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The Coolest
08-22-01, 02:44 AM
I want to cool my memory as well and I was thinking what is better to cut many little HSs or get a couple of long ones so each one will cover more than one chip...

What would you suggest?

VashTheStampede
08-22-01, 02:54 AM
Well for anything other than RDRAM.. you really don't need RAMsinks. It just does not get that hot, but if you want it for asthetics, go for it.

~RT~

The Overclocker
08-22-01, 05:20 AM
use thermaltake ones, but they are hard to find, but they are good, you should get a long strip as it has more cooling area the just small ones on each chip, if you are going to have to but a heatsink, get a old slot 1 one so you can cut the little strips of heasink on the sides to use as ram sinks and use the middle bit for a chipset cooler

The Coolest
08-22-01, 02:18 PM
Thx for the answers, I figured that the long ones will be better :p

chaosdriven
08-26-01, 06:00 AM
Originally posted by the overclocker
use thermaltake ones, but they are hard to find, but they are good, you should get a long strip as it has more cooling area the just small ones on each chip, if you are going to have to but a heatsink, get a old slot 1 one so you can cut the little strips of heasink on the sides to use as ram sinks and use the middle bit for a chipset cooler

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Since I'm running a high FSB and increased voltage to my memory, I'm anxious to see if the heatspreaders will offer any added stability. My memory does get pretty hot!

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Plus they do look cool! ( Pun Intended ):D