Ram Heat Spreaders

[JayCub]

Recently i bought Corsair Vengeance ram for my build and the heat spreaders are a bit too tall as far as im concerned.

Old school say's you don't need the heat spreaders and i will have a fan over them the CM V10.

I was thinking of using low profile heat spreaders rather than the tall heat sinks or would it matter if i didn't use the low profile at all ?

The voltage is 1.5 volts and i don't intend to over volt, i don't care about the warranty as the heat spreader is easy enough to remove with due care, and they are aluminium and not the best cooler available.

[Bearcat]

Hi Jay. IMHO, given the size of your case and the cooling fans you plan to use, I really don't think removing those heat spreaders would make much of a difference, as long as you don't care about invalidating the warranty. I have Corsair RAM installed in my PC so I know what you mean by those heat spreaders being obnoxiously tall!

[Raymond]

I'd go with the old school way, no heatsink, just fan for your ram.

[hellnoire]

I've been using old school ram on the i5 computer. The P4 had some heatspreader ram in it for a little while, didn't notice any real difference.

[JayCub]

Thank you for the replies, i think they are mostly for show to be honest as they feel really cheap, so i will remove them altogether as the cooler covers all six slots anyway and 1600 Mhz is plenty as i don't need to be hitting the 2000 mark...

[Boyfriend]

You do not need RAM heat spreaders until you want to overclock them via voltage.

[Bearcat]

Thank you for the replies, i think they are mostly for show to be honest as they feel really cheap, so i will remove them altogether as the cooler covers all six slots anyway and 1600 Mhz is plenty as i don't need to be hitting the 2000 mark...

Will probably do the same thing myself with the new build!

[BigGuy]

I can't wait until we start!

[JayCub]

Will probably do the same thing myself with the new build!

To be honest i can't see the value as the mechanic in me all i can see is dust traps and they look cosmetic, another way to advertise the makers name, and not for normal to sane overclocks.