Thermalright HR-03 Plus: Aftermarket cooling for the 8800 overclockers...

[TouGe]

Nice temps TouGe. Which way do you have the HR-03 mounted, on top of the PCB or below the Core and Memory? And which way is the fan blowing?

I have it mounted so that the heat pipes are below the PCB and the fan is blowing up towards the mem sinks. This leaves me one open PCI slot for my x-Fi card and nothing else. You can still squeeze in connectors for USB and firewire though.

[Origin_Unknown]

im very pissed off about the late release of the hsi chip cooler

quietpc.com and thecoolingshop.com arn't going to bother due "to lack of interest" and the gjitt i spoke to at thermalright didnt know what i was talking about *sigh*

[bhag]

im very pissed off about the late release of the hsi chip cooler

quietpc.com and thecoolingshop.com arn't going to bother due "to lack of interest" and the gjitt i spoke to at thermalright didnt know what i was talking about *sigh*

Yeah I'm waiting for the GTS HS also...

[minsc_tdp]

I have it mounted so that the heat pipes are below the PCB and the fan is blowing up towards the mem sinks. This leaves me one open PCI slot for my x-Fi card and nothing else. You can still squeeze in connectors for USB and firewire though.

TouGe, I've got almost the identical setup (different mobo), can you measure how far below the video card the HR-03 goes?

I also have the Tuniq so I'll have to mount it below, and I need to make sure it won't reach the X-Fi in the bottom-most slot.

Thanks!

[TouGe]

TouGe, I've got almost the identical setup (different mobo), can you measure how far below the video card the HR-03 goes?

I also have the Tuniq so I'll have to mount it below, and I need to make sure it won't reach the X-Fi in the bottom-most slot.

Thanks!

Uhm, yeah....

The distance from the vid card to the bottom of the fan is greater than 3" but less than 3.25"--there is some flex in the card so its hard to be exact unless I power down my computer and take the card out. Please don't ask me to power down my computer . The fan itself is 25mm wide.
You can get the height of the heatsink from their website and just factor in the fan width, that's what I did.
And yes, you will definitely need a fan....

I hope that helped.

[Gigamoller]

This is a GTS with the standard hr-03 plus, so without the new HSI heatsink. As you can see the user modded it himself to make it fit, seems kinda easy?

[james111]

Can you still use that HSI heatsink on a GTX after it's been modded like that?

[Nanometer]

No, sadly not. Well possibly if you make the heatsink go at an awkward angle it might work.

[Origin_Unknown]

weird, that pic doesnt show the heatsink at a aquard angle?

[LuckyNV]

weird, that pic doesnt show the heatsink at a aquard angle?

well might be due to the fact its been cut so it fits

[mariosimas]

This is a GTS with the standard hr-03 plus, so without the new HSI heatsink. As you can see the user modded it himself to make it fit, seems kinda easy?

hey that is my 8800 GTS

i cut the smal bit in the HSI heatsink with a dremmel.


I´m using the HR-03 Plus with a Silenx 120x120x38 mm, 72 cfm :








I didn´t get more oc from the card, i´m using it @ 645/1970.

The temps dropped almost 15ºC at full using the ATITool. Now i have 53ºC

@ load and 40ºC in the windows with a ambient temperature of 20ºC

[Gigamoller]

Yeah sorry, saw it in the other thread and thought I would link it here =D

[mariosimas]

Yeah sorry, saw it in the other thread and thought I would link it here =D

no problem

[mariosimas]

here you have the HSI heatsink to the 8800 GTS:

[Origin_Unknown]

since the berks in the uk shops dont want to get the gts version in 'because there isnt the demand' looks like im going to have to mod the hsi

[bhag]

Another Review

[Battle_Rattle]

Picked this up yesterday for my GTS... one question

Did everyone seat the stock ram heatsinks with Ceramique? The heatsink pads barely gave any adhesion at all, especially the "C" heatsinks...

Confirm?

[Origin_Unknown]

ive just ordered on from tekheads.co.uk since there one has the GTS HSI chip included.

[JC_Denton]

Battle_Rage + Origin_Unknown, can you please post some results when you install the Cooler? Thanx

[Battle_Rattle]

ive just ordered on from tekheads.co.uk since there one has the GTS HSI chip included.

Give us your thoughts on the adhesion of the C heatsinks

[Origin_Unknown]

Battle_Rage + Origin_Unknown, can you please post some results when you install the Cooler? Thanx

Hopefully i should be getting it on friday so ill post some results either friday night or on saturday.

Give us your thoughts on the adhesion of the C heatsinks

Will do. before i get it, are the 'c' heatsinks the memory ones?

[Kanten]

I still just wish there was a lower-profile solution, that thing is a big honking system with a fan attached.

[Jodiuh]

I just got an RMA for mine. Aside from the "can't use more than one pci slot" issue, the 8800's current fan is not only quiet, but works well if the fan speeds increased a little bit. It's louder, but at least your not playing "leaning tower of card" w/ the pcb + 2 tall heatsink + fan.

Surely arctic cooling will have something soon that doesn't cost $75+ w/ fan and shipping.

PS. I had the HR-03 for the X1900 and never really cared for the crazy size/droop, but there really was no other choice.

[Origin_Unknown]

mines currently at home so ill install after work!!

[Origin_Unknown]

Give us your thoughts on the adhesion of the C heatsinks

Jesus, are they stuck on with wet paper? the sticky tape on the 'c' sinks (which cover the vot regs??) is rubbish, one of mine kept falling off with only the slightest touch! maybe it was because the card hadnt been turned on yet and the glue hadn't had time to bond to the chips? but after a turn on of the machine it "seems" to me attached ok now.

here's a few pics of the install.... then onto test results.

Couple of pictures of the heatsink just out of the box


The new moddified HSI chip


Front and back of the card / original cooler


I cant get over why companys use this crap on there cards


Naked


This is how the beast looks attached to the card (with 120mm fan)


The guide says to use these thumb screw like ... er .. screws on the other side but so i could fit the card in with my NB cooler i switched sides.


This is the beasty mounted in my poor little case




Now onto the quick test results!!

Machine idle'n @ stock speeds for E6600 and for gfx.
Cpu - 16 & 17degrees.
GPU @ 53degrees



Machine running ORTHOS & ATI tool artifact scanner for 10 mins.
Cpu - 33 & 32degrees.
GPU @ 71degrees



Machine idle'n @ stock speeds for E6600 and for gfx but with HR-03-Plus installed.
Cpu - 20 & 19degrees.
GPU - 43degrees.



Machine running ORTHOS and ATI tool artifact scanner with HR-03-PLUS installed.
CPU - 35 & 34degrees.
GPU - 51degrees



the cpu temps were a bit odd but there was a few hours inbetween doing the first two tests and then doing the 2nd two tests.
To fit the cooler in with the HR-05-SLI i had to take the chipset cooler out and bend the heatpipes and the fins forward so it tilted towards the cpu socket (maybe this explains the higher cpu temps)

But overall im happy with the HR-03-Plus. It brought the full load temps of my GPU down to UNDER the idle'n temps of the stock cooler.
Like i said earlier my only niggle is the crappy tape on the 'c' heatsink but ill have to keep my eye on that for a few days untill im happy the heatsink isnt just going to fall off mid game and ruin my nice 8800GTS.


Hopefully this post has made some sence as im tired and really should be going to bed