Thermalright HR-03 Plus VGA Cooler Review
X-bit Labs has posted a review of the Thermalright HR-03 Plus VGA cooler.
Here’s what they had to say:
“I liked the cooler even with the above mentioned drawbacks. It delivers higher performance and is quieter than the stock GeForce 8800 cooler. And I guess many owners of such graphics cards are viewing the photos in this article and thinking if they could attach a 120mm rather than a 90mm fan to it. I think the only serious drawback of the new cooler is that the hot air is not exhausted outside as is the case with the reference GeForce 8800 cooler, but this is a rather subjective thing and should be evaluated for a particular system case with its system fans. The heavy weight of the cooler and its blocking of three neighboring expansion slots are drawbacks, too. As for the price, the HR-03 Plus matches the price of the graphics cards it is meant for. Expensive cards can’t be cooled with cheap coolers.”
While this is one of the only VGA coolers to support the GeForce 8800 series, the ~$55 USD price tag is excessive. Personally, I would wait for Arctic Cooling to release a compatible Accelero S-series model.
Click here to read the full review.
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