Is RAM cooling optional?
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its quite a lot of hassle to put the ramsinks on though. I used them on my old x800 pro and it took a long time to get a mixture of the arctic silver glue mix stuff and as5 and then apply it correctly. They were a bit of a job to get off aswell. Also i couldnt get the dry mixture off the ramsinks using arctic silver cleaning products so it looks like i will need to get a new set for each application 
But the gluely stuff they use between the stock cooler and the ram is pretty rubbish stuff.
boardy said:
But the gluely stuff they use between the stock cooler and the ram is pretty rubbish stuff.
phil123 said:its quite a lot of hassle to put the ramsinks on though. I used them on my old x800 pro and it took a long time to get a mixture of the arctic silver glue mix stuff and as5 and then apply it correctly. They were a bit of a job to get off aswell. Also i couldnt get the dry mixture off the ramsinks using arctic silver cleaning products so it looks like i will need to get a new set for each application
But the gluely stuff they use between the stock cooler and the ram is pretty rubbish stuff.
You seem to be doing things the hard way mate. Just use thermal tape it's much easier and comes off again without bringing the IC with it lol.
maverik-sg1
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Attaching ramsinks is essential for stable perfromance and to give todays high performance ram a chance to dissipate lots of heat under many hours of gaming benching.
I learnt that a Radeon 8500 that had a GPU cooler but no ramisnks would overheat after just 10mins of soldier of fortune 2, 2 weeks later it was RMA time.
So I guess the answer is if you want it to last then yes it's exactly what you need.
I agree with boardy technology allows us to use thermal tape to simply stick the ramsinks to the BGA ram. When it's time to revert back to original cooler they simply peel off and can be re-used.
Simple.
I learnt that a Radeon 8500 that had a GPU cooler but no ramisnks would overheat after just 10mins of soldier of fortune 2, 2 weeks later it was RMA time.
So I guess the answer is if you want it to last then yes it's exactly what you need.
I agree with boardy technology allows us to use thermal tape to simply stick the ramsinks to the BGA ram. When it's time to revert back to original cooler they simply peel off and can be re-used.
Simple.
maverik-sg1
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Agreed the tape is not as good as the adhesive - but then for all intense and purposes it is sufficient for the job.
Cheers
Mav
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Mav
I have always seen decent RAMsinks as an investment, you can reuse again and again so it's worth it, i can always find things to cool with them.
I personally use the AS5 + Arctic Epoxy, never had a problem getting them off again, i just figure if i'm spending money on decent ramsinks i might as well get some decent thermal transfer to them, if i used tape i would just make some ramsinks by cutting up an old aluminium heatsink (cheap and effective).
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I personally use the AS5 + Arctic Epoxy, never had a problem getting them off again, i just figure if i'm spending money on decent ramsinks i might as well get some decent thermal transfer to them, if i used tape i would just make some ramsinks by cutting up an old aluminium heatsink (cheap and effective).
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