Over the past few years, we have seen many tower coolers released, but each has been unique in its own right. The first tower cooler that I used was the Scythe Katana. That was more like the Tower of Pisa though. The cooler I am taking a look at today is from Thermalright, one of the world leaders in CPU cooling products.

The HR in the name stands for High-Riser... appropriately named. This is not a small cooler.. it comes in at near 16cm high. Why the large stature? The HR-01 is designed to perform well without the use of any fan. Of course, to help aide the warm air out of the computer, we need to use a duct. Before we get into the inner workings, let’s take a quick glance at the features. ...