GIGABYTE Silent Series GV-R575SL - thumbs up or down?

[ferretmania]

Build in progress:

GIGABYTE GA-890GPA-UD3H AM3 AMD 890GX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard



AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz 4 x 512KB
[url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727]

PSU: reusing existing Corsair 520W

RAM: probably G.SKILL ECO Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 160
[url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231321&cm_re=g.skill_eco-_-20-231-321-_-Product

As a dedicated non-gamer who also does some light video & audio editing, I'm looking for a graphics card that will have:
(1) dual dvi ports for 2 LCD displas
(2)low/no noise
(3)low power consumption

On newegg, there's only 10 or so cards listed when I use the filters for "fanless" and "DVI: 2 x DVI"

Do you recommend this card for my build or can you offer any other suggestions?

Is it smart to go fanless or does that limit the possible cards to much?

Thanks to all who will respond!

 

[rwpritchett]

Does either of your monitors accept 15-pin VGA? If so you could just use the onboard video DVI + VGA. Too bad you can't use HDMI and DVI at the same time on that board.

Anyways, to run dual digital you don't necessarily need a video card with 2x DVI. Look for one with 1x DVI and 1x HDMI. You can connect a DVI monitor to the HDMI port. HDMI and DVI are identical except HDMI carries audio. You will need to have a either a HDMI to DVI adapter (make sure it has a male HDMI side) or you can use a DVI to HDMI video cable and skip the adapter. If you want to get fancy, you could leave the onboard video enabled and use the onboard DVI for one monitor, and one DVI from a video card at the same time.

 

[rwpritchett]

Here's a suggestion:

Use this cheap video card: Sapphire HD5450 $40

Install it, disable your onbard video, and use the DVI to HDMI video cable I linked above and you should be good to go.

If you don't want to go through newegg, you can get really cheap cables at monoprice:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10231

 

[ferretmania]

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