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<blockquote data-quote="Shazell" data-source="post: 253094" data-attributes="member: 51936">Well for a purely video point of view I would go for the ATI 3450 that is very cheap and can handle all the video you could want.<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102724" target="_blank">Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100233L Radeon HD 3450 256MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics</a>But if you are looking for gaming as well as you say then that may not be the best choice. for gaming I would go for the new GeForce 9600<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814134040" target="_blank">Newegg.com - ECS N9600GT-512MX-P GeForce 9600GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics</a>Both of those are passively cooled so very silent <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />Of course you can slap one of these onto most modern cards to get passive cooling, but means some manual work<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186016" target="_blank">Newegg.com - ARCTIC COOLING ACCELS1 Rev 2 VGA Cooler - VGA Cooling</a></blockquote>

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