OC3D Review: Thermalright HR-07 Trio Heatpipe Coolers

[JN]

"Need to cool down your memory modules? No room for noisy fans? Got 12GB or more to cool? Maybe Thermalright have the answer with the new HR-07 Trio..." - by W3bbo

Thermalright HR-07 Trio Heatpipe Coolers

 

[Ghosthud1]

holy.............

them sinks are dangerously epic

 

[PeterStoba]

Nice review as usual.

One issue;

Test Setup

For today's testing we will be using the Gigabyte EX-58 UD5, a mid-range Core i7 motherboard from Gigabyte that will allow us to push the memory on test to its absolute limit. Here's a breakdown of the rest of the components:

Processor

Intel Core i7 920 'Nehalem' @ 2.66Ghz

Motherboard

DFI Lanparty T3eH6 DK

I wonder if they made they a bit thinner it'd be easier to fit and would still cool them?

Nice idea though, really does look better than plain DIMMs

 

[monkey7]

Looks like an ace set, although the price hurts :X. Also, I don't think it would fit on my UD5 with noctua cooler. Even as it is now the fan goes a few mm into the DDR3_4 slot (iirc) airspace.

 

[tinytomlogan]

ARe they any dif from stock coolers? LOL not going to mis those are you.

Be nice to know if there was a temp diffeerence from the inside to the outside modules.

All the same another great review webbo

 

[Saviour]

$150 for a tri-chan setup is just too much, especially since there's nothing extra fancy about these coolers

if they were $30 each it'd be much easier to swallow

 

[JN]

$150 for a tri-chan setup is just too much, especially since there's nothing extra fancy about these coolers

if they were $30 each it'd be much easier to swallow

$100 dude. They come in packs of 3.

 

[w3bbo]

Looks like an ace set, although the price hurts :X. Also, I don't think it would fit on my UD5 with noctua cooler. Even as it is now the fan goes a few mm into the DDR3_4 slot (iirc) airspace.

Tbh m8, I'd forfeit the second fan on the Noctua for a set of these. The second fan adds very little to the cooling of the noctua anyway iirc.

ARe they any dif from stock coolers? LOL not going to mis those are you.

Be nice to know if there was a temp diffeerence from the inside to the outside modules.

All the same another great review webbo

Hard to say really m8 as the heat is transfered from the outside of the module, via the heatpipe to the fins.

$150 for a tri-chan setup is just too much, especially since there's nothing extra fancy about these coolers

if they were $30 each it'd be much easier to swallow

Price is really not too bad. Consider that some people spend just as much on watercooling connections (bitspower?) which are, if we are being totally honest, just for bling then it is not hard to justify spending the same amount on something more usefull that not only looks the part but cools great as well.

 

[zak4994]

I think that the pricing is perfect considering that these do perform so sweeeetly and live up to it.

 

[Freak]

Looks like an ace set, although the price hurts :X. Also, I don't think it would fit on my UD5 with noctua cooler. Even as it is now the fan goes a few mm into the DDR3_4 slot (iirc) airspace.

you could always turn the cooler 90 degrees.

 

[monkey7]

you could always turn the cooler 90 degrees.

It's nearly perfectly square and may not be above the ddr3 slot anymore but still be in the required space of the hr07

Don't have the money to upgrade now anyway

 

[Bungral]

Nice review Rich...

Was just looking at it though and how you mention that there isn't much room for a CPU fan.

Could you not have put them into the slots like L H L H L H rather than H L H L H L.. That would have bumpted them over a tiny bit no?

I could be wrong as it's hard to tell without having them in front of me.

 

[w3bbo]

Yeah, they can be orientated however you want as long as they are positioned alternatively. I guess it depends on how you orientate your CPU cooler too as to whether the cpu coolers heatpipes hit the memory heatsinks. Basically if tall memory modules fit (such as the dominator or OCZ reaper range) then you shouldn't have issues with these sinks.

 

[mayhem]

thats all fine but how much is it over here in the UK in £ ....... Dont bother with currency converters i what to know how much it will be in retail not importing them and then adding duty and vat and delivery and packing on top lol ...

 

[w3bbo]

I would expect to pay around the £35-40 mark per set. That's just my guestimate though as there are no official pricing figures for the UK market yet.

 

[Rastalovich]

(top of page 5 I think u mean overlooked instead of overclocked )

Good review, would like to have had a 3rd option of just a standard el-cheapo memory fan in the graphs.

 

[Saviour]

$100 dude. They come in packs of 3.

ah...still, hefty

Price is really not too bad. Consider that some people spend just as much on watercooling connections (bitspower?) which are, if we are being totally honest, just for bling then it is not hard to justify spending the same amount on something more usefull that not only looks the part but cools great as well.

yeah but watercooling has moving parts, heavily machined copper etc. these are nothing more than run of the mill heatsinks in a first to market design

then again, thats not exactly a bad position to be in

 

[denis6902]

it it okay for dual channel mem? wouuld it work? or is the spacing only for triple sets?

 

[w3bbo]

It would work fine for dual channel.

 

[sprento]

Let's hope it comes out in packs of 2 also.