Anyone actually install the HR-03GTX yet?

[Retro]

You have to take a before and after pic of the base on that HR-03. Im sure that you'll drop a few degrees by lapping her.

It took forever to lap that thing to a nice and flat base. I had arthritis by the time that I was done, but it was worth it. It should work well with a Q9650, I ran a decent voltage ~1.4 cpu-z and it kept my e8400 very cool. I ordered the q9650 yesterday. I couldnt resist, now I just have to wait. I can't wait to see how she clocks. My e8400 was a C0 and didn't clock too well (solid chip though) so it should be a nice upgrade. I just have to decide if I want to lap it or not, Im sure that I will at some point, just because.

Now I have to wait on the HR-03. I was thinking that if you could install it with the stock backplate it would look much better. Ive allways liked the look of the GTX 260/280 backplates. I have a decent side fan that should work well to keep the chips on the back nice and cool. As long as you have the heatsink facing down the Nocturas shouldn't be too visable. If it keeps things quiet it's worth it, too bad Im way past that point my rig sounds like a windtunnel.

The lapping may help a bit with the temps, I just like the copper to be exposed to contact the gpu chip.

Q9650. Wow! They are on sale for $430 this week at my local retailer, but that's a bit too much for my budget. My E8600 is going to have to do for now. But you are going to have a lot of fun with it, here's a thread I just spotted in the Intel section:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=217134

I hope you can run it at 4 grand as well, that sucker will really fly


Fun lapping those TRUE's isn't it? But worth the effort.

I don't know if the HR-03GTX could be installed with the stock back plate, but it would look better than a "naked" card.
Windtunnel? Ah, you have a 1200. It's a nice case though, I would rather put up with a bit of extra fan noise for the excellent cooling it provides. What fans are you running in it?

Still waiting to buy the last few bits for the HR-03GTX. The damn thing is sitting on top of my desk staring at me through it's little windowed box