Can the HR-03 even cool the 8800GTX enough?

I thought I saw a thread around here where someone had to attach a fan to it to cool it properly.

Mikey wrote:Some sites are saying that the 8800GTX is surprisingly quiet.. be interesting to find out just how quiet.

Anandtech said that the noise difference between it and the 7900GTX was "indiscernible". I guess SPCR's wouldn't count that as being quiet.

The stock 7900gt cooler is loud!

The VF900 is a much better and quieter cooler.

Give me an example;CPU/Mobo/DDR with X2 3X00+ Thanks X2-3800, Asus M2N-E, 2x512MB DDR2-667. Move up processor/ram in steps as you can afford it I guess. If you went Conroe, E63/6600, 2x512MB DDR2-667, mobo's are sort of in transition stage, so just pick any you can afford that's Conroe compatible.

You really can't compare those. E6300 is better than AMD X2 4200+ or sometimes even X2 5000+ - it depends what you do. I don't think X2-3500 even exists. Woops. I thought AMD released all the processors they had on 939 for AM2. I know they aren't comparable in performance, but it also depends on co...

Either AM2/Conroe.

I'm not sure how much things cost across the pacific, but X2-3500 or a E6300.

DDR2-667 is plenty fast.

I'm not upto date on AMD mobo's but for Intel, the 965 boards are the ones to get if you aren't going to go SLI/Crossfire.

Can the fan be mounted on the other side? If so, if the heatsink were also turned around, would the bend in the fins be enough so the fan air would blow onto the VRM's? Would this cool the VRM's enough?

- OCZ 2GB Kit DDR2-900 PC2-7200 Platinum XTC RAM (OCZ2N9002GK) - pricy, but fast and aimed at the M2N32-SLI chipset I wouldn't get such expensive RAM. I can't remember how the AM2 responds to faster RAM but Anandtech in one of their Conroe reviews tested Value RAM kits. Pretty much all the Value RA...