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Thermalright TRad2 VGA Coolers Review
Date Published:
11-20-2008
Written By:
Tulatin
Edited By:
Diceman
Provided By:
Thermalright
Where to Buy:
Product Page
Discuss Article:
VH Forum link
Pages: 1 2

Introduction:


Thermalright Trad2 VGA Cooler

Considering just how often these guys slide us primo product, it's almost redundant to introduce Thermalright by this point. But here's the short version of their history - Thermalright came to be, providing performance solutions for the hottest CPU of 2002 - quite literally, producing one of the few heatsinks at the time which could tame this thermal beast. To this day, Thermalright has had a reputation for producing heatsink after heatsink to keep the ever advancing generations frosty. yet, there's one area where Thermalright has just recently come into it's own.

That area where Thermalright has just recently come into it's own, is the videocard market; first with the HR-03, then the GT, and now-a-days with the GTX. But alas, not every user can afford the 5 slots that cooler eats up when a fan is strapped to it. That's where the T-Rad coolers come into play. By sacrificing just two slots after your graphics card, you too can keep it chilly with either 2x92mm or 1x120mm fans. Will it turn out to be a winning blow? There's only one way to find out - tear it from the package, slap it on a card, throw in a healthy measure of thermoster, and finally... we'll see how it does. Come on in, this is going to be an interesting one.

Features & Specifications:

Again, another product with proper PR - it must be a miracle, that there's no charts to slice up this week! Along with the usual fare, I've opted to roll in the brief compatibility chart Thermalright has given for users wishing to apply these coolers in crossfire, or SLI. Here's a quick hint - if you don't have two slots between PCI-E slots, don't even think about it.


Right, with that out of the way, there's a brief note to cover about that compatibility list - in regard to the HD4870, the small heatsinks given with the videocard don't really do that good a job of cooling the PWM circuitry, and since the heatpipes lay so low to the base of the cooler, it's impossible to use the stock baseplate to cool the components. That, could be an issue. But that's a discussion for the testing section. Let's see how it's packaged.

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