Which VGA motherboard?

[drbbanner]

I'm looking for a motherboard with included graphics - reasons is that I don't play games and I want my PC as silent as possible, with inbuilt graphics there's one less fan to worry about.
I will NOT overclock, so that is not important. What I'm looking for is - good price, stabile, good features, silence.
Some say nforce2 is prefered I don't know.

Which one has the best inbuilt graphics/sound? Which one doesnt need an extra fan (northbridge) (im trying to built a silent computer and eliminate as many fans as possible)

I will run it with a AMD Athlon 2500+

Here's the ones i chose from:

nforce2 ones:

Abit Atx Nf7-m Socket A Ultra 400 Vga
Asus Matx A7N266-VM SE/LAN Nforce220d Socket A Lan Vga
Asus Matx A7N8X-VM Nforce2 Socket A Lan Vga
Epox Socket A Nforceii Atx Lan Vga
Microstar Matx NForce 2 MS-K7N2GM-IL - Lan / Vga
Microstar MATX Nforce2 - Lan / VGA

via:

Asus Atx A7V8X-MX Km400 Socket A Lan Vga
Msi Matx MS-KM4M-LB Kt400 Socket A Ddr Lan Vga
Microstar M-ATX KT400 (DDR, LAN, VGA)

Socket A - Asus MATX A7V266-MX - Lan / VGA

Let me know which one you think is the best and why. thanks!

 

[mechBgon]

Be aware that the Asus A7N266-VM is not capable of running a 2500+ because it only supports 266MHz-based processors such as the 2400+. On the flip side, it has a large fanless heatsink on the northbridge and is very stable. It's older technology and does not have Firewire or USB 2.0, but if you want a stable, silent, quality board, I can vouch for the ones in our work fleet. It's affordable too. With a 2400+ and Crucial PC2100 memory, you could save a little money this way.

Second thing to be aware of: onboard video is VGA-outputs on just about all boards that have onboard video. With the A7N266-VM and the A7N8X-VM, you can plug in a $15 DVI-output card to get a DVI-out if you want one. The onboard video may not be as crisp as you like, particularly at high resolutions, and it takes a chunk of RAM too. All these drawbacks may make you rethink your position and grab a $35 Transcend Radeon 7000 from Newegg (VGA and DVI outputs, fanless heatsink, 32MB onboard RAM). They are plenty of card for working with day-to-day office-type stuff.

 

[drbbanner]

for movies I will use my dvd-burner so i doubt i will be using the pc much.

but maybe that's an idea, i buy a "normal" motherboard and a cheap passive graphicscard, should be about the same money as the most expensive vga mobos... or maybe not? not sure what the benefits would be either... hmm.