Difference between the Thermalright HR-05 and SLI?

[tareks]

Pretty much as the topic says, what's the difference between the two coolers? Basically what I want to do is replace the NB cooler on the DFI 965 board (if I can ever find one in Canada!) with one of those, and I'm not sure which one I should use I'm never going to go SLI w/ video cards, if it makes a difference.

Thanks!

 

[Zardnok]

The HR-05 is designed to mount directly above the NB and is what you want. The HR-05sli version has the heatpipes coming out of the block and making an "L" shape. The Heatsink is offset from the NB by about 1 inch.

 

[WobbleWobble]

The SLI version will fit on a non-SLI board and vice versa. It's all about where the fins lay as to not get in the way of video cards.

 

[tareks]

Originally posted by: Zardnok
The HR-05 is designed to mount directly above the NB and is what you want. The HR-05sli version has the heatpipes coming out of the block and making an "L" shape. The Heatsink is offset from the NB by about 1 inch.

Thanks for the info. So if I'm putting just 1 GeForce 8800GTS in on a DFI 965 board in an Antec P182, the regular HR-05 is what I wanna go for then?

Thanks.

 

[Zardnok]

Originally posted by: tareks

Originally posted by: Zardnok
The HR-05 is designed to mount directly above the NB and is what you want. The HR-05sli version has the heatpipes coming out of the block and making an "L" shape. The Heatsink is offset from the NB by about 1 inch.

Thanks for the info. So if I'm putting just 1 GeForce 8800GTS in on a DFI 965 board in an Antec P182, the regular HR-05 is what I wanna go for then?

Thanks.

Yes the plain jane HR-05 is what you want. If you use the sli version it will hit other components on your board (Memory, GPU, CPU-HSF) and not work.