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Ramsinks and Heatspreaders?
- Thread starter k0r34nguy
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- May 10, 2004
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heatspreaders dont do much. direct heatsinks on each ram chip can help when using high voltages.
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- Nov 6, 2002
Actually heatspreaders can do more harm then help...heatspreaders tend to keep the heat in...not expell it...the main reason is because they enclose 95% of the memory/PCB...and the PCB can not "breathe"...
With ramsinks, like tom mentioned, expells the heat directly from the chips and do not encase the memory to allow the PCB "breathe"...which in turn can lead to higher FSB/Timings and if needed...more voltage since the chips will run coolier...
Side note...its always a good idea to have good airflow around your DIMM slots no matter if using ramsink/heatspreaders or not...
With ramsinks, like tom mentioned, expells the heat directly from the chips and do not encase the memory to allow the PCB "breathe"...which in turn can lead to higher FSB/Timings and if needed...more voltage since the chips will run coolier...
Side note...its always a good idea to have good airflow around your DIMM slots no matter if using ramsink/heatspreaders or not...
