*edit - go with that video card tostada linked, quietest you can get.
Since your not really gaming or overclocking you can go with a nice stable Intel motherboard like an "Intel BOXD915PCYL 915P" for $104, then get a pci-express nvidia 6600 256mb video card for around $130. That will take...
i get the exact same temperature results either way i put the fan on the xp-120. I face it toward the heatsink to get better cooling over my northbridge and ram.
xp120 with 120mm fan no question. I have it with a 120mm Evercool fan running at 1500rpm and it is nearly silent. Even turning up the rpms doesn't increase cooling, just noise. That is the beauty of 120mm fans over smaller ones, greater airflow means better cooling and lower rpms means quieter.
I think that might be your GPU. Speedfan overstates my Nvidia video card temperature (6800gtoc) by 26 degrees exactly at all times. There is an advanced setting in speedfan where you can put offsets on the temperatures. Run a program like Prime95 and see which temperature starts rocketing...
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