RAM to high to fit under the CPU cooler...

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Hey all.

At the moment I have Tuniq tower cooling my CPU.
And I use patriot viper memory modules...
They are quite tall and once I bought them I noticed I that they are too tall to fit under the cooler...as I use only 2 slots I'm fine. But I want to get 2 more modules now...my worry is that I would have to force cooler on them and that could cause some damage to either RAM or MOBO...

Before I start using excessive force, I need to ask if any of you had the same problem ? will it be fine with forcing it over ?
Or only way would be to get another cooler ? and which one then ? budget up to £30 ?

Thanks,
Lukas
 
Don't force anything, as it's too likely to damage both the RAM and the mobo.

I do have the same problem, and I only use slots 3 & 4 because slot 1 is blocked off by my cooler.

the only thing I would suggest is try selling your existing RAM, and buying just two sticks of a higher capacity? ie. if you now have 2x2GB, instead of buying another 2x2GB try to use 2x4GB instead.

Or you could remove your cooler and physically remove the offending part - cutting a lump off the heatsink wil obviously reduce its effectiveness, but I can't imagine it will actually break anything or stop it from working.
 
Would that actually solve the problem though, Nelson Santos?

I think OP's problem is not the height of his cooler, but the width - and as this carries a 120mm fan it's still gonna be close. OP take soem measurements before buying this, if that's what you go fo!
 
(ST)Pohaku said:
Don't force anything, as it's too likely to damage both the RAM and the mobo.

I do have the same problem, and I only use slots 3 & 4 because slot 1 is blocked off by my cooler.

the only thing I would suggest is try selling your existing RAM, and buying just two sticks of a higher capacity? ie. if you now have 2x2GB, instead of buying another 2x2GB try to use 2x4GB instead.

Or you could remove your cooler and physically remove the offending part - cutting a lump off the heatsink wil obviously reduce its effectiveness, but I can't imagine it will actually break anything or stop it from working.
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thx
unfortunately even if I sell my memory, I still will be loads of ££ short to get 2x4GB ...

and cutting piece of cooler ? not really :(

maybe I should get new cooler ... but then what if it happens again!
am thinking about H50...but bit pricey as welll
 
(ST)Pohaku said:
OP take soem measurements before buying this, if that's what you go fo!
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hard to find distance from mobo to cooler on cooler spec's ;)

sent email to overclockers looking for advice ;D

but still all advice welcome :)

Im on this forum for ages but still have no access to market so can not try to sell it on here ;)
 
I reccommend getting Mushkin redline or Radioactive Ram. It's great and will fit under your cooler (hopefully). It's the only ram I could find with out any modifications to fit under a Noctua D14.
 
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