Oh no, not another Heatspreader question!

[L337 M33P]

Yep, that right :D

When I recently tried to overclock my PC2100 past the 185MHz max on stock voltage, at 2.7 and 2.8v I noticed that the RAM chips got extremely hot. Hot enough to make me jerk my hand away after more than a second touching the chips. :eek:

At 195MHz/2.8v/stock timings it passed Memtest86, but since they were really hot I didn't feel like pushing the sticks further, as I don't want to buy new RAM yet. Most people say "nah don't bother unless u put 3v through 'em", but I would like to know would I see any benefit from putting heatspreaders on? (Or massive Ramsinks, I got a few old heatsinks handy that I could cut up :D) Would it enable me to reach my goal of 200MHz on PC2100? (stably)

[Bobby]

Before you slap on some heatsinks, try putting a fan over your ram modules. You'll be suprised how just a little bit of airflow will make a difference.

-Bobby

[Silversinksam]

Originally posted by Bobby
Before you slap on some heatsinks, try putting a fan over your ram modules. You'll be suprised how just a little bit of airflow will make a difference.

-Bobby

Amen to that, although I like using memory heatspreaders, good airflow to the memory is much more important. :rolleyes:

This guy on Ebay sells copper ones cheap, he lists them often usually they sell for $2-$4 plus a couple bucks shipping. (he has 4 listed right now)

I got two from him last week:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3673&item=3428460719

[OcLinNoob]

do they make gold heatspreaders...?

[Silversinksam]

Originally posted by OcLinNoob
do they make gold heatspreaders...?

Gold colored or Gold like in Fort Knox?

If its the latter they dont but probably because the Heat spreader manufacturers know that Silver is a better thermal conduit than Gold, and its cheaper, but then again they know that Copper is close to Silvers thermal properties, and they make them outta copper ;)

Thermal Conductivity, W/cm-K
Aluminum 2.165
Copper 3.937
Gold 2.913
Silver 4.173

[L337 M33P]

Bleh he will only ship to the US - oh well, there's always the ghetto heatsinks :D Just 5 minutes with an angle grinder and Presto! A set of ramsinks.

I thought I had good airflow as a major intake to my case causes a movement around the air modules, coupled with the fact that my heatsink air wash hits the RAM. Obviously not enough as they get too hot.