How is this for a Passive Cooling Gaming PC

I am building a new PC and had been posting questions in another forum here but think it's evolved into a thread that should be in this section. I'm wanting to build a fast&quiet pc, lowest power consumption possible without jeopardizing the performance, and if at all possible all "lead-free" components. The idea is to have a quiet gaming PC that's environmental friendly. Keep in mind also my monitor/hdtv I'm using has a max resolution of 1366x768. The component I'm really not anywhere sure about is the graphics card... although I want it quiet so people mentioned I needed to go with passive cooling because of that and the my max resolution limit. Games I want to be able to play are Starcraft2/Diablo3/Spore. Thanks for reading and trying to help out, much appreciated!

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PS. I already have a dvd-drive, hdds, and copy of windows xp pro.

Is it truly very quiet? Because I purchased an 8600gt (i believe) a while back when they first came out, and it is sorta noisy when idle -- but once it opens a game it becomes EXTREMELY noisy. So just trying to get rid of all the noise possible and I hear passive cooling would do that for me.

Alright, I'm going to go with the MSI card. Is there anything else in the list above that I might want to consider over another? Thanks guys been a great help!

You would do well to research www.silentpcreview.com There are many articles on quiet computing, and an active forum.

Here is a link to a quiet general purpose PC:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article826-page1.html

Here is a link to a quiet gamer:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article827-page1.html
You can use them as a guide.


For the ultimate in quietness, watercool the vga card and cpu using a Zalman reserator passive cooler.

You look all good there. I still would go with a different cooler, like the zigmatek.
The 92mm version will be the safest bet
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But the 120mm kicks the most arse, but may not fit in your case.
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