Gigantic Heatsinks on RAM Modules - Make any difference?

Gimpymoo · 1 Jul 2009 at 23:12

What difference does a standard RAM heatsink and a giant size one mean in terms of cooling or is it just a marketing gimmick?

Kennysevenfold · 1 Jul 2009 at 23:17

i do believe its "supposed" to spread the heat quicker away from the chips on the modual, just like a beefy cpu cooler.

Gimpymoo · 1 Jul 2009 at 23:22

Any stats to validate this anywhere?

Kennysevenfold · 1 Jul 2009 at 23:22

Gimpymoo said:
Any stats to validate this anywhere?

Nope, as there is no software that i am aware of that monitors ram temps, you would have to buy a thermometer and keep an eye on it

why you asking may i ask.? looking to upgrade or something.?

Happy · 1 Jul 2009 at 23:23

Only ram temps I've seen have been only a Skulltrail system which uses ECC registered ram.

Amonlym · 2 Jul 2009 at 17:22

short answer: makes no difference
long answer: can make a small difference in some cases when running under high oc's in poorly ventilated systems.
- ram dont make much heat, dont care so much about being hot and usually has a decent draught from the cpu cooler.

case in point: a lot of those on xs benching ram actually remove all the heatspreaders run them bare and strap a fan onto the bare stick.

woohoomoo · 3 Jul 2009 at 21:19

RAM heatsinks are overall fairly pointless... They do only cost a couple of quid though which may be worth it if your into modding your PC and basically puting a lot of effort into making it look good.

So... Pointless, but can look cool (though not always...)

xman01 · 3 Jul 2009 at 22:40

mainly for overclocking
the reapers im using, i don't even notice a difference in temp running at 1100 @2.1v or 800 @1.9v

maybe if i oc higher then, but otherwise it's more for looks

archer_dan · 4 Jul 2009 at 01:02

Though they might not make any noticeable difference to the temperature, I still prefer them as I'm less worried about how I handle the RAM if the chips are all covered up. Silly of me I know,

Phatzy · 4 Jul 2009 at 01:24

they do look good to have in a case make its look expensive to your mates, other than that temps aint that hot on rams

woohoomoo · 4 Jul 2009 at 02:58

archer_dan said:
Though they might not make any noticeable difference to the temperature, I still prefer them as I'm less worried about how I handle the RAM if the chips are all covered up. Silly of me I know,

Guess I missed that, but if you do tend to fiddle about inside your case a lot then a £2-3 RAM heatsink may be a good idea to protect it if anything else.

Though TBH you should still handle your RAM from the edges