OCZ XTC DDR Cooler

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Well, if you are looking for a neat little device to cool your over volted RAM, OCZ has a nice little solution, the OCZ XTC Cooler. It is not specific to any RAM, so you can use on almost any system. Thread is probably a repeat, but I thought anyone looking for a neat add on for their case mod might be interested, as well.

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In the lower left corner of the linked page it lets you click to a page that lists resellers in your region.

Looks like a lot of US resellers - no guarantee that they really have this yet...
 
Well, I just bought a couple from atacom.com for $18.95 each, so they are definitely available. Nice, cheap and effective.

Not an advertisement. Just a plug for a cool product. I had looked at the Corsair Dominator solution and thought it would be nice if that was available for other RAM types. Low and behold, OCZ already made it. Just trying to share.
 
Yes, it has a couple of brackets that mount on the RAM retention clips. If you have clearance issues, there is a screw instead of the thumbscrew to use on one side or both(you can see it was too tight above my top video card for thumbscrew). And, there is a nub that prevents it from sliding off and some foam within each of the mounting arms to avoid damaging the RAM retention clips.

I looked at the Corsair, as well, but this one was wider, used larger fans (quieter) and seemed less branded (just the OCZ logo). The chrome finish was nice, as well.
 
Is it noisy?

I have 120mm fans in my rig only, minus the near silent 80mm fans in my Powerstream.
 
They look like 80mm fans in there. I'm sure you could swap them out for quieter ones. I'm in the same boat though. I wouldn't want to get that thing and then realize that it's the loudest component in my system.
 
Wow, that's kinda awesome actually...

Too bad I already have 3 side fans blowing directly on the RAM (yay masstige).
 
kirbyrj said:
They look like 80mm fans in there. I'm sure you could swap them out for quieter ones. I'm in the same boat though. I wouldn't want to get that thing and then realize that it's the loudest component in my system.
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60mm

If they spin sufficiently slow then it shouldn't be too bad, somehow I doubt they spin slowly.


And to the OP : yuck, I hate that CoolIT stuff.
 
Erasmus354 said:
60mm

If they spin sufficiently slow then it shouldn't be too bad, somehow I doubt they spin slowly.


And to the OP : yuck, I hate that CoolIT stuff.
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So is the Corsair version 40mm fans?
 
I run the fans with adjustable speeds, so they are not noisy. They are indeed two 60 mm fans and have a 21 db noise rating each, at full speed. I run them at 65% and they are definitely quiet. And, I had 4 x 120 mm fans on the door blowing air inward (ala CM 830), and this keeps the RAM cooler. The dedicated flow definitely helps.

As for the Coolit, I like it. It is quiet with a 92 mm to 120 mm fan adaptor and 120 mm fan in place of the stock 92 mm fan. It cools the quad core quite nicely. Not much too complain about. Just a simple closed loop, TEC boosted water cooler for your CPU. Keeps the CPU about 15C cooler than a decent air cooler at idle and about 25C at load. (36-49, OC'd with extra voltage). I decided on trying this instead of wasting the money on a DangerDen setup or Swiftech kit. I have used those components and this works just as well, or better.
 
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