if I used heatspreaders?

treepop

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would that actually enable me to go to higher fsb?....does ram even get that hot....ram is mushkin basic green 1 gig

 

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heatspreaders void your warranty unless the ram comes with it, thing is if put on wrong, it will make it worse, if it doesn't come with it, leave it alone

just be careful when taking your heatsink out if using ram without heatspreaders, don't stab the ram to death! take ram out first then heatsink, many have made this mistake

 

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hmmmmmm.......so I suppose I will just leave well enough alone

 

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What about if you up the VDIMM?

 

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I can't seem to up it anywho....sigh...everytime I set it to 2.7 I save and exit bios....then poof back to 1.6....WAAAA!...I don't get it....

 

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I don't get it....

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It is the mobo/ BIOS.

What kinda of timings can you run with the "Basic Green" ?
I just got 256 2100 for $13.99

 

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where did u get it for so cheap?

 

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You would probably only see a 1 to 2 C difference in temp with heatspreaders installed on your ram. So, I don't think heatspreaders would help out with overclocking.

 

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k thanks....it look s like for sure I will save my $

 

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It looks like memory heatspreaders will be useful only with DDRII modules. Almost useless with simple DDR.

 

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I got it on sale @ a local Fry's Electronics.
I put it in last night & crashed my system.
runs @ 2.5-3-3, relaxed settings.
Stuff sux for what I have.
Would be great for a "stock" system & no O/C.

 

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o yeah....if you push the timings at all you are gunna crash.....it has been torture with me.....I have had to reset the bios like 2103982130921830 times lol

 

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damn, was the price after rebate or instant rebate? I needed some ram for a system i was building my cousin, but now its too late b'cuz i ordered some Kingston 512MB ddr2100 for my cousing "stock" system.