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Thermalright HR-03 GTX

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Thermalright's cooling solution for the toasty GTX285/GTX260 cards.

Heatsinks are a funny thing - for CPUs we recommend them almost incessantly, simply because they unlock so much more potential (as well as generally being rather quiet comparatively).

Graphics cards already come with a decent cooler, which offers some headroom for overclocking, so why replace it with something like the HR-03 GTX?

The answer, as always - to be able to clock your GTX285 to GTX260 card to higher speeds, at cooler temps.

This latest offering from Thermalright has six heatpipes and a thoroughly massive base to transfer all that heat and pump it away from the core quickly, and on paper it looks a dream - we'll have to test it to find out if it is.

Check out an upcoming mag for the review of this cooler, but until then jump into the gallery of pics to have a closer look at the HR-03 GTX.

 

 
Product Info
Specs:
Six heatpipes, 410g, compatible with 120mm fan (not included), nickel plated copper base, aluminium fins.
Supplier:
Price when reviewed:
AUD$90
price check*
$55.30 Thermalright HR-03 Plus VGA Heatsink, For nvidia 8800GTX video cards, SLI/C...
Digitan Technology (NSW)
$65.26 Thermalright HR-03 GTX VGA Heatsink for nVidia GTX 200-series...
LiveFire (NSW)
$65.70 Thermalright HR-03 GTX VGA Heatsink for nVidia GTX 200-series
Digitan Technology (NSW)
$65.85 Thermalright HR-03 GTX VGA Heatsink for nVidia GTX 200-seriesThermalright H...
iiBuy (NSW)
$66.00 Thermalright HR-03 GTX VGA Heatsink for nVidia GTX 200-series
Megaware Computers (NSW)
$66.00 Thermalright HR-03 GTX VGA Heatsink for nVidia GTX 200-series HR-03 GTX
ITSky (NSW)
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Lazzarus2nd
Apr 7, 2009 8:57 AM
Great GPU cooler - I had them for my 8800 ultra's and they dropped the idle temp 15 degrees. :D
hungbui61279
Apr 7, 2009 10:17 AM
Very good GPU cooler. Just add a good fan on it. great for overclocker.
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