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hi guys, I got my PC8500 oced to 1183Mhz, it seem to be working fine but for awhile built-up temp, memory start slow down and kindda lagging when I long in game and browsing internet.
I found a cooling device that make for Corsair Dominator Memory. Can I use that cooling device for my Crucial Ballistix Tracer RAM ?
link below is a picture of the cooling
http://www.buy.com/retail/searchresu...y=col&dclksa=1

or any suggestion for the RAM air cooling ?
 
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If your willing to spend a little more money on it then you can always get a proper memory cooler such as the OCZ XTC. Provided you have the space to mount one.
 
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brownbird created a nice fan mount from a bracket and a motherboard mounting post. I did the same, but used a fabricated bracket instead of the rod.

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Is there a hotspot on your Motherboard that could use some extra cooling? I was thinking of purchasing a spot cooler, but came up with a simple solution and it didn't cost me a penny. Everything I used was just lying around my house. Even if you don't have a Lift Rod on hand you can purchase one at your local hardware store for under $2.00.

I noticed a pretty nice decrease in my case temps after doing this, around 5-7 degrees! Even my CPU temperature went down by about 4 degrees. I couldn't believe the results; it even lowered my GPU temperature by about 5 degrees.

I included a picture for those of you who don't know what a Lift Rod is:

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You will need the following:
1 Lift Rod (from a drain assembly):

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1 120mm Fan (any size will work):

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1(2 optional) Standard Case Fan Screw(s)
1 Standoff Screw
1 1 Inch Screw (must be compatible with the Standoff Screw)
A Couple of Washers:

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Step 1: Trimming the Lift Rod.
I cut exactly 3 inches off of the Lift Rod with a hacksaw so it would actually fit in my case:

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Step 2: Attach the Lift Rod.
I attached the Lift Rod to the Fan with a Standard Case Fan Screw. Just line the top hole of the Lift Rod with the screw hole on the Fan, simple:

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Step 3(optional): Adding additional support.
One Case Fan Screw seems to hold everything in place fine but if you want to add additional support you can actually drill another hole in the Lift Rod once you have the correct measurements, a zip tie also works.

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Step 4: Final Steps.
Now just put the 1 Inch Screw and a few Washers through the hole where the Control Rod would normally go:

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I added the Standoff Screw just to keep things in place, it would be screwed into the case first of course, you may also notice a nut in the picture, this was just used in place of a washer
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Step 5: Find the right place.
Now just find a Standoff Screw hole in your case and attach your homemade Spot Cooler and you're done!

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I attached mine to the support beam(or whatever it's called) in my case so that it is suspended above my Motherboard. I also angled the fan downward so that it would blow on my RAM. The Lift Rod is easy to bend so you can adjust it if you desire.

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Here is another pic of my setup. The air coming into my case is directed towards my RAM and flows under my Tuniq Tower and actually cools the mosfets next to my CPU. That is probably why I have seen such an awesome decrease in my temps!

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I hope you enjoyed this simple mod of mine and maybe you guys will give it a try! Thanks for looking!

**UPDATE**
Here is a screen shot of my load temperatures with a 3.6 CPU overclock and 2 instances of Orthos running for over 10 hours. See attachment #1

**UPDATE**
I decided to add another one of these Spot Coolers to my case just to see what would happen.
It dropped all temps even lower, mostly affecting my GPU and Motherboard. I also noticed a 4 degree drop in my HDD temperature and MCP(not really sure what that is). See attachment #2
 
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I agree as well. Extreme overclocking rarely involves ram cooling. Even when chipsets, mosfets, nb and sb plus cpu are water or ln2 cooled, the ram is left alone.

there is a reason for that

its more likely that your nb or sb is getting too hot. Try active cooling on the nb first.
 
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I agree as well. Extreme overclocking rarely involves ram cooling. Even when chipsets, mosfets, nb and sb plus cpu are water or ln2 cooled, the ram is left alone.

there is a reason for that

its more likely that your nb or sb is getting too hot. Try active cooling on the nb first.
I see your point for the importance but every major ocing rig Ive scene has had a 120mm fan on there ram or some form of ram cooling via fans.
 
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only because i believe it is true.

currently, RAM doesn't get that hot, and heat spreaders are quite enough to dissipate the heat that comes off of it. you can point a fan over it to move the air around a bit, but i believe it's just not worth the effort.
Actually it does. Atleast a good percentage of ddr2 when oced with high volts gets extremely hot. I know I had some ballisitics that I was pumping 2.45vdimm (ddr2 ) thru and when fully loaded they were hitting onward of 65c as measured with a pointer thermometer thingy. That wasnt that long of a run before I put the fan back on them at which time they dropped to about 45 or 47c.

I was using phase so I didnt have the air from the air cooling for the cpu to cool my ram. With air cooling I doubt you would need it. Ofcourse the listed temperature max for the crucial ram modules is I believe 85c per there factory listings. I dont know if this is the max temp they can safely handle for extended periods of time though.
 
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