looked at RX 550 but ruled it out because no single-slot/low-profile designs available from supplier at the good price point, also not as power friendly.

Will be replacing Zotac GT 640 1Gb. Zotac brand seemed good for 2 years but it creates artifacts now and has coil whine when entering 3D. Hesitant on Zotac now it's the cheapest 1030 but only by a couple dollars.

Xfx offers a low-profile 550.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/yKmxFT/xfx-radeon-rx-550-4gb-video-card-rx-550p4tfg5

[pikachuboner-nosound]

Messaggio originale di Bad_Motha:

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/yKmxFT/xfx-radeon-rx-550-4gb-video-card-rx-550p4tfg5

I need single-slot AND low-profile. Otherwise there would be a lot more options for GPU's for me.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Then buy a different case; nothing like that will run Games

[pikachuboner-nosound]

If you had read any of the other replies I have already said the GT 1030 will be enough gaming power for what I'm playing as the card it's replacing (GT 640) is already enough, it's just artifacting. Thanks anyway.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

GT 1030 really isn't for gaming; thats why RX 550 was suggested.

If you want NVIDIA, get GTX 1050 2GB or better. Otherwise you're just wasting more money for basically zero upgrade.

It would make more sense to switch the PC case, then you don't have to worry about GPU size really.

[pikachuboner-nosound]

It's an HTPC, I don't want a full tower there. I just want to replace my dying 640 something that will do the same job. Again, I don't need any more GPU horsepower than what I have now... just a card in working order.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

MSI GT 1030 2G LP OC is prob best option, it's very slim and fan doesnt bulge out. Comes with low profile bracket.
EVGA fan bulges out and Gigabyte has annoying system to attach low profile bracket.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137139

Messaggio originale di Bad_Motha:

If you want NVIDIA, get GTX 1050 2GB or better. Otherwise you're just wasting more money for basically zero upgrade.

GTX 1050 low profile cards are all double-slot cards.

[xSOSxHawkens]

Messaggio originale di pikachuboner-nosound:

It's an HTPC, I don't want a full tower there. I just want to replace my dying 640 something that will do the same job. Again, I don't need any more GPU horsepower than what I have now... just a card in working order.

Then as others have suggested any 1030 will do.

If you want a decent brand MSI cards are good and will work great with the most popular 3rd party overclocking software out there, MSI Afterburner.

As for power a 1030 will be a nice upgrade over a 640. Try and get one with as effective a cooler as possible and attempt to get a bit more power out of it via an overclock. You cant draw more power than a single pcie slot anyways so you wont push the psu overboard.

A small or decent overclock when dealing with low performance parts can make or break some games for the 30FPS mark. Speaking from experiance with a laptop with a 460m 1GB card @ 675Mhz stock that can overclock to 875Mhz.