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Thermalright T-RAD2 GTX 2X92MM Heatpipe VGA Cooler for ATI/NVIDIA Cards in SLI and Corss Fire Mode

Thermalright T-RAD2 GTX 2X92MM Heatpipe VGA Cooler for ATI/NVIDIA Cards in SLI and Corss Fire Mode (Thermalright: T-Rad2 GTX)
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Thermalright T-RAD2 GTX 2X92MM Heatpipe VGA Cooler for ATI/NVIDIA Cards in SLI and Corss Fire Mode
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Rating: 8.2/10
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Cyrena_F@NCIX
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Review Date: 03/19/11
Cons: ram sink SUCKwould not trust the included thermal paste

Pros: quietfairly easy to install
Comment:
Needed something to change the stock cooler on a BFG gtx 285 OC. That card gets stupid hot, and i needed to crank the stock cooler to 100% to keep the card under 80 degrees celcius while gaming. It was loud and obnoxiousThis cooler does that, and you can barely hear it. Beware, the ram sinks are terrible. do you best with an eraser and possible contact cleaner before applying ram sinks. most 285 graphics cards has more ram chips than a standard ram sink kit (like the zalman blue ram sinks) so buy two of those kits if you do not plan on using the included ram sinks.
Lars_Y@NCIX
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Review Date: 12/26/10
Cons: LargeHeavySelectively compatible with recent Radeon series

Pros: Effective Cooling
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I've been using these since my dual HD3870's. For those cards it brought an average temperature of close to 80C down to max 56C under full load for a long gaming session.Personally I use two 92mm Noctua fans instead of the stock fans to reduce noise (even with 2 fans it's far quieter than the stock cooler).**NOTE**Putting two cards in crossfire with this cooler and fans, you will have ~0.5cm of space between the edge of the fan and the next card. You have VERY little room to play, but they still work effectively. I got effective cooling even with minimal clearance.Also clean your vRAM really really well with rubbing alcohol or some other suitable solvent, otherwise your RAM SINKS WILL NOT STAY. They stayed for me but only after extensive cleaning, so as long as you do that you'll be golden.Bottom line:This is an amazing and effective cooler, but you'll sacrifice space and available slots for it.This cooler also doesn't seem to be very compatible with the recent Radeon HD series so I anxiously await Thermalright's answer to this problem This review was modfied by poster @ 12-26-10 11:51 PM
chris_g@NCIX
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Review Date: 03/11/10
Cons: the ram coolers have useless 3mtape that fails even if u clean the surface off u need to waste ur time taking the tape off and u need to buy high density thermal compound or hot glue them on or they will all fall down.

Pros: it came with everything u need im running a gtx260 55nm and it use to game 48-65+ in games and idel around 36-38 on a good day now its ideling at 29deg after i replaced the fans with 2xzelmen 2800rpm fans and its still sounds alot better then the stock cooler.
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it a bit heavy but i have it supported by the 120mm fan inside my chase other wise it would be bending the card. i also used arctic silver premium high-density thermal compound for the ram coolers but their is still bare hot spots not covered on my gtx260 so i used some rando copper bits to cool them off.
graeme_b@NCIX
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Review Date: 03/10/10
Cons: A bit heavy on the tail end of the card, will cause your motherboard to flex more than average. With a 9600gt folding, the t-rad 2 sucks up the hot air and the temps of the 275 are back up to 89 on load.

Pros: fantastic Cooler for a single card. Load temps on my 275 where 89 with stock cooler and with the t-rad2 they hit maz 65.
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Fantastic for a single card set up. Currently in a antec 1200 so there is plenty of airflow. The rad is a bit heavy and is no longer effective with and sli or dual card set up if the second card is a folding card.
yan_m@NCIX
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Review Date: 02/18/10
Cons: For GTX models such as 275 and 285 there is a really warm part of the card that's not covered/cooled directly by the heatsink, relying instead on a small heatsink piece that you stick to it.The screws supplied put stress on the card by not having some sort of shaft that would rely on the card itself, beware when tightening screws.

Pros: Dropped average temps from 70's to 50's under load.My card would often go up to 80 degrees before the fans would pickup or the card would throttle under heavy load, now it's never made it into the 60's.Low rpm fans will allow you to cool sufficiently without any noise, what were manufacturers thinking when they put the fans in their stock coolers?Horizontal design will not take over all expansion slots.
Comment:
Works great, can be used as inaudible high performance cooling solution.Does not cool the entire card because of horizontal design, but there are so few good ways around that, it seems it will be affecting GTX users most because of the configuration of those cards.Fixing should really be improved, to put less stress on the card the screws should be made solid from the cooler to the card as was done in about every thermalright cooler I've owned previously.
hondalover@NCIX
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Review Date: 01/22/10
Cons: definetly should come with much better fans because with the ones it comes with doenst improve the cooling too much because the cooler cant handle constant heat on the heat pipes,it needs air to be going through them at a good speed.Also i think they should include an adapter that connects both fans to one header on the board or a fan controller.Maybe they should include a backplate aswell which i think helps the cooler sit better on the gpu.

Pros: It is as advertised crossfire capable.Any other cooler with 25mm fans will cover the second pcie slot.droped idle from 40 to 26 to 30 depending how hot room is.doesn't sound like a jet engine anymore even after changing to scythe fans spinning at 2500 rpm.load temps much lower.Never over 50 with a Powercolor 5850 overclocked to 950/1200 with 1.24v.It actually looks nice the cooler on the card.
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Overall it is a really good cooler that gets the job done while allowing you to add a second card if you ever decide to.Side not.Thanks to ncix for the really fast shipping to toronto.One happy customer here.
Maurice_G@NCIX
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Review Date: 01/21/10
Cons: the 3M tape do not hold well

Pros: Solid, Silent
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I buy this cooler because I was tire of the noise of the stock one, I also buy the vrm cooler too , I replace the thermal tape with the Artic Expoxy stuff. Very happy of the silent and the performance
justmoe1@NCIX
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Review Date: 01/05/10
Cons: with standard fan is still way too thick for sli/crossfire on most systems, bolts on top are too long taking far too much of the next slots area.

Pros: incredibly easy to install, slim, far better then stock
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gtx275 is now 33 idle 60-63 load. i replaced the garbage fans with 2 92mm scythe typhoons 2650rpm. super quiet and lots of air hitting the card.took 15-20 minutes to setup.
Kenny Kin Lun_C@NCIX
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Review Date: 12/29/09
Cons: -Undetailed instructions

Pros: -Quiet-3-pin cords were pretty long-comes with thermal compound
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This great cooler just shut my 4870 the hell up. I also liked how it comes with everything that is needed (fans, thermal compound, etc). The only downside to me is that the instruction sheet was pretty bad. I had to research online how to properly place the RAMsinks on the GPU.
Bear Pusher@NCIX
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Review Date: 11/01/09
Cons: Heatsink screws on the back of the cardRam heatsinks didn't want to stick properly

Pros: SlimFans included
Comment:
Well it was fairly straight forward to install it. I had some trouble with the heatsinks for the ram chips as they did not want to stick after I had used an eraser and 99% alcohol to clean them. What they don't tell you about spacing is that the thumb screws that hold the heatsink onto the card take up almost a slot behind the card because they stick out a fair bit. So I've had to order some 12mm thick fans so I can use 2 of these on my GTX 275's.Other wise temps are good and it's nice and quiet.
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