After deciding my RAM was most likely too hot, I decided to dive into the market looking for a RAM cooler. About 5minutes later I decided that the OCZ XTC fitted the bill nicely, and certainly looked the business!
So here it is, my first really bad review for OC3D! (Second if you count the one about Tom
)
Forgive the poor photography, my tripod is elsewhere so I had to use the flash which washes the images out a bit.
OCZ XTC Memory Cooler
Firstly, here is what OCZ have to say about their product;
"OCZ Technology, an innovator in high performance memory, makes cooling and enhancing your memory easier than ever. Expanding on OCZ's proprietary XTC (Xtreme Thermal Convection) heatspreader technology, the new XTC Cooler air-cools your modules, improving memory performance, stability, and longevity to allow enthusiasts to tweak their memory more freely due to superior active cooling.
The XTC Cooler attaches to your motherboard's DIMM socket retention levers, making it compatible to use with all STANDARD SIZED DDR, DDR2, or DDR3 modules. While the fans cool your system memory, glowing LED fans illuminate your memory subsystem."
I arrived home Thursday, and according to my Dad, this managed to fit through our letterbox. I have no idea how since the packaging it was in is far too big to fit.
Nice packaging that tells you all the basics, and gives you a look at the product. No faults there, except annoyingly in the usual plastic clamshell. This will be annoying to get out.
Out of the packaging, it does look nice and shiney, no scratches from transit or any other damage from somehow fitting through my letterbox.
Not pictured is the contents. Along with the RAM cooler, you get 4 different mounts to fix on to your RAM modules, I assume one is if your memory modules are farther apart. You also get 2 normal screws, and 2 thumbs screws. This was a relief for me as 2 thumb screws would mean the RAM cooler would come into contact with my graphics card, and the thumb screws should make installation a doddle.
First up, what it is going to replace
Ghetto-tastic I think you will agree.
Fitting was a piece of cake, I simply screwed one of the 4 mounting places with a normal screw, the other losely in place with the thumb screw, popped it over the RAM and tightened the thumb screw! After a bit of snaking with the wire I hooked it up to my Zalman fan controller. Job done!
Next I tapped the power button, and all seemed to work well! Noise wise even at full speed you can't hear it over the other fans, so it is indeed "ultra quiet" or at least "not as noisy as Gav's Laing".
For a computer called "Red October" the colour is sadly fairly inconsistant, in time it will all be more red. Hopefully.
Anyway, I have no temperature probes, so my method for testing heat is a little crude.
Before when I touched the RAM, my fingers nearly got burnt. Now they don't. So yeah, it works!
Conclusion
If you are looking for a RAM cooler and don't mind blue LEDs, I recommend the OCZ XTC. It seems to do a good job at keeping my RAM that little bit cooler, hopefully giving me a slightly juicier overclock. It was extremely easy to fit, and is no noisier than the rest of my PC.
The Good:
Price - £11!
Looks - I like them personally, my RAM looked boring before, more exciting now.
Performance - Not as hot RAM can only be good.
The Mediocre:
Blue LEDs - For someone aiming for a red PC, this is a slight setback
The Bad:
Nothing to report
The WTF?:
How did that fit through my letterbox...?
So here it is, my first really bad review for OC3D! (Second if you count the one about Tom
)Forgive the poor photography, my tripod is elsewhere so I had to use the flash which washes the images out a bit.
OCZ XTC Memory Cooler
Firstly, here is what OCZ have to say about their product;
"OCZ Technology, an innovator in high performance memory, makes cooling and enhancing your memory easier than ever. Expanding on OCZ's proprietary XTC (Xtreme Thermal Convection) heatspreader technology, the new XTC Cooler air-cools your modules, improving memory performance, stability, and longevity to allow enthusiasts to tweak their memory more freely due to superior active cooling.
The XTC Cooler attaches to your motherboard's DIMM socket retention levers, making it compatible to use with all STANDARD SIZED DDR, DDR2, or DDR3 modules. While the fans cool your system memory, glowing LED fans illuminate your memory subsystem."
I arrived home Thursday, and according to my Dad, this managed to fit through our letterbox. I have no idea how since the packaging it was in is far too big to fit.
Nice packaging that tells you all the basics, and gives you a look at the product. No faults there, except annoyingly in the usual plastic clamshell. This will be annoying to get out.
Out of the packaging, it does look nice and shiney, no scratches from transit or any other damage from somehow fitting through my letterbox.
Not pictured is the contents. Along with the RAM cooler, you get 4 different mounts to fix on to your RAM modules, I assume one is if your memory modules are farther apart. You also get 2 normal screws, and 2 thumbs screws. This was a relief for me as 2 thumb screws would mean the RAM cooler would come into contact with my graphics card, and the thumb screws should make installation a doddle.
First up, what it is going to replace
Ghetto-tastic I think you will agree.
Fitting was a piece of cake, I simply screwed one of the 4 mounting places with a normal screw, the other losely in place with the thumb screw, popped it over the RAM and tightened the thumb screw! After a bit of snaking with the wire I hooked it up to my Zalman fan controller. Job done!
Next I tapped the power button, and all seemed to work well! Noise wise even at full speed you can't hear it over the other fans, so it is indeed "ultra quiet" or at least "not as noisy as Gav's Laing".
For a computer called "Red October" the colour is sadly fairly inconsistant, in time it will all be more red. Hopefully.
Anyway, I have no temperature probes, so my method for testing heat is a little crude.
Before when I touched the RAM, my fingers nearly got burnt. Now they don't. So yeah, it works!
Conclusion
If you are looking for a RAM cooler and don't mind blue LEDs, I recommend the OCZ XTC. It seems to do a good job at keeping my RAM that little bit cooler, hopefully giving me a slightly juicier overclock. It was extremely easy to fit, and is no noisier than the rest of my PC.
The Good:
Price - £11!
Looks - I like them personally, my RAM looked boring before, more exciting now.
Performance - Not as hot RAM can only be good.
The Mediocre:
Blue LEDs - For someone aiming for a red PC, this is a slight setback
The Bad:
Nothing to report
The WTF?:
How did that fit through my letterbox...?
I usually take double that to write one, including basic photo editing. Fact I'm not native english may help though ^^
Run Gav! Monkey you say your not native english speaker you have the best: Spelling, Grammer and even speed of writing on OC3D 
why would I want to claim his review?
