Spec Me a GPU for My HTPC

zom247 · 15 Jan 2016 at 19:27

I've been running my HTPC with a GT440 but it's just popped on me! I've had it for several years and no idea what card to get now. My rig is:

Gigabyte H61 mb
i3 2120
4 GB RAM
256 GB Samsung SSD (not sure which one)

I have all my media on my NAS which I stream and watch via Kodi, the media consists of my dvd and blu ray rips which the GT440 played ok. Not getting into this 4k malarkey so just something to play what I've currently got, don't do any recording either.

lude1962 · 15 Jan 2016 at 23:22

bottom of the range nvid 210 series works for me, this is via hdmi straight to tv

RJC · 15 Jan 2016 at 23:24

Does your motherboard have HDMI out?

If does just use the onboard GPU.

zom247 · 16 Jan 2016 at 17:49

RJC said:
Does your motherboard have HDMI out?

If does just use the onboard GPU.

No, the H61 does not have HDMI hence why I was using the GT440.