Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 RAM - Cooler needed?

[SolusVM]

Hello,

I bought the Corsair Vengance LPX DDR4 RAM Kit (64 GB, 4x 16 GB, CMK64GX4M4B3000C15) and there is a cooler ("Corsair Vengance Airflow") included. Do I really need this cooler or is it only needed, when I want to overclock the memory? I want to use this memory at 2133 MHz (not at 3000 MHz) with my Intel Core i7 6700k and I don't want to overclock the memory. I only want to overclock the CPU from 4,2 GHz to (for example) 4,5 GHz. Because of my CPU cooler (Noctua NH-D15), this Corsair memory cooler wouldn't fit. So, can I use this memory without the cooler (because the heatspreaders are small(er))?

Before I bought this "Skylake-Upgrade", I had the usual Corsair Vengance DDR3 RAM (32 GB, 4x 8 GB) without any cooler, but with the higher/bigger headspreader (not "LPX") and I never had memory/RAM with a cooler ^^

Thanks in advance.


Regards
John

 

[Samat]

You shouldn't need the cooler, even if you run the memory at 3000MHz (XMP). RAM temperatures are hardly ever a problem really.

 

[SolusVM]

You shouldn't need the cooler, even if you run the memory at 3000MHz (XMP). RAM temperatures are hardly ever a problem really.

Thank you for the answer! I was wondering, because the heatspreader is much smaller than the heatspreader of my "old DDR3" vengeance RAM and because of this smaller heatspreader, I thought the passive cooling is not enough ^^



Regards
John