System plan: powerful, silent, upgradeable. I've been visiting Tom's Hardware for years, but just now I've created a user account and this is my very first post here. :) I'm planning on buying a new computer before year's end to replace my current Intel...

If you absolutely have to go silent though, your best bet is an 8800GT, which Elitegroup makes with a passive cooler, but the price is pretty high ($260 to be exact). Otherwise your only other option for high power and silent cooling would be to get something...

including a quiet graphics card; a Gigabyte 7900 GT which comes with the Zalman vf700 fan: The box highlights the fan as a feature, "Powerful, but Silent" to be exact. But it's permanently been in a full-blast mode, making an obvious noise, even now,...

MUCH more power than the atom. Or honestly the low wattage AMD's perform better than the Atom's do. I'd highly suggest looking at these. Are you looking at getting a small case as well? The P4 will almost definitely be faster, but the Atom should be more...

but, relatively speaking, no 3d power at all. =) I had an 8800GTS but I'm not gonna be playing PC games for awhile so I sold it. Got the 7300LE for 20 bucks. Now I'm looking at running linux from a thumbdrive so I can go low power and silent whenever...

LOL I'm asking for help in determining the best for my needs, not looking for crazy links I'm already researching. Help me find the most powerful silent solution under $200. Passive cooling, HDMI port. Under $200. Best gaming power available. Find...

hsf around a little bit, therefore its moving the past to the sides of the cpu. 7) Are the case fans running in the case and at what speed? 1. i have an antec power supply, and its fan runs at 1188 rpm. 2. front fan which is 120mm runs at 1350rpm, with...

6 months ago). I wanted a pretty solid computer to use for work, HTPC and gaming. High on my priority list was that the computer was very silent. Because I wanted at very silent computer, I felt the need to change the stock cooler on my video card (ATI HD...

a racing game in the PS2 :D I want it to be quiet, my P4 is so noisy! (prices in Euros) INTEL CORE i7 920 2.66Ghz 1366 BOX Price:249.01 GIGABYTE GZ-X6 Price:38.00 Fuente 460W Gigabyte SuperB Power Silent Price:33.00 GIGABYTE 1366 EX58-UD3R...