Thermalright HR-03 PLUS for the 8800 series cards

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aigomorla

aigomorla

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i honestly dont see the reason to UPGRADE the 8800 series cooler. Its reported to do a dayam good job, at low noise.

The only upgrade i would see being "worth it" would be a waterblock.

Even tho you upgrade it through water or aftermarket cooler, your still going to need to cool the mosfets on the card.


Anywayz, i think the stock cooler should be kept on unless your on water.
 
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Remedy

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Originally posted by: aigomorla
i honestly dont see the reason to UPGRADE the 8800 series cooler. Its reported to do a dayam good job, at low noise.

The only upgrade i would see being "worth it" would be a waterblock.

Even tho you upgrade it through water or aftermarket cooler, your still going to need to cool the mosfets on the card.


Anywayz, i think the stock cooler should be kept on unless your on water.
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If you wanted to try and run it passive, you quite possibly do it with the Thermalright. But, the same can't be said about the Stock heatsink.
 
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enz660hp

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Originally posted by: aigomorla
i honestly dont see the reason to UPGRADE the 8800 series cooler. Its reported to do a dayam good job, at low noise.

The only upgrade i would see being "worth it" would be a waterblock.

Even tho you upgrade it through water or aftermarket cooler, your still going to need to cool the mosfets on the card.


Anywayz, i think the stock cooler should be kept on unless your on water.
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You forget overclocking...

I wonder what the r600 cooler will look like. Perhaps this will fit that card as well...
 
Cookie Monster

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Hmm, the HR-03 plus fits on the 8800 series although its a jsut a passive cooler. I think thats asking for too much when G80s idle around 60 and reach up to high 80s when gaming on the stock HSF/fan.
 
SparkyJJO

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that is what adding an extra fan is for. But the HR-03 run passively keeps the X1900XT cooler than stock when case airflow is good. That is one serious GPU cooler!
 
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Originally posted by: SparkyJJO
that is what adding an extra fan is for. But the HR-03 run passively keeps the X1900XT cooler than stock when case airflow is good. That is one serious GPU cooler!
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YEYEY and this hhas more heatpipes
 
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Pyrokinetic

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The cooler for the 8800 series cards is the HR-03 Plus, which does not have any reviews yet. Nice that the HR-03 works so well on the ATI cards, but I want to read some reviews on the Nvidia 8800 series cards before I purchase one.

However, as a longtime user of a Thermalright V-1, I expect the HR-03 Plus to perform quite well.
 
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chizow

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Nice looking cooler and great design, but I'd dump that money into a GTX before an after-market cooler for the GTS. As mentioned, the stock cooler does a great job and isn't any louder than 120mm fans running @1000-1300rpms
 
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I contacted Arctic Cooling awhile back and they finally got back to me stating they were indeed also coming out with a VGA Cooler for the 8800 Series. No other info. available.
Lets hope this Cooler vents out the back like there other VGA coolers
 
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msarp

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The HR-03 is going to be released in stores Monday the 26th. ! You might want to wait till there are some reviews on it and also the upcoming Arctic Cooling Version.
 
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msarp

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I spoke to Coolerguys.com on the phone and he told me that they should be in his shop by wen/thur. and on his site Fri/ Sat. for about 48.00.
Hope this helps!!!
 
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msarp

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I ordered one from Coolerguys for 49.00 shipped.There seems to be a problem w/ the HSI heatsink . On there site they said:" Compatible with Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX video cards only.
For 8800 GTS card, a seperate HSI heatsink is required (available by mid March, free to existing HR-03 Plus owners.)

NOTE: In order for HR-03 PLUS to run effectively, it is strongly recommended that a 92mm fan is installed.

Here is the first reveiw I found of this cooler . Scroll down the page and you will see the review by tommcd64

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=501275&page=2

use the promo code "thankyou" for free shipping @ coolerguys. It worked for me.
Hope this helps.
 
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Remedy

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So, this only compatible with 8800 and not Retro compatible with previous cards on the market such as the x1900 series? I find it odd they would make it proprietary to one card that may be discontinued in 7 months. :confused:
 
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This looks like a great product, and I really want to get one, but....is this H/S going to void the warranty on my $600 vid card?! 
 
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Warranty is still good as long as you put stock heatsinks back on after you fry the card because you installed the HR-03 wrong LOL. I have 2 of the original HR-03's on my 7950's and they're awsome! Can't go wrong with these even if they were the same cooler with a different adapter, but they're even better! Pics here http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=29033
http://www.planetamd64.com/index.php?showtopic=30468
Yeah, my noob SLI post, but concentrate on the pics instead of me being a noob lol. :evil:
 
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