got an PC that needs solving post here. There are plenty of tech nerds here that will be happy to help solve your problems.

Hmmm this could be helpful...

I'll start it off. I built my own PC from scratch. Bought all the components online and they mesh seemlessly with the exception of the cases use of AC97 and the board being Intel HD Audio (meaning the front head phone jack doesn't work quite right). That's ok though, just something I overlooked when I was buying the components and making sure they would interoperate.

Anyways getting to the point, I did not buy a video card as I saw no need for one with the onboard graphics controller on my motherboard. I don't play graphic intensive games and I don't watch high definition movies with my PC.  About the most graphic intensive operations I do are watch youtube videos, or run really old DOS based video games. What I've noticed though is when doing something that may be graphics related such as watching an online viral video or running an old game like Sim City 2000 or running visualizations in Winamp, is that the CPU fan becomes louder to the point where it is quite annoying. The temperature monitor that came with the case tells me that the CPU is now even cooler (which is great). But the noise is dreadful.

So I pose one of two questions. 1. Would a video card alleviate this problem? Perhaps the CPU is compensating for it's extra usage  by instructing the fan to deliver more air? 2. I haven't looked, but is there a BIOS setting on an Intel Motherboard that could keep the fan from entering wind tunnel mode?

I'd appreciate any feedback. Thanks

 either get a low end video card to alleviate some processes off the CPU or upgrade your stock CPU heatsink to something quieter.

Yeah I was thinking that was the way to go (low end video card). Though I didn't want to shell out the cash and find out my theory was wrong. As for the CPU fan it's pretty quiet most of the time and I really don't want to shell out more on keeping the system cool (even though it's wise to do so to keep components from premature deaths).

Thanks ssj 

Yes. Having a (moderate) separate video card would cause the overall stress load and heat buildup of your system to decrease.

 An 8400gs would be your best beat on price for a decent video card. Plus it would allow you to expand into new games. Also what processor do you have so if you take the route of a new heatsink I can recommend you one.

Okay, I might as well tell you my problem. I'm using Vista and a 8600GT overclocked to 630/1480 to play my PC games. I have a slimline PC with a 180W PSU so the card is pretty the max I can have. Anyways, I was running a game and all of a sudden, it froze but still had sound. This was similiar to a problem I had with my old PC when I had a Geforce 4 MX440 except it froze completely and I realized the MX 440 is crap. Here I can run task manager and end the game that way and everything would be fine. This problem keeps persisting so has my graphics card broke down or is it the game? The recommended requirements for the game is a 256 MB Geforce 7300 or higher. My CPU and RAM also beat the recommended requirements.

 thats a small amount of power.. 

but anyways, does this issue happen in other games? It could be that the video card at minimum speeds can run fine but it quickly reaches the limited amount of power needed and cuts off due to lack of power. 

I don't think my problem is solvable other than by taking the computer apart, but it's worth a shot.

my laptop's screen has flickering problems, with horizantal lines across the screen sometimes, especially when I move the screen, the problem is aliviated when I shake the screen again, and it become perfect as before. I assume this is a faulty connection between the computer itself and the screen?

 well it could be two things. The video card is lose or the connector to the screen. My old Alienware was doing a similar thing, I just had to push the video card back into its sockets.