Introduction

Water cooling is becoming more and more popular but there are still people out there who just don't want to mix water and electricity, so there are companies out there that continue to develop excellent air cooling solutions for today's hot CPU's. Thermalright is one of those companies that make excellent looking and performing cooling solutions, today for review I have the Thermalright HR-01-K8 with blue fan duct for review. I've reviewed Thermalright products before and know just how well they are made and perform, but the HR-01 really surprised me with its performance, rivaling that of my liquid cooling setup. Read on to see what I learned...

Quick Specs

Here's some quick info about the HR-01 from the Thermalright website:

Features:
- Fanless design for low-noise operation
- Proprietary through holes on fins for efficient ventilation
- Multiple heatpipes for well spread heat around aluminum fins
- Soldered fins to copper base (nickel plated) to make effective contact
- Light weight and easy installation

Technical Spec.:

Dimension:
L110 x W60 x H159.5 (mm) Heat sink only

Weight:
525g (heat sink only)

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