- Oct 10, 1999
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Okay so they stick these heatspreaders on memory modules, and try to convince people that they really really need them (naturally we only needed them AFTER RDRAM came out which had them and really needed them but that point of the marketing is irrelevant).
Then, they put stickers all over them. I just got my Corsair modules (because you can't GET high performance modules without heatspreaders anymore) and 60 to 75% of the surface is covered by a sticker on each side.
Wouldn't that interfere with any putative heat dissipation properties? It's pretty thick paper, with the ink and a shiny surface; how thermally conductive and radiative can that be?
Spare me the "but I got 3 extra MHz when I put on heatspreaders AND aimed a Delta fan at the memory" stories. I'm just wondering whether these stickers are actually degrading even the limited effect heatspreaders can have in the first place, or if they're just a big fat screamer that the things never did anything to start with.
Then, they put stickers all over them. I just got my Corsair modules (because you can't GET high performance modules without heatspreaders anymore) and 60 to 75% of the surface is covered by a sticker on each side.
Wouldn't that interfere with any putative heat dissipation properties? It's pretty thick paper, with the ink and a shiny surface; how thermally conductive and radiative can that be?
Spare me the "but I got 3 extra MHz when I put on heatspreaders AND aimed a Delta fan at the memory" stories. I'm just wondering whether these stickers are actually degrading even the limited effect heatspreaders can have in the first place, or if they're just a big fat screamer that the things never did anything to start with.