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Ram Heatsinks
Name: heatsinkguy Date: September 19, 2003 at 16:12:04 Pacific OS: Windows 2000 Pro CPU/Ram: Athlon XP 1.67ghz 2000+ w
Comment:
Hey, If iam increasing the speed of my FSB, do i need to install Heatsinks for my ram? Iam trying to increase my FSB clock from 133mhz(266mhz) to 166mhz(333mhz) and need to know if i need heatsinks for the ram. I have 512 DDR PC2100(266mhz) Corsair Brand Ram
Name: Michaelmck Date: September 19, 2003 at 16:36:47 Pacific
Reply:
RAM heatsinks actually do little to help cool the ram, they'd drop it maybe one of two degrees. The only good thing about them is they usually absorb the heat from the RAM, while it doesn't cool it much, it will prevent damage to the RAM in some cases.
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Response Number 2
Name: johnoh Date: September 19, 2003 at 18:17:45 Pacific
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you don't need ram sinks for speeds under 400mhz.
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Response Number 3
Name: JMano808 Date: September 20, 2003 at 17:32:02 Pacific
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If you have a side case window I say go for the sinks, it'll make your setup look perdy. ; )
J^
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Response Number 4
Name: Deadlierchair Date: September 20, 2003 at 22:56:34 Pacific
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This is a little bit off topic, but I have heard that adding Ramsinks to your Video Card RAM may actually hurt the cooling performance? Any ideas/theories about that?
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Response Number 5
Name: johnoh Date: September 21, 2003 at 10:28:30 Pacific
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"adding Ramsinks to your Video Card RAM may actually hurt the cooling performance"
I'm not sure of the context of what you heard, but when there is litle or no thermal transfer material between the sink and the chip, the sink can become an insulator.
Ramsinks ususally are just pressed up against the chips, so they may harm as much as help.
You'd think someone would come out with a $15 kit for people who don't mind voiding their warranty which contains 25 mini heatsinks with thermal adhesive and you just stick 'em throughout your system.
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