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animationguy2100

01-01-2009, 06:26 PM

I have a new 8-core Xeon (Harpertown) workstation I am building but I am looking into finding something to keep the 8 dimms of ECC FB DDR2 memory cool. I have googled relentlessly but could not find anything except the ASUS Memcool. I only other solution I can think of was getting a case that blew air directly over the memory. The Coolermaster Cosmos seems to do this. I want to hear other people's experiences and/or solutions on cooling ECC FB DDR2 memory. Thanks!!!

imashination

01-01-2009, 08:13 PM

What makes you think youll have problems with the heat of memory? Ram overheating is a pretty rare problem, in most cases youre fine just leaving the chips completely naked. Anything designed for high speeds or overclockers typically has heat spreaders on already.

olson

01-02-2009, 05:35 AM

Fully buffered memory generally runs very hot, not a problem in most cases. If you want mount a fan over the modules. Cheap and effective instead of mounting coolers directly to the modules. There are lots of products like this one out there:

http://www.ocmodshop.com/ocmodshop.aspx?a=961

There are also lots of tutorials out there for rigging one up with a spare case fan. Cheers!