Corsair Dominator without the fan?

From here (granted its different memory being used)

http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/reviews/8665-corsair-dominator-airflow-fan-mini-review.html

I tested with Gigabyte GA-EP45-EXTREME Using Crucial Ballistix 8500 Ram was running at Stock 1066Mhz Voltage at 2.18v in bios around 2.24v actual.

Tested running Prime Large FFTs
I have a digital temperature sensor attached to a T-Balancer bigNG with Dual Modethis is attached to the inner side of the module0 with a velcro sticky patch.

Ambient temperature in case is 25C
With Corsair Cooler
The sensor Temp can be seen on the right hand side...

Idle Temp is 28C Final Temp 33.5C , a gradual escalation over the 20 minute test.

Running without fan
I had intended to run the test for the same duration but quit when the temperature hit 45C

So change in temperature on load is 11.5C , not to be sneezed at , especially running Micron

If you overclock I would recommend cooling your ram.
I think Corsair have the best cooler I've used.
The only criticism I have is lack of information about the conductivity of the legs.
Noise might be an isue to some , but personally i'm very happy with it. After 2 years of use my old unit is noisy at start up, but then quietens down. New units are much quiter.
 
ahh ok then ;) if it makes that big of a difference ill keep using it, my main concern was noise as its started to squeal a bit as the fan starts up and when i shut down the pc but im sure i will get used to it after a while

thanks for the fast replies
 
been using my ddr2 1066 corsair dominator ram at stock speeds without fan for just over a year without any problems
 
you dont need the fan - its mainly a selling point

if its ddr2 then use it if you are clocking high

if its ddr3 then its pointless
 
Unless you have low airflow over the ram, and have all the slots occupied. My ddr3 runs very hot to the touch if I move the fan away from it.

I don't have conclusive evidence that the ram running hot makes the system unstable, since when the fan is removed the chipset runs hot too. However one of the chipset and the ram overheating is detrimental to system stability, i.e. stable with fan, unstable without it.
 
A simple test would be to overclock it with the fan on, test with prime blend then do the same test without the cooler and see if it works
 
Should be fine without the fan, but run some benchmarks with and without and see how it affects your system.
 
I never bothered with the fan for my Dominators, I found that it made my RAM get really dusty a lot quicker, so I stopped using it.
 
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