Temporary GPU for not too demanding games (Starcraft II, Diablo III, Heroes of the storm)

sociojeje

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As I am away from my place for a while, I'm looking for a temporary GPU for some light gaming.

My build here is

i5 6600k
DDR4 16gb
600W psu
Integrated GPU (which runs diablo iii not bad but not really great with starcraft ii and heroes of the storm)

As of now, I'm almost exclusively playing Blizzard games like starcraft ii, diablo iii, and heroes of the storm. Possibly, I might play overwatch too.

As I use my computer mainly for writing, I can't stand loud idle fan noise. For my cpu and case fans, I set it silent without any OC. So I'm specifically looking for 0 db fan at idle. Still, I don't mind some noise when gaming. Though my case is micro ATX, it is a very deep case and also can handle long GPU.

As I will be back within a few months, I'm not looking for a future proof card. At this moment, I am thinking about GTX 950 with 0db fan at idle as the best candidate but I am not familiar with AMD GPUs. I'm not even sure GTX 950 can handle those games above with high or ultra settings.

I would appreciate your advice and suggestion!


 

sociojeje

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Thank you so much. It seems that 950 can handle those games well but I'm not sure about Overwatch as it seems to be a lot more demanding that other Blizzard games... Newegg has $30 rebate on MSI which is very tempting too!
 

sociojeje

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Yup, waiting for my wife to bring it here where I'm temporarily staying! Thank you so much!