On my home PC when I setup an additional 92mm fan on a Zalman bracket I noticed a drop in temperature for my RDRAM of more than 20°C.
Recently I build a PC for a friend, based around a TH7-II RAID, P4 1.6a and 2x 256MB of RDRAM. With the 3rd temperature probe stuck between the 2x RDRAM sticks (furthest slots from the CPU), I was getting temperature readings of 62°C!!! A bit too high for my liking.
Having one spare 80mm fan I tried of fitting it above the RAM but it did not fit between the Heatsink and mobo power cables. As I had just replaced the Intel stock HSF with the Volcano 7+ I had it lying around. I took the fan out and tried it: perfect fit. Well snug and tight I secured it to the RIMMs with a few drops of superglue.
What a difference such a small silent fan can make: the RDRAM temperatures dropped by 28°C !!! From 62°C to 34°C. I confirmed that I had not disloged the temperature sensor by turning off the fan, and sure enough it went back to 62°C.
Incidentally the 'system' temperature as reported by the TH7-II dropped from 37°C to 33°C.
Recently I build a PC for a friend, based around a TH7-II RAID, P4 1.6a and 2x 256MB of RDRAM. With the 3rd temperature probe stuck between the 2x RDRAM sticks (furthest slots from the CPU), I was getting temperature readings of 62°C!!! A bit too high for my liking.
Having one spare 80mm fan I tried of fitting it above the RAM but it did not fit between the Heatsink and mobo power cables. As I had just replaced the Intel stock HSF with the Volcano 7+ I had it lying around. I took the fan out and tried it: perfect fit. Well snug and tight I secured it to the RIMMs with a few drops of superglue.
What a difference such a small silent fan can make: the RDRAM temperatures dropped by 28°C !!! From 62°C to 34°C. I confirmed that I had not disloged the temperature sensor by turning off the fan, and sure enough it went back to 62°C.
Incidentally the 'system' temperature as reported by the TH7-II dropped from 37°C to 33°C.