Memory DDR temp

[XblackdemonX]

Hi, i currently have O/C my cpu and my memory to 350 mhz instead of 333, i would like to know that if i O/C more, will my memory burn or will my system just freeze a lot ?:?:

[Wiggo]

Usually the memory will start throwin' errors and either give ya a black screen or Windows won't load.

[Soulburner]

Don't even worry about heat.

At 225mhz 2.85v my HyperX 3200 doesn't even get very warm, with no heatspreader (by the way, they run cooler with them off - the heatspreader on the majority of RAM today is not a heatsink, but rather acts as an insulator and holds heat in).

I can prove this for one, by touch, the heatspreader always got much much warmer than the chips themselves do now, and two, I gained a mhz or so doing it (dont have the volts to see a big gain).

[XblackdemonX]

thanks a lot my friend, so i think i'll overclock my cpu a little more :flames:

[Sovereignty]

Heatspreaders help when you give the mem some extreme voltage like 3.2v+. Before that there's really no point. The ram just doesnt get very hot.

[Soulburner]

Only if the heatspreader design will actually aid in disappating heat.

All my KHX were doing were basting under that piece of metal.

[Fatguy3]

Hey Soulburner, I just got some KHX pc3000 as it was the only possible BH6/BH5 I could find. I wanted to tear the Heatspreaders off of it, but I dont wanna lose the warranty, 184 bucks is tough to through away, especially since ill probably be running 2.9v through them 24/7.

So, does it look like it would be easy to put the heatspreaders back on, or am I defintely losing my warranty.

Danke in advance.

[Soulburner]

I'm sure you could put them back on but I haven't tried.

They are tough to get off, you need to pry the silver metal clips off first, then pry the spreaders off the chips (they will be stuck).

[Demon Keeler]

the heat spreaders on my ram are great! they make the memory easier to handle! :bounce: