Which after market cooler?

The Thermalright HR-03 is the best cooler for 8800 series cards. You'll need any 92mm fan to go with it. Notice the heatpipes that remove heat from the GPU area and get it as far as possible from the card, this provides better cooling.


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835109136



By systemlord at 2007-12-29



By systemlord at 2007-12-29

Even at low speed (the fan) it's silent therefore, and still easily beats all the others.. Notice how it fails miserably when used passively though.
Ryan

I noticed you guys recommend the HR-03 plus for the 8800GT. I have a 8800GT in which I'm looking for some extra cooling. I bought the HR-03 plus, but after some reading in Thermalrights web site it says that the HR-03 plus will not work on a 8800gt and that I need the HR-03 gt cooler. I have seen people put a VF900 zalman cooler on there 8800 gt which its really not made for. My question is will the HR-03 plus fit my 8800gt? Is it that just the ram sinks are different or don't have enough of them or is the mounting holes different? Is there little modifacations that need to be done to fit and work PROPERLY? I'd hate to take apart card and find out it's not going to work. I normaly would just RMA this one but newegg dosen't offer a HR-03 gt as of yet. Any help would be great,thanks in advance. Newegg gets 2 eggs for not letting one know that HR-03 fits all 8800 series card EXCEPT the G92 8800 cards and not stocking the one that does!

On directcanada.com it says it does not come with a fan, is there a special one I need with it, or a recommended one, from that site?

"My question is will the HR-03 plus fit my 8800gt?"
It may (with mod.) but the HR-03GT is made for the 8800GT.

"I have seen people put a VF900 zalman cooler on there 8800 gt which its really not made for."
Incorrect (partially)
The VF900 has been out for a couple of years, and is compatable with the 7900 series cards. Mounting holes are identical on the 8800GT.

Everyone is missing the point of this poll. The OP states HR-03 without the fan. This would be suicide.
Take note of this chart at the very bottom (last entry).
The HR-03 passive performs worse than the stock coooler on low.
Overclocked it failed.
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/arti [...] h1c2lhc3Q=
Use a 92mm fan with it.

The HR-03 AND HR-03GT are basically the same thing, same cost.
The only added expense is a 92mm fan, which is not much considering the $50+ price to begin with. It was still $50+ to begin with so what is the reason for your poll?
The best option usually costs the most.
Why don't you just get this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814125081
already o'cd and with a Zalman cooler on it already

I would of thought it would limit an OC but some mem sinks can easily be added. It would get great airflow too.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835118220


For example.


Just make sure you leave them for a day before using it or moving them.

I don't see why they didn't just put those on the card int he first place >_<

Run Linux

That card is awfully tempting, but a lot of people on newegg are complaining about problems with it, along with this forum http://www.hardforum.com/showthrea [...] 88&page=10, should I trust it?

You would have to ask Thermalright, but you seem to have found the anser yourself. There are only two Thermalright GPU coolers that I know of one for the 8800 series and one for the ATI 3800 series.