Thermaltake Duorb

[Sylvanas]

Title says it all, I am looking for a replacement cooler for my 3850's and I think one of the only options is the Duorb for a Crossfire setup. The HR-03GT really require a fan to be viable and fitting a fan makes the HR-03 a 3 slot solution thus it is not viable for Crossfire, the same goes for the Accellero S1, running that in passive is not really worth it over a Duorb which I understand is 2slot solution INCLUSIVE of the fan.

I see Thermaltake say the Duorb is compatible with the 3870 yet no mention of the 3850.....I am 99.9% sure that it would fit fine seeing as the 3850/70 have pretty much identical layouts and that the mounting holes are in the same place so I am looking for anyone who perhaps has a Duorb on a 38xx series card or any recommendations.

Thankyou

 

[Sylvanas]

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[DerwenArtos12]

You have the HIS IceQ3 coolers on there now, whats wrong with them? Video cards only see minimal gains from cooling below about 60C load.

 

[Sylvanas]

Originally posted by: DerwenArtos12
You have the HIS IceQ3 coolers on there now, whats wrong with them? Video cards only see minimal gains from cooling below about 60C load.

Not true, I have both HR-03's on my 2900XT and had one on my 8800GTX and they both saw at least a 40mhz more on the core as a result of improved cooling. The Iceq 3 cooler are 'fine' however they could be better, it isn't real copper (on the IceQ's) as I found out when I took them off last weekend to reapply some MX-2. After lapping the cooler it was clear that it was aluminium that was...I guess, 'painted' even applying rubbing alcohol made the coppery color run....in all I'd rather have a REAL copper setup. With my prior HR-03's, load temps came to 50c in most cases and I'm hoping I can achieve the same results with the Duorb.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Originally posted by: Sylvanas

Originally posted by: DerwenArtos12
You have the HIS IceQ3 coolers on there now, whats wrong with them? Video cards only see minimal gains from cooling below about 60C load.

Not true, I have both HR-03's on my 2900XT and had one on my 8800GTX and they both saw at least a 40mhz more on the core as a result of improved cooling. The Iceq 3 cooler are 'fine' however they could be better, it isn't real copper (on the IceQ's) as I found out when I took them off last weekend to reapply some MX-2. After lapping the cooler it was clear that it was aluminium that was...I guess, 'painted' even applying rubbing alcohol made the coppery color run....in all I'd rather have a REAL copper setup. With my prior HR-03's, load temps came to 50c in most cases and I'm hoping I can achieve the same results with the Duorb.

40mghz core(over stock) is good for what? 2-3FPS in a corssfire set-up? I still call that minimal.

Ignoring that all together though, check out the thermalright V2.

 

[Sylvanas]

Originally posted by: DerwenArtos12

Originally posted by: Sylvanas

Originally posted by: DerwenArtos12
You have the HIS IceQ3 coolers on there now, whats wrong with them? Video cards only see minimal gains from cooling below about 60C load.

Not true, I have both HR-03's on my 2900XT and had one on my 8800GTX and they both saw at least a 40mhz more on the core as a result of improved cooling. The Iceq 3 cooler are 'fine' however they could be better, it isn't real copper (on the IceQ's) as I found out when I took them off last weekend to reapply some MX-2. After lapping the cooler it was clear that it was aluminium that was...I guess, 'painted' even applying rubbing alcohol made the coppery color run....in all I'd rather have a REAL copper setup. With my prior HR-03's, load temps came to 50c in most cases and I'm hoping I can achieve the same results with the Duorb.

40mghz core(over stock) is good for what? 2-3FPS in a corssfire set-up? I still call that minimal.

Ignoring that all together though, check out the thermalright V2.

I guess I am an enthusiast in the sense of the word that more mhz is never enough .

Anyways thanks for the recommendation! Judging by the reviews here and here the V2 does perform very well with an 80mm fan- which would be how I intend to run it. I am now leaning towards this Thermalright V2 over the Duorb since in the past the Thermalright products I have bought have always been top notch stuff so unless someone can convince me otherwise this looks like the best choice.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Originally posted by: Sylvanas

Originally posted by: DerwenArtos12

Originally posted by: Sylvanas

Originally posted by: DerwenArtos12
You have the HIS IceQ3 coolers on there now, whats wrong with them? Video cards only see minimal gains from cooling below about 60C load.

Not true, I have both HR-03's on my 2900XT and had one on my 8800GTX and they both saw at least a 40mhz more on the core as a result of improved cooling. The Iceq 3 cooler are 'fine' however they could be better, it isn't real copper (on the IceQ's) as I found out when I took them off last weekend to reapply some MX-2. After lapping the cooler it was clear that it was aluminium that was...I guess, 'painted' even applying rubbing alcohol made the coppery color run....in all I'd rather have a REAL copper setup. With my prior HR-03's, load temps came to 50c in most cases and I'm hoping I can achieve the same results with the Duorb.

40mghz core(over stock) is good for what? 2-3FPS in a corssfire set-up? I still call that minimal.

Ignoring that all together though, check out the thermalright V2.

I guess I am an enthusiast in the sense of the word that more mhz is never enough .

Anyways thanks for the recommendation! Judging by the reviews here and here the V2 does perform very well with an 80mm fan- which would be how I intend to run it. I am now leaning towards this Thermalright V2 over the Duorb since in the past the Thermalright products I have bought have always been top notch stuff so unless someone can convince me otherwise this looks like the best choice.

I had a V1 when they first came out and AFAIK they were the first application of heatpipes for video cards and they were downright amaizing for the time. The v2 came out a while after and offered very close the same performance but, in a more compact size that fit just on the lower side of the video card and between the two they pretty much held as top dog for at least a year, i think longer. IMHO for it's size the V2 is an amizing deal.

I don't disagree with you on every mhz counts. I've got a Arctic cooler NV5 with the fan and ducting removed and a 70mm cheapy assu fan mounted directly to it. Idles at about 35 and loads no higher than 52 which I'd say is good enough for the time being.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

how about the VF900? Although the V2 looks pretty sick.