Need help with video and sound cards

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  1. hanleia

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    I am thinking about buying a optiplex 6x 280 tower from dell. It doesn't come with a video or sound cards. what are the best ones for this type of tower? it will have 160g harddrive and 2000 ram. thanks
     
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    You can't really go over the top as you are limited by the case cooling and power supply. What are you using the system for?
     
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    just the basic stuff. emails, dvd burning no gaming or anything like that.
     
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    The HD3450 and Audigy SE are both excellent choices for budget components. However, do you have a tower or workstation version of the GX-280? If you use the workstation version, you will need low profile cards. Fortunately these are available for both parts.

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