I just got an Asus i5-4460 PC with 6GB ram for a gift. (Will upgrade to 8GB very soon). The PC uses the onboard graphics, so obviously I want to upgrade the card. It does have a PCI-e x16 slot. I also bought a new 500w PSU. (Forget brand but it gets good reviews)
Anyway, I'm going to use the PC mostly as a music server. NO games will be played. Some light video streaming and Photoshop will be done. I'm rather close to the PC when listening to music and I want it as quiet as possible, so I don't want a fan on the card.
I've been looking at the Asus NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 card (Although I've been reading that the 2GB version will offer no improvement over the 1GB).
Is there any other similarly priced card (no fan) that someone could recommend?
Thanks!
Anyway, I'm going to use the PC mostly as a music server. NO games will be played. Some light video streaming and Photoshop will be done. I'm rather close to the PC when listening to music and I want it as quiet as possible, so I don't want a fan on the card.
I've been looking at the Asus NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 card (Although I've been reading that the 2GB version will offer no improvement over the 1GB).
Is there any other similarly priced card (no fan) that someone could recommend?
Thanks!
And depending on what your "light" is, you'd be much better off with your IGPU, as it is more than enough for your needs. In fact, I do the same things you do with a PC of 2.6GHZ Dual core and 2GB RAM. (Obviously not as fast!) And if you wanted to get a completely silent GPU, you would have to look at a passively cooled GPU. But those are pretty pricey and not that worth it.
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