best copper ramsinks for bga chips ???

[Soulkeeper]

i have a ti4200 with 8 bga chips on it
and i want to get the best copper coolers i can get cause the plate that covers them now doesn't even touch all the chips and is taped on


thanks

 

[Soulkeeper]

bump

 

[Spikey217]

The only ones I can think of are the TweakMonster BGA ram sinks.

http://www.tweakmonster.com/products/ramsinkpage.htm

Google for reviews, there are a handfull of them out there.

 

[Naruto]

Even with tweakmonster sinks, I wouldn't expect miracles.

 

[Soulkeeper]

yeah i know i just wanted something that actually makes contact with the mem chips

I saw a place that sells those sinks for 3.50 a peice
and i need 8 of them

hmm i'll give it some thought

thanks

 

[AnAndAustin]

I'd advise you that RAM HS are practically pointless, heat is very rarely the problem with RAM and is much more likely to be the physicla/technical limit of the RAM's ability. The cost is small but I wouldn't say there's be any improvement to be had and you would void the warranty even if the card expires due to something completely irrelevant liek the fan failing.

 

[Jeff7]

Do what I usually recommend for this application: get ahold of some old Pentium/486 heatsinks, and slice them up with a metal-cutting bandsaw blade, which you can get at Sears Hardware for not much more than a regular blade. Just cut the heatsink into small square sections, and attach them to the RAM with thermal adhesive. It works just fine for me - I've got sliced up heatsinks on my videocard RAM, and on some really toasty voltage regulators on my motherboards.
I bought some lots of heatsinks on eBay - maybe around $15 for a couple pounds of them.