Thermalright Aftermarker Cooler 4870

Man with the HR-03, temps drop enormously. Load temps almost by half. It would have been nice with a comparison with the accelero coolers seeing as the HR-03 cost at least $40 with an MSRP of $55 =(.
 
Is there a specific point to your post or is it just for the hell of it? The HR-03 GT's cooling abilities are well-known.
 
I was just sharing the information with people who may not know about this cooler. No point really just sharing information.
 
Sorry to disappoint you guys, I had no Idea there was another Thermalright cooler (Rad2) on the market, the Rad2 looks intresting though.
 
I recently bought the vision tek ati branded card, it idled at 76C just after installing in a coolermaster stacker 830 case, fan is set at 12 or 20 percent I cannot remember, anyhow I did the XML manual fan adjustment to 45 percent and now my 4870 idles at 44C to 47C, I dont think you'll find much better with an aftermarket cooler, both ATI and NVIDIA cards are coming stock with an arctic cooling system on them, id have to say mine is rather efficient and not needing the expense or aggravation or bulkiness of an aftermarket cooling solution.
 
Krenum said:
Sorry to disappoint you guys, I had no Idea there was another Thermalright cooler (Rad2) on the market, the Rad2 looks intresting though.
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thermal right makes great heat sinks, dont get me wrong I live their si 128 that I use on most all of my builds, but these GPU coolers are big and heavy on a pci express slot
 
Some pic & vid from my setup...

HD4870 with HR-03 GT and Noctua NF-B9 using Installation Type 1

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Still can't beat hwcanucks performance, but I'm very happy with the performance and the low noise compared to stock cooler.

More detail in my video here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JJ9BpjcPEY
HR-03 GT Setup Type 1
thermal paste : ArcticSilver5
Clock : 790/1100
idle : 37-38
full load : avg 48 (barely can reach 50)

My previous Installation Type 2 is 8 degrees hotter than this one (Type 1) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz1gL5TiZfY

IMO.... 4870 with HR-03 GT
Pros :
- Provide very good cooling solution to the GPU at low noise level (possibility of passive cooling setup)
Cons :
- Under full load 4870 VRM can gets too hot with heatsink, Stock Cooler provide more stable cooling to VRM, that's why I had to put another fan to cool RAM/VRM part of the card.
- Will eat your casing space
 
I am running it also. Make sure you put some active cooling on the VRM's.... they get HOT..My idle temps are 48C and load 58C load using a 2k rpm fan and clocked 865/1100. It ran much cooler at stock clock.

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I would use one, but its just way too big, the advantages over the current one isn't that great either, its a bit more quiet, but for the space it requires I simply cannot fit it with crossfire in my case.

Do I have a bad case? not really, I just want something smaller and am seriously thinking water cooling once I find a good review with a complete set up running the 4870 on the loop.
 
Speaking of space consumption, how many slots does the HR-03 GT take up excluding fan? How would it compare to the V2 all copper unit? It seems much smaller and less costly.
 
^ That's absolutely nuts, but gorgeous at the same time. :eek:
 
works good :)

the best part all those fans its pretty dang quiet, all the 120 mm ar 5v (5x120mm @ 5v) and the 120mm notua on the cpu are @ 12v, the 92mm notua on the gpus are 12v

the top 200 is 5v

much quieter than youd think for so much stuff crammed in there lol
 
APOLLO said:
Speaking of space consumption, how many slots does the HR-03 GT take up excluding fan? How would it compare to the V2 all copper unit? It seems much smaller and less costly.
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cooler looks small, and it seems to fit mid-range cards only, not including 4850/4870.
 
I have tried this vga cooler on a reference 4870 and the thing that no one seems to mention except for a couple people on the internet is that although you gpu may be well cooled, your VRMs are fucken ROASTING! :mad: going over 120 C from the shitty little ramsinks they give you. That means you have to spend even more money for a special vrm\mosfet cooler and then you have to put a special shim so it doesn't damage any of the parts on the video card. I went back to the stock cooler, too much trouble. Use a program such as Rivatuner to monitor many components on the video card such as the VRMs and then go run Crysis, or Furmark or ATI tool.
 
Just get an antec spot cool for VRMs. I'm still debating which coolers to get (S1 or maybe try out the new Trad2's) on my 4850's...but I might just jump to the new 4870x2 refresh whenever the hell that comes out....
 
soulesschild said:
Just get an antec spot cool for VRMs. I'm still debating which coolers to get (S1 or maybe try out the new Trad2's) on my 4850's...but I might just jump to the new 4870x2 refresh whenever the hell that comes out....
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Yea, either that or mount a fan (or fans) on a side panel to blow on that part of the video card.

I have had the same dilemma with my 4870, should i use the HR-03 GT or Accelero S1 Rev.2? So i intially ordered the HR-03 GT and then got the Accelero for another card so i'm going to try both and see which one works better and gives me a higher overclock.I'll post results here if i get a chance.
 
orpanyD said:
I have tried this vga cooler on a reference 4870 and the thing that no one seems to mention except for a couple people on the internet is that although you gpu may be well cooled, your VRMs are fucken ROASTING! :mad: going over 120 C from the shitty little ramsinks they give you. That means you have to spend even more money for a special vrm\mosfet cooler and then you have to put a special shim so it doesn't damage any of the parts on the video card. I went back to the stock cooler, too much trouble. Use a program such as Rivatuner to monitor many components on the video card such as the VRMs and then go run Crysis, or Furmark or ATI tool.
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Look at the pictures in the thread. I posted one with a spot cooler over my VRM's. Runs VERY cool and still VERY quiet. Cheap mod that works well.
 
*WoW*@CanadaOwnsJoo

awfully pretty, I was staring at that in a way that makes me feel like a sinner
 
orpanyD said:
I have tried this vga cooler on a reference 4870 and the thing that no one seems to mention except for a couple people on the internet is that although you gpu may be well cooled, your VRMs are fucken ROASTING! :mad: going over 120 C from the shitty little ramsinks they give you. That means you have to spend even more money for a special vrm\mosfet cooler and then you have to put a special shim so it doesn't damage any of the parts on the video card. I went back to the stock cooler, too much trouble. Use a program such as Rivatuner to monitor many components on the video card such as the VRMs and then go run Crysis, or Furmark or ATI tool.
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I am very disappointed at those tiny heatsinks as well. I eventually went back to 4850 stock cooling. I am going to get a slot fan and some good heatpads to try again. I haven't been impressed with the setup as whole yet. I hope it'll work out well after install all the extra stuff, or else I am selling it.

btw, VRM can actually go up to 150C (reported in GPU-Z) with my vgpu voltmod.
 
I am not sure if that'll fit on a 4850, the layout is different.
 
oMek said:
lol this is how you do it!

full post here... http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/user-reviews/8855-thermalright-hr03-gt-ati-hd-4870-a.html

i ran my old 4870 like this for awhile and its the best your gona get for the VRMs. it requires the vrm sink and a shim of sorts (still have mine sitting in the closet now that i sold the 4870)

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i love that! I wonder if you have tried rigging a small fan on that HR-09, i think that would be even more awesome.

Too bad i already installed my Tweakmonster ramsinks with Arctic Alumina so its permament otherwise i would've tried this as well.
 
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