HR-02 with Fanless Design for Low-noise Operation Review
◆Introduction
Apparently countering its Silver Arrow CPU cooler, which boasts two fans, Thermalright is preparing to let loose the HR-02, a tower cooler that’s supposed to provide top performance but without using any fans.
As our guys all know that, fanless design is exclusively for low-noise operation. Both pre-HR-01 and HR-01 Plus get good performance in terms of heat dissipation, but it’s not enough to deal with super-CPU. Mybe HR-02 has this capability, how fantastic!
Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: HR-02 Intros
Page 3: HR-02 Installation
Page 4: The comparision of cooler and the rear fan
Page 5: Testing Platform
Page 6: HR-02 Performance Testing
Page 7: Summarization
July 19th, 2010 at 7:37 am
2 POUNDS (1100 grams) WITHOUT THE FAN?! O_O What was Thermalright thinking…
July 19th, 2010 at 9:20 am
HR-02 weighs 875g, not 1100g.
July 19th, 2010 at 9:42 am
That’s not what Thermalright’s site said.
Unless… it could be corrected later?
July 19th, 2010 at 10:09 am
875g is the actual measurement, just the cooler. Maybe what Thermalright’s site said include fans and buckle’s weight.
July 19th, 2010 at 11:07 am
I really like the design, made to get as close to the case exhaust fan as possible. But the price, $74, are they crazy?
July 23rd, 2010 at 2:54 am
@ Dynamic
Thermalright’s site updated the product page for the HR-02 regarding the weight of the cooler, which now says it weighs 860G (excluding fan and bracket system).
I don’t mean any disrespect… it’s just that every product is going to be different from what you see on said site. In your case, that HR-02 you reviewed was 15g heavier than what Thermalright posted on their specs.
This is the second time I can remember that the weight of a Thermalright cooler was incorrect before it was launched, and that was the AXP-140 (900G! O_O)
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