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Wraith28k

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Ok, since I plan on OCing my upcoming rig to unholy levels, and every other "hot" part of my comp is going to be heavily cooled (phase for the CPU, water for the chipset and GPUs), I'm left with trying to figure out how to cool the RAM actively. I'm going to have 2GB of OCZ DDR500 XTC Plat, the Micron-based stuff, in a DFI SLI-DR Expert board. So it's going to get a bit toasty if I don't cool it.

Since there aren't really any good memory water blocks, I'm going to have to make due with some sort of a fan setup.

The system will be in a V-2000, which orients the mobo "upside-down" so from what it looks like, the RAM will be sitting right next to the 120mm exhaust fan, but I don't think that will be sufficient to cool it like I need. I'd prefer a fan blowing directly on the RAM itself so I can get some airflow in between the slots.

I've heard of people mounting a fan to the RAM directly with rubberbands... anyone have any pics of this?

I'll take any suggestions/hints/etc. Thanks!
 
oooooh!

That is pretty much exactly what I was looking for, thanks!

Anybody tried these products out?

I like the combo RAM/Mosfet bracket too.. anyone know if it'd fit with a Phase evap head on the proc?
 
You don't like Koolance's RAM waterblocks?

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http://www.koolance.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=29_56&products_id=251

So, do these things suck?
 
Wraith28k said:
oooooh!

That is pretty much exactly what I was looking for, thanks!

Anybody tried these products out?

I like the combo RAM/Mosfet bracket too.. anyone know if it'd fit with a Phase evap head on the proc?
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I haven't tried them myself. (I plan on maiking my own set) But the fans are high quality, and I don't see what really could go wrong with the bracket. It will work fine with a phase changer, it even allows an xp-120 heatsink to be fit around the brackets. I'm sure a phase evap is small than that heatsink. Check out the one piece bracket for both the mosfet cooling, and ram cooling, but make sure you read its compatibility.

That koolance water block has not been praised too much. Its smaller fittings restrict water flow through the system if you use bigger tubing, and if you don't have bigger tubing there really isn't a point to cool anything more than the cpu and video card. If you setup the memory on its own loop then it may have better results, but is it really worth 200 to cool your memory only a little better that with a good fan mounted over the memory?
 
essi1553 said:
That koolance water block has not been praised too much. Its smaller fittings restrict water flow through the system if you use bigger tubing, and if you don't have bigger tubing there really isn't a point to cool anything more than the cpu and video card. If you setup the memory on its own loop then it may have better results, but is it really worth 200 to cool your memory only a little better that with a good fan mounted over the memory?
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Thanks for the opinion. I figured they looked a little weak, but $50 to cool two dimms made me think about it. OP, you can have your thread back. Sorry! :D
 
I'm going with the information from others on here that the various RAM waterblocks all have some issue or another.. and the 1/4 fittings on the Koolance would be hell on the flow of my 3/8 system.

Thanks for the idea though!

Edit: LOL no problem Met, I was looking at the Koolance at one point too. Part of what turned me off of it was the fact that on most boards, Dual channel memory isn't next to each other.. so you'd have to buy 2 of those.
 
Those things are very restrictive... In addition, I've heard lots of ppl complaining that they leak eventually. Restriction isn't a huge problem, as you could always run the RAM cooling paralell to your main loop... The OP said that cooling was just for his GPU's and NB... so a paralell ram block such as this one might not be *that* bad.

Also, some dual channel memory does use that configuration. The Asrock Dual Sata2 board, which I'm typing this on (finally :/) is set up this way. It's really quite a good idea, if you plan on using more than 2 sticks of ram.
 
I'll probably end up going with the stuff from Fragtech, looks like the best option for the price.
 
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