Re:If They Wanted to Make Real Progress (Score 0)

I think you want an Epia system. Epia boards can have a 500Mhz - 1Ghz processor. They are usually fanless or have a very quiet fan on them. I have an Epia-800, and after changing out the fan (it died out after a few months) I've been happy with it. It makes no discernable noise from a few feet away, and best of all, it's cheap. Everything you need is built into the board. Sure it's not a benchmark winner, but its more than enough for playing DVDs and older games like half-life and quake3. The new boards feature DDR RAM and better onboard graphics. Mini-itx.com has more info on them.