Ram Heat Spreaders

[_John_Lennon_]

Originally posted by clocker+25 January 2004 - 11:33--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (clocker @ 25 January 2004 - 11:33)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-abu_has_the_power@25 January 2004 - 08:23
those r useful if u oc ur ram. meaning tweak ur ram timings and mess with the ram voltage. if u don&#39;t do these things, there&#39;s no point

Can you prove that, Abu? [/b][/quote]
Thats the main thing ther Clocker. Yeah, logically overclocking your ram makes more heat, and Spreaders disperse heat, so spreaders help overclocking, but there&#39;s no way to prove it, and nobody swears by heat spreaders.

[clocker]

Sure there&#39;s a way to prove it.
Clock a RAM module with and without the spreaders and see if there is a difference.
I&#39;ve read where guys have stripped their RAM of the spreaders and actually gotten higher clock speeds, the conclusion being that the spreaders are actually trapping heat.
Who knows?
One experiment is hard to base a whole theory upon.

[_John_Lennon_]

Originally posted by clocker@26 January 2004 - 01:05
actually gotten higher clock speeds, the conclusion being that the spreaders are actually trapping heat.

You know, I have seen that posted by a few people on my AMDMB forum, and have been meaning to do that one of these days to see if I can get similar results.

Of course I cant seem to get those blasted spreaders off.

[clocker]

That kinda scares me too and I&#39;m not willing to risk the sticks that I have.

[Virtualbody1234]

It seems to me that in order to dissipate more heat you need more surface area.

[adamp2p]

Wow, Virtualbody, where did you find those?

Edit: I found them:

here

[Virtualbody1234]

Here.