Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[bobs10]

you...

bobs10, IGP's can be quite acceptable since the nforce2 boards, I've got some too. If you start swapping components or something breaks you can fall back on the IGP. I like it best if they're passively cooled, no whine from the graphics card fan.

me...

Yeah, GPUs tend to make a lot of noise, more so than the CPU, and a lot more heat so that is a big advantage. The reviews I've read seem to indicate that unless you need 1080P the intergated graphics are enough. Besides which you don't have to use a slot on the mobo.

Like I said, I've more or less decided that this is going to be a work in progress that will likely never be done.