Ram Temperatures

[LOUISSSSS]

i know ram never really had any problems with overheating, but i was just "finger testing" my ram for heating and the aluminum heatsink was warm/hot... like a cup of boiling water through a thin paper cup

ram: Ballistix 1gb DDR2 800 @ 2.2v.


MUST i get a ram cooler?

 

[nefariouscaine]

IMO yes yes yes

I know I've said it before and I don't know why more MFG's don't say it but running 2.2v on DDR2 is like running 3.0v on DDR1

the parts might be able to handle it fine but I wouldn't do it - I keep 2 fans on mine using a zip tie suspension method

 

[LOUISSSSS]

Originally posted by: nefariouscaine
IMO yes yes yes

I know I've said it before and I don't know why more MFG's don't say it but running 2.2v on DDR2 is like running 3.0v on DDR1

the parts might be able to handle it fine but I wouldn't do it - I keep 2 fans on mine using a zip tie suspension method

where do u get that comparison from?

 

[imported_Scoop]

If they are rated to work at 2.2V, you shouldn't need anything else.

 

[imported_wired247]

What feels hot to you might not feel hot to a piece of silicon.

If you haven't had BSODs or memory errors, I see ZERO reason to "cool" your RAM. Unless the cooling solution was <$5 . Honestly by the time your ram burns out, which might be never, you won't even care about your current ram sticks. It will be something cheaper and faster and bigger.

My $0.02

 

[error8]

It's a good thing to have a fan that blows some air around the ram modules. My kingmax value ram for example, couldn't go anywhere higher then 850 mhz until I put two 60mm fans on them.The thing is that the heatsinks that are on the ram ( with only few exceptions) are worthless in dissipating heat, or even better in trapping it. So the only way it would be to have some flow of air that can take the heat from them and it can be so easely achieved with just any type of fan you want.

 

[nefariouscaine]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS

Originally posted by: nefariouscaine
IMO yes yes yes

I know I've said it before and I don't know why more MFG's don't say it but running 2.2v on DDR2 is like running 3.0v on DDR1

the parts might be able to handle it fine but I wouldn't do it - I keep 2 fans on mine using a zip tie suspension method

where do u get that comparison from?

I get that comparison by looking at the percentage scaling on the voltages 3.0v is roughly 122% of JEDEC spec 2.5v - as 2.2v is 122% of JEDEC spec 1.8v

if you want a good idea of how hot they are running you really need to use a thermometer of some kind

i keep a sensor under my heat spreaders - i have it in there at a point that is likely to get the least amount of air flow

generally i get temps around 30c or lower at 2.178v

you can do what you want as will other people - I prefer to "overcool" my components that get decent juice. I mean my mobo MFG didn't put a fan on my NB but I sure did nor did they put a heatsink or fan on my SB but you bet I put one there

 

[LOUISSSSS]

Originally posted by: wired247
What feels hot to you might not feel hot to a piece of silicon.

If you haven't had BSODs or memory errors, I see ZERO reason to "cool" your RAM. Unless the cooling solution was <$5 . Honestly by the time your ram burns out, which might be never, you won't even care about your current ram sticks. It will be something cheaper and faster and bigger.

My $0.02

well i HAVE been having some problems wtih my pc lately.. nothing major like i can't turn it on, but i've been failing p95 randomly after inserting my two new sticks of ballistix into my PC. i'm still gettin the errors after removing them and running p95

 

[imported_wired247]

you definitely have a heavy overclock going on there for a q6600. But not for your RAM... maybe it is your NB voltage that is the culprit.