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<blockquote data-quote="FoxyXI" data-source="post: 81516" data-attributes="member: 24556">I have the EAX1600XT SILENT mentioned above, and it does a great job!&nbsp; When I looked a few months ago, it was the most powerful silent card I could find that didn't have a crazy heat pipe setup that wouldn't fit my HTPC case.&nbsp; It is a really powerful card, and the passive cooling works well with a bit of airflow (your two 120mm fans should be killer, and I am very jealous).&nbsp; The only thing to be careful of is that several people (including me) had to return their first card because of lockups or reboots, most likely due to damaged or improperly manufactured heat pipe bonding.&nbsp; Newegg has a lot of reviews on the card, and they may have fixed this manufacturing problem because once people get their card fixed they seem very happy with it.As mentioned above, PCI Express is a standard interface and you should be able to use any x16 PCIe graphics card.Also, from my research (and talking to the Mechanical Engineers at work) heat pipes have mostly conquered orientation issues by special wicking materials internal to the pipe.Hope this helps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FoxyXI, post: 81516, member: 24556"] I have the EAX1600XT SILENT mentioned above, and it does a great job! When I looked a few months ago, it was the most powerful silent card I could find that didn't have a crazy heat pipe setup that wouldn't fit my HTPC case. It is a really powerful card, and the passive cooling works well with a bit of airflow (your two 120mm fans should be killer, and I am very jealous). The only thing to be careful of is that several people (including me) had to return their first card because of lockups or reboots, most likely due to damaged or improperly manufactured heat pipe bonding. Newegg has a lot of reviews on the card, and they may have fixed this manufacturing problem because once people get their card fixed they seem very happy with it. As mentioned above, PCI Express is a standard interface and you should be able to use any x16 PCIe graphics card. Also, from my research (and talking to the Mechanical Engineers at work) heat pipes have mostly conquered orientation issues by special wicking materials internal to the pipe. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]

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