[CUBE] Fanless Radeon

[Riba]

>> All I can say is that I have been using my Radeon with similar 
>> heatsink for 6 months no without any problem. The fan died and I 
>> replaced it with a passive heatsink. I don't have processor upgrade 
>> though.
>>
> Was the fan noise very noticeable? Are there quieter fans available 
> that would fit on the card?

The fan is almost silent when new. Unfortunately, it takes about a year 
- year and a half for it to go bad and to start emitting screeching 
noises. There are replacement fans out there, none of them are 
especially noisy, but I opted for a passive heatsink to solve this 
problem once & for all.