Thermalright HR-02 !!!
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Will this also mount at 90 degrees so that it can sit under a top mounted or PSU fan instead of a rear fan? That could mean it would work excellently in a P180.
Great. The stock coolers have left me traumatised so at least I won't get any flashbacks with this.It will not get in the way of your memories at all
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Looking forward to this one.
Haven't yet found a suitable upgrade to my HR-01 currently running semi-passive (i.e no active fan, but ducted to the rear case fan) on my mildly overclocked i7 920 (@3.6Ghz). But this might be the one.
Not too worried about the weight as the Thermalright mounting is excellent and most enthusiast motherboards (i.e. those designed to be overclocked) are built to handle heavy coolers. Might be an issue for those with budget motherboards though.
Haven't yet found a suitable upgrade to my HR-01 currently running semi-passive (i.e no active fan, but ducted to the rear case fan) on my mildly overclocked i7 920 (@3.6Ghz). But this might be the one.
Not too worried about the weight as the Thermalright mounting is excellent and most enthusiast motherboards (i.e. those designed to be overclocked) are built to handle heavy coolers. Might be an issue for those with budget motherboards though.
It seems they listened to you lol... the pictures on their website show 32 fins!Mats wrote:HR-01 PLUS: 33 fins.
HR-02: 45 fins.
If the fin thickness and the total fin height is the same, then the spacing is 2.17 mm.
I think they should have stayed at 33 fins.
http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/ ... hr-02.html
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I sent them an email and they answered very quickly. I'm impressed.
The approximate date isn't too bad either...
Email Sent (June 23rd 4PM EST) :
Answer (June 24th 3AM EST) :
The approximate date isn't too bad either...
Email Sent (June 23rd 4PM EST) :
Hello,
I'm trying to purchase the Thermalright HR-02 shown on your website (http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/ ... hr-02.html) and cannot find it at any of the North American stores shown on your "were to buy" page.
Where can I purchase this CPU cooler?
Regards,
Answer (June 24th 3AM EST) :
Dear Druneau,
Thanks for your mail and sorry for the reply.
The webpage you have seen is for preview purpose, we are working on the mass production now, and hopefully this model will be available in mid July.
Best Regards,
Armand Cheng
Lea-Min Tech., Co., LTd.
(Thermalright, Taiwan)
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Today I saw a local review in Chinese, perhaps you can take a look at some pictures, the details are interesting.
http://www.chiphell.com/portal-view-aid-115-page-6.html
According to the test result, it can beat Prolima Mega with a few degrees and will become the new champion, which is very promising. The only drawback is still that too heavy.
http://www.chiphell.com/portal-view-aid-115-page-6.html
According to the test result, it can beat Prolima Mega with a few degrees and will become the new champion, which is very promising. The only drawback is still that too heavy.
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In that first review posted it looks like if the HR02 is installed it is angling away from the motherboard. Are they now actively trying to not cool the VRM area? It wasn't bad enough that there was airflow PARALLEL to the motherboard, now we need to have it angle away from it?
Otherwise, yeah, it's big and heavy, thus effective. I won't switch over from my HR01 plus but it still looks good. I have no problem with heavy coolers if they're fastened with a solid mechanism like that of Thermalright and not all the bullsh*t Scythe comes up with, hanging heavy coolers off on Intel's pushpin joke or selling really crappy and not thought-out bolt-through kits.
Otherwise, yeah, it's big and heavy, thus effective. I won't switch over from my HR01 plus but it still looks good. I have no problem with heavy coolers if they're fastened with a solid mechanism like that of Thermalright and not all the bullsh*t Scythe comes up with, hanging heavy coolers off on Intel's pushpin joke or selling really crappy and not thought-out bolt-through kits.
You've to take the result with a grain of salt as it is engineering sample rather than final retail product. Also the final package, accessories, bundle fan, retail pricing still remain to be seen till the launch of HR-02 and will be absolutely different from review sample in the article. That said, I'd believe Thermalright's reputation of performance based on their prime records, so HR-02 should be a potent forerunner in terms of air-cooling.Druneau wrote:Here's another review of the HR-02 which is hard to read lol
http://www.xfastest.com/cms/tid-46239/
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In the last link the hr02 is tested on an 3.8ghz qx9650 and manages to keep it at 57.4 degrees. That`s excellent performance considering there is no fan on the h/s. The promixity of the fins to the exhaust fan really seems to work. In fact, the reviewers tried mounting it the other way round and performance in fanless mode suffered greatly.
It`s probably one of the few coolers that could passively cool a stock core i7 (orochi and the twin towers from Noctua/Coolink are others that come to mind).
I know it`s possibly not a retail sample and we also don`t know the ambient temperature or cpu voltage, but I think the hr02 looks very promising.
It`s probably one of the few coolers that could passively cool a stock core i7 (orochi and the twin towers from Noctua/Coolink are others that come to mind).
I know it`s possibly not a retail sample and we also don`t know the ambient temperature or cpu voltage, but I think the hr02 looks very promising.
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One problem is that the distance between heatsink and the rear fan is not constant, and the distance is very critical for "passive" cooling effect. For LGA775, it's very close. Though named as "passive", it can be regarded as rear-mounted fan. That's why we see such excellent result for QX9650 (there is only 5 degrees improvement after adding another fan on heatsink).
While for other platforms, I don't think it is still so lucky.
While for other platforms, I don't think it is still so lucky.