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Ghetto ram cooling solutions

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RogueTrip

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Since I bought 8gb's of DDR2 800, these things get pretty hot, wondering what kind memory cooling setups you guys got?

Right now i'm using a rubberband with 60mm on top of the ram, works well but looks real ghetto.

I'm thinking of using a old Intel celeron cooling fan, It covers up the ram nicely, just have to find a way to attach it to the clips, anyone else using something like this?
 
If the RAM has "heatspreaders".. or as I like to call them... "heat insulators", take them off and point a 80mm fan in the general direction of the RAM.
 
i used to use the ocz ram cooler but its quite big and i assume the fans arent the highest quality. both units i had the fans started to make noise. squeezing the aluminum piece would usually make it stop though.
 
I have the ocz ram cooler as well, it seems to work well and is quiet. You could also just make a bracket to mount an 80 or 92mm fan over the ram, pretty easy.
 
I mounted the celeron cooling fan on there just a little bit ago, working pretty nicely, I was gonna post a pic but camera isn't working right.

Not bad for a free mod!
 
I have a Scythe 100mm fan that sits on top of my HD4870, blows directly onto the RAM and keeps it cool.
 
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