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Huh, thought that was just for individual retail CPU's but OEM's were still getting the desktops. I'll just wait then (one benefit of console-centric development is that even an X2 220 isn't a bottleneck in a lot of games), thanks for the info.

I've been wondering about Trinity vs Llano as well, particularly for gaming as with Trinity the FPU is "shared" - but every benchmark I've seen puts Trinity ahead of Llano. Perhaps not scaling 1:1 with the mhz difference, but still ahead. Is there some FPU-specific benchmarks which show...

The 8400GS should work fine. All video card companies but greatly exaggerated requirements on their products because they have no idea what kind of hardware you have in your system or the quality of your PSU. For a 65wt dual-core Pentium Slimline like yours it can handle the 8400GS easy.

I don't have a S5000, but I have an Acer AspireX which is a slimline with a 220wt PSU. Card? Easy. Sapphire 5570 1GB DDR LP. Extremely quiet at desktop and only ramps up during gaming, and even then I can barely hear it. Excellent performance, not 9600GT but close. Definitely faster...

I hear its noise profile is excellent as well. But it's not a choice for single-slot systems (not to mention that you need a new PSU as well) which is why I specified as such.

To answer my own question: Couldn't take the GT220 any more, truly ridiculous - the thing is a turbine even at the desktop. So I did some research and picked up the Sapphire 5570. Holy crap. Almost *silent* at the Win7 desktop, and this is with the heat-constrained Aspire mini (I see...

Unfortunately that's not an option - the cooler wouldn't fit. The PCI-16X slot on the Acer is at the top end of the motherboard, near the top of the case. The fan faces the top. So only LP single-slot coolers unfortunately. :(

How is the noise level? I expect it to ramp up in gaming, but how about at the desktop? I just got a 220GT for my Acer slimline and jeebus is it loud.

Just got an 1GB MSI LP GT 220 DDR3 for use in my Acer Aspire (slimline). Previously had a 9500GT DDR2. Performance is a nice improvement as expected (doubling the memory bandwidth helps of course), and I can play the majority of my games very smoothly at 1360x768 which is what I usually use...

:facepalm: In other words - you don't want to use a slimline.

From the front USB drop-down panel it looks basically identical to the Acer AspireX series which are nice PC's themselves. I'm sure Acer will be updating them soon for the i3, considering Acer is usually the cheapest wouldn't surprise me to see them beat that price. If they're using the same...

That would likely only hold true if the game has a built-in framerate limiter, eg where it doesn't allow the framerate to go above 30 or 60. For most games running at a lower resolution will just mean the card will pump out more frames per second as fast as it can go, so no it doesn't really...

Then the low-power, low-profile Galaxy 9600GT is your best bet right now for the best performance you can get without upgrading the PSU. My only concern would be noise at the desktop or watching videos - I can't say how loud or not the 9600GLPLP is.

Yup that looks like it. The older non-low power part has a DVI+video connector instead of HDMI+DVI, and there's no 6-pin power connector on that as far as I can see.

Chances are very slim it would have one, the vast majority of OEM machines not marketed to gamers don't, and certainly not any SFF's I'm aware of - why would HP put one in to encourage cards that it doesn't want to support?