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Can memory get damaged from overheating?

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Dave3000

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I have a Socket 2011 motherboard that has memory slots on both sides of the CPU socket. Now when the CPU is working hard and hot air is blowing from the CPU cooler towards the rear of the case, the hot air goes blows over the memory on the left side of the CPU socket. I'm using a Hyper 212 Evo CPU cooler. Will this cause the memory on that side of the CPU socket to get damaged from the heat? Is this a problem waiting to happen? I can buy an H100i anytime I want and replace my Hyper 212 Evo with it but my CPU temps are not a problem. With a liquid CPU cooler I would not have the issue with hot air blowing over the memory when my CPU is working hard. Of course I can install all my memory on the right side of the CPU socket but then I would be running in dual channel instead of quad channel mode.
 
Hahahahahaha, no. The air coming off that will in no way be "hot" unless your case has no ventilation, and then it would be the ambient that would be the problem. There's a good chance the memory will be cooler with the airflow than it would be otherwise.
 
Heat is an enemy, but you're not generating enough to be a problem.
Over the long haul, overvolting would be more of a concern to me.
If you're not running overvolted memory, you should be fine.
 
DDR3 DRAM chips are rated for operation at up to 95C, which is why they never need heat spreaders.
 
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