There have been threads and many positive comments on this forum about the surprisingly low power consumption of the ATI Radeon 9600 series (vanilla, Pro and XT), which leads to lower noise. Based on that, you might consider this Powercolor 9600 Pro 128 Mb: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....

Hi. I’m new to PC assembly, but forums like this are a great resource to build knowledge fast. You folks have a great attitude, and I can appreciate your quest for quiet computing. Really liked the thread “Radeon 9600: ultimate SilentPC video card?” and the many mini reviews. Apparently I made relat...