thermalright HR03 Plus 8800GTX cooler Q

HighlandeR · 2 Nov 2007 at 22:58

Hi just a quicky, can I use Artic silver 5 on the HSI and GPU rather then the white gunk that comes with the package?

Cheers

Rackerz · 2 Nov 2007 at 23:47

Yep, I used some other thermal paste on mine just today, works fine

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HighlandeR · 2 Nov 2007 at 23:54

cheers used the artic silver 5. figure why not better conductivity + a few heatsinks fells off ! used the artic 5 since its sorta sticky to bind it, did a good shake test and none fell off

Rackerz · 3 Nov 2007 at 00:10

Nice, I was lucky my 8800 was second hand. The RAM sinks were already stuck on nice and tight

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HighlandeR · 3 Nov 2007 at 00:18

oh boy went to slide the heatsink on and half the ram chips fell off again

Your lucky yours were stuck on !

They havent done a good job with the heatsinks, shame they couldnt have supplied epoxy or better sticking ones.

Does anyone know if that silver paste behind the heatsinks will harden up and stick to the ram chips ?

Rackerz · 3 Nov 2007 at 00:23

Usually when the chips heat up the ram sinks stick, you could give it a go.

HighlandeR · 3 Nov 2007 at 00:34

Yeah am hoping so but would be nice to hear of others if theres have hardened up and stuck after a few days use ?

Biffa · 3 Nov 2007 at 02:00

You want AS Thermal Epoxy or some thermal tape, that will keep em stuck on.

Tripnologist · 3 Nov 2007 at 02:51

Biffa said:
You want AS Thermal Epoxy or some thermal tape, that will keep em stuck on.

Yup, I used 50/50 Thermal Apoxy and AS. Worked perfectly.

HighlandeR · 3 Nov 2007 at 11:30

Only issue is got a whole pc to build and thats now halted due to lack of thermal epoxy =/

Does anyone else know if theres bonded over time? or did everyone end up having to go out and buy thermal epoxy ?

WeekendOC · 3 Nov 2007 at 12:17

I agree with all you guys... the RAM Heatsinks were not great... one or two fell off on the first day but since then they have been ok.

Will be going to a LAN next week and a little worried that these will not stay during the car ride... so might be an idea to get a bit of thermal epoxy to keep them in place.

I thought thermalright would have made these a little better as its not a cheap product.

Just my opinion!

young · 3 Nov 2007 at 12:27

has anyone with this heatsink been able to overclock much more than with the stock cooler? I got mine yesterday, and so far cannot get my ram to go above the stock 900 in ATI tool without artifacting, have I just been unlucky with my 8800GTX? Most people I'm seeing are overclocking the ram to about 1000-1100! My core goes up to about 655 though...

Rackerz · 3 Nov 2007 at 14:50

My core does around 658 no problems, it won't go further with my HR-03 though. The memory is the only one I can keep edging up without artifacting. Have you tried using Rivatuner to overclock?

HighlandeR · 3 Nov 2007 at 18:06

Well went into nothaplins today and they dont stock thermal sticky sheets or thermal epoxy anymore

Proberly doesnt help Ocuk doesnt have any in stock either !

Yeah totaly agreed for a product thats 35 quid they could have spent 5 minutes testing the product, product should really be recalled or a free epoxy/sticky pads kit should be on offer for customers having trouble.

Arcane · 3 Nov 2007 at 18:26

I've heard the EnzoTech BMR-C1's are very good and don't fall off as easily.