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Iv heard mixed things about heatspreaders and personally havent really gotten into them. What do you guys think when it comes to the effectivness of them. I was thinking about buying the TT active heatspreader.

 

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I have one mem chip w/ a heatspreader and another one w/out it and I can't tell the difference. Unless you live in a really hot climate w/ no ac I don't think they help any.

 

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I guess i might just get some to add some color.

 

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i have this kit on my samsuung pc2100. b4 them i counddl only hit 172fsb not i can hit 178fsb. so they did help a bit

 

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thanks for the input

 

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They can't hurt, and they look cool. They might help with stability a little when running high memory voltage, probably 3.0v+.

 

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will those fit over previous heat spreaders??

I plan i buying some Mushkin (whenever newegg gets the back in stock ) those allread have heat spreader and i think that taking them off voids your warentee

 

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zebkoolindc said:

will those fit over previous heat spreaders??

I plan i buying some Mushkin (whenever newegg gets the back in stock ) those allread have heat spreader and i think that taking them off voids your warentee

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no and if they did you would prolly be defeating the purpose

 

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What is interesting is that there are brand memories out there that sell the same part with black spreader or with platinum spreader. People like the platinum for the looks, but I would think according to the physics involved, the black ones should have better heat dissipation properties and make the memory run cooler.

 

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how or when do u benifiet from the most? also how do u find out what temp your ram is running at?

 

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temp....u need a probe....you would benefit the most if you put the spreaders DIRECTLY onto the memory chips....not onto another spreader