HR-03 GT on 4870 mem sink problem - Overclock.net

Elev8rSh0es · 03-03-09

ok so one of my friends just bought a 4870 of ebay and the man shipped it without a cooler no idea why

so he had 2 options keep the card and the man would give him a 100% refund or get the stock hsf

well he took the cash so he has a free 4870 but anyway he had a hr-03 gt he had bought because he was going to swap the coolers anyway and as we were installing it there are 2 mem sinks that are under the heat pipes and these are some pathetic heatsinks and they go under 6 hot heatpipes

so the basic question is will the bad memory cooling method with this cooler be enough for gddr5

i know the gpu will run cool but will it burn up the memory on the card??

imput appreciated

Tator Tot · 03-03-09

The memory should be fine as long as the case has plenty of airflow/a decent fan on the HR-03 GT

Elev8rSh0es · 03-03-09

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Originally Posted by Tator Tot

The memory should be fine as long as the case has plenty of airflow/a decent fan on the HR-03 GT

i hope so it just kinda seems like they spent all this time designing a great gpu cooler and realizing after the fact that its in the way but instead of adjusting the cooler they use a subpar solution to make it function

under heatpipes of a notoriously hot gpu covered in thin aluminum with no fins i mean they could have atleast made the cheap solution a good one and made it out of copper with deeper fins

Tator Tot · 03-03-09

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Originally Posted by Elev8rSh0es

i hope so it just kinda seems like they spent all this time designing a great gpu cooler and realizing after the fact that its in the way but instead of adjusting the cooler they use a subpar solution to make it function

under heatpipes of a notoriously hot gpu covered in thin aluminum with no fins i mean they could have atleast made the cheap solution a good one and made it out of copper with deeper fins

If you are really worried you can mount it in the B type configuration

It is the lower half of the picture.

Check for more info on Thermalrights page of the HR-03 GT

superon · 03-03-09

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Originally Posted by Tator Tot

If you are really worried you can mount it in the B type configuration

It is the lower half of the picture.

Check for more info on Thermalrights page of the HR-03 GT

There you go... perfect.

Elev8rSh0es · 03-03-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tator Tot

If you are really worried you can mount it in the B type configuration

It is the lower half of the picture.

Check for more info on Thermalrights page of the HR-03 GT

unfortunately the six heatpipes will still eclipse the 2 two middle ram chips on the top row no matter the direction even though method b seems rather interesting

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