Thermalright HR-03 Plus 8800 VGA Cooler Review @ PC Perspective

**MIG-31** · Mar 30, 2007, 05:04 PM

Review: PC Perspective
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Thermalright designed the HR-03 specifically for NVIDIA 8800 video cards. An overclocked 8800 GTX can consume in excess of 300 watts of electrical power when fully loaded and the majority of that heat is released by the GPU. To handle the added heat load, the new HR-03 Plus uses a total of six heat pipes to cool the massive 8800 GPU (the original HR-03 used four heat pipes). When first released, the HR-03 Plus only supported the 8800 GTX cards but Thermalright now has a re-designed HSI heatsink, which allows the HR-03 Plus to work with GTS cards as well.

Lelisevis · Mar 30, 2007, 08:20 PM

Hmm not really too keen on this, it does a good job of cooling but takes up a hell of a lot of space. It says suitable for SLi configurations but I don't see how that would be possible? On top of that I like how the stock cooler vents outside the case, imagine an SLi system venting all that hot air into your case....toasty warm.
I think this is a case of providing a solution for a problem that doesnt exist, the stock cooler is good enough for the job and runs cool and quiet.

GutterPunk · Mar 30, 2007, 08:41 PM

It is possible to sli with these.

i like the cooler

Mar 30, 2007, 05:04 PM	#1
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Mar 30, 2007, 08:41 PM	#3
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Mar 30, 2007, 08:20 PM	#2
Lelisevis Howlin at the moon Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,663 Rep Power: 0	Hmm not really too keen on this, it does a good job of cooling but takes up a hell of a lot of space. It says suitable for SLi configurations but I don't see how that would be possible? On top of that I like how the stock cooler vents outside the case, imagine an SLi system venting all that hot air into your case....toasty warm. I think this is a case of providing a solution for a problem that doesnt exist, the stock cooler is good enough for the job and runs cool and quiet.