Are Memory Heatsinks Worth It?

[atavus]

I found this on Thermaltake's web site. It looks like a heatsink for your memory. Would this really lead to a worthwhile increase in performance? I think that it would be most useful when overclocking the memory in video cards, if you could get it to stick to the memory. Look at the heat spreader link under new products.

http://www.thermaltake.com/



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[wapaaga]

you could use the artic silver expox to stick it on the memory

 

[Crashman]

The only memory I have ever been able to overheat was on a video card.

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[peteb]

was that when you baked it in the oven? ;o)

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[Crashman]

Actually it was before I baked it in the oven. Baking it in the oven was part of what I did to fix it! It got too hot so I threw it in the over! With a little JB Weld and Ramsinks of course.
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Oh, BTW, that was the second card I baked in the oven. My Radeon. I used a little lower temp this time after getting scared by the smell of the GTS@200F! I highly recomment JB weld for the attachment of heatsinks. Room temp curing is just a little too slow for me though.

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[peteb]

naturally - of course!

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[FatBurger]

lol

If you have RAMBUS, then it'd help your system RAM. SDRAM or DDR probably wouldn't benefit too much from that.
As far as video cards, it would help a lot, which is why they did that on the GeForce 3.

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