Thursday, November 1st 2007
Thermalright Releases HR-03 GT for GeForce 8800 GT
Thermalright has decided to release a new product in its HR-03 series. The new addition is the HR-03 GT with 6 heatpipes and a double sided heatsink base which can accommodate one 92mm fan. The HR-03 GT measures 134.5(L) x 163(W) x 112(H) mm, weights 130 grams and is SLI compatible. The cooler works with NVIDIA's GeForce 6800, 7800, 7900, 8600GTS series and the 8800GT 512MB plus ATI's X1800 and X1900 series.
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www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Thermalright/HR-03Plus
It has pictures of it installed the other way.
Now they are making coolers especially for the 8800 GT. This card is better than we thought.
GPU Load: 55-60C PCB Load: 45c. Its great, im using a 92mm fan, cooler is mounted under GFX card bc my Northbridge & CPU cooler is in the way the other way. I recommed this cooler for everyone who loves performance & silence!
Ps. My room temp when testing, was ca 24.3C.
I have a Asus A8N-32 Deluxe which has that massive heatpipe running through it which may cause a little problem. also ontop of that I run a huge Thermaltake Typhoon which will also cause problems as I want to run the cooler with the fins on the top of the card not under....
but if the heatsink was 'hanging' off the card then I may have a problem if i were to attach a fan onto it whilst running in SLI.
Might just about be possible. I guess there's an easier way to find out though, than through speculation, but it needs someone with balls... especially when you consider you might kill your 8800GT, not just with mounting the HR-03 in the first place, but with the fact you might kill it by burning a hole through it (even though Nvidia drivers will warn you before it gets too hot)
Anyone brave enough, and getting the combo; 8800GT, HR-03GT, and case with good airflow, not to mention, balls?
trt740: I got the V2 mounted on my 8600GTS, good heatsink, and I've got a decent enough fan blowing on it, but it's hovering about 50*c when the card is OCed to the clocks I've got in sys specs, so it might require just a decent, rather than uber-powerful fan to cool the 8800GT.
I think one of the early reviews stuck a Zalman HSF on the 8800GT, and it ran much cooler than stock, which I guess backs up my speculation that the 8800GT might just about run passive with the HR-03, without much complaint.
'good case airflow' wont help since its paralell to this cooler, and not blowing directly at it.
that said, i get awesome temps having a fan above AND below the heatsink (one in the normal position, above the card with the other fan zip tied to the GPU areas heatpipes) maybe 5C difference between load and idle, its mad :)
HR-03: Weight:350g (heatsink only)
HR-03 rev A: Weight:350g (heatsink only)
HR-03 Plus: Weight:410g (heatsink only)
HR-03/R600: Weight:410g (heatsink only)
So it's 410g as it has those extra pipes and that is too much when you put a fan (100g) there also. yes it's great performance, but I don't want a bent card.
I'd get the Thermaltake DuOrb instead of this: www.ngohq.com/images/articles/duorb/duorb1.jpg
it's 324g only and has all the heatsinks you need as well.