I am between the 2 4670 Passively Cooled Graphics Cards The Sapphire has 512MB GDD3 while His has 1GB DD3 Which one do you recommend ? You didn't mention your motherboard so it may depend on which will fit. The HIS card employs the Zalman passive cooler which has heat pipes that wrap around to the ...

Watch out for noise on the LP versions. The Newegg reviews talk about noisy fans.

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Thanks, any suggestions for 4670 cards that are known for low fan noise or a passive version that will fit on a P45 board?

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For a low wattage chip like the E8500 you can come up with a sink/fan that is a lot quieter. The other thing you can accomplish is to leave Intel's funky push pin mounting behind. An efficient heatsink with a low speed Nexus fan should keep an E8500 cool and be silent outside the case.

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Building a new system for business and personal use and I'm a bit stuck on the video card. I've lurked over the years and gotten a lot of good tips here. E8400 wolfdale Xigmatek HDT-S1283 sink Xigmatek ACK-117751 retention bracket Nexus 120mm fan Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R Corsair 4GB PC800 WD VelociRapt...

A bigger problem may be emerging with SSD's. Serious slow downs from fragmentation, at least on MLC designs, would seem to be a serious issue. Serious slowdowns are being reported.

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