ram heatsink

[OMGthatsCraZY]

if im not overclocking, do you think i should have a ram heatsink anyway? will it improve the performance or no?

 

[OulOat]

No

 

[amdskip]

Originally posted by: OulOat
No

edit: It just makes your computer bling bling

 

[OulOat]

Kah Ching

 

[buckchoi]

Nope don't bother
Some even say that heatspreaders such as on the Corsairs are pointless even when overclocking.

 

[CaptnKirk]

The way that the 'Heatspreaders' are mounted onto RAM sticks are NOT helping with the cooling (they are attached with insulation tape and clips) so they actually hold heat at the chipset source, but they do collectively run at a higher and even temperature. Until some company actually makes a COLDPLATE (like a CPU heatsink) type of device for RAM they don't really help. They are nothing more than Eye-Candy, and once installed you don't see them.

Even HeatsinkFactory dosen't have very good choices for RAM cooling, and they usually have a good mix of stuff. If you read what they have on the RAM coolers, they all have 'double sticky tape' - thats the insulator, and it defeats the purpose of trying to cool the RAM in the first place.

Perhaps if they were attached using ONLY the clips, but had a dab of Arctic Silver on the chipset to move the heat through the thermal interface it would work, but be extremely carefull, as the compound may contact a circuit and if it does - its toast.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: CaptnKirk
Perhaps if they were attached using ONLY the clips, but had a dab of Arctic Silver on the chipset to move the heat through the thermal interface it would work, but be extremely carefull, as the compound may contact a circuit and if it does - its toast.

Can always use Arctic Alumina - non-conductive, and non-capacitive.
That thermal tape is lousy. Most of the time it doesn't even contact the whole chip.

 

[CaptnKirk]

Good call Jeff7

 

[joe4324]

So if you had a way to keep a good strong airflowover the ram. Would ramsinks help or HURT your performance?

 

[deerslayer]

Originally posted by: amdskip

Originally posted by: OulOat
No

edit: It just makes your computer bling bling

LOL.

When I was deciding what type of ram to get I read a lot of reviews, and when they tested ram they always pried the ramsinks off because they said they were useless, and they wanted to see what kind of chips were on the ram.

 

[OMGthatsCraZY]

ok thanks guys, just saved me 15 bucks.

 

[jarsoffart]

I heard the RAM heatsinks on Rambus RAM is needed. Then again, you don't buy those, they come with it.

 

[Lizardman]

Originally posted by: jarsoffart
I heard the RAM heatsinks on Rambus RAM is needed. Then again, you don't buy those, they come with it.

THey are needed. But they are factory installed. And hopefully installed correctly with some decent frag tape.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: joe4324
So if you had a way to keep a good strong airflowover the ram. Would ramsinks help or HURT your performance?

RAMsinks do not have any affect on actual speed. The only thing they might affect is stability - this is only true with overclocked memory, and some RDRAM types.

 

[Stallion]

I threw some ramsinks on my vid card. Did it help? Heck if i know but it looks cool. I used AA to put them on.