Question Heat sink very close to Ram

[silenthunt316]

Hey guys happy Memorial Day weekend, I just got the noctua d15. And the front fan in numbing into the ram. Not putting pressure on it or nothing. What should I do? Any help will be appreciated

 

[Phaaze88]

#1 is wrong. Over time the vibrations from the fan going into the memory socket will cause problems.
#2 Doesn't allow the OP to close the case.
#3 Might be the best option for now until there's a slimmer fan.

#1)What? I've been running it like this for close to 3 years now and haven't had any problems with that, even after running my IPPC 3000s at 100% during stress tests...

 

[Karadjgne]

Your fan actually rests/touching the top of the ram Phaase? Seriously that's not healthy. It won't affect the ram itself, but can/will damage the socket or the solder joints underneath. At the exact wrong pitch in vibration, can cause errors with the teeth in the socket if they chatter in the slightest and vibrate away from the ram teeth.

A 1mm gap is still a gap.

 

[Phaaze88]

Your fan actually rests/touching the top of the ram Phaase? Seriously that's not healthy. It won't affect the ram itself, but can/will damage the socket or the solder joints underneath. At the exact wrong pitch in vibration, can cause errors with the teeth in the socket if they chatter in the slightest and vibrate away from the ram teeth.

A 1mm gap is still a gap.

Yeah, it totally does. Been like that for a while now - well, 2.5 years to be more precise.
Hmm, since it's not too late, I guess I still have time to change it...

 

[SamirD]

And remember--fan speed can also be used to make up any temp differences. I floor all my fans so I would have just removed that one and not worried about it since everything would be moving a lot of air anyways.

 

[SamirD]

#1)What? I've been running it like this for close to 3 years now and haven't had any problems with that, even after running my IPPC 3000s at 100% during stress tests...

3 years is nothing. Over time the vibration will remove the micro gold coating on some of those contacts--and then the trouble will begin...

 

[Karadjgne]

True.

 

[Xbox And Windows gamer]

Hey guys happy Memorial Day weekend, I just got the noctua d15. And the front fan in numbing into the ram. Not putting pressure on it or nothing. What should I do? Any help will be appreciated

If it isn't putting pressure it should be fine. If it actually touches it, not good. Try see if your RAM is too close (somehow?).

 

[silenthunt316]

@Xbox And Windows gamer unfortunately they’re touching. But I’m just gonna buy a 120mm fan and replace with it with the 140 it came with.

 

[eastonco]

Could you provide a picture of the inside of the case so we know exactly what we are working with here? If it is hardly touching the ram, and the ram has a heat sync, it may not be that big of a deal. Often times, heatsyncs on ram are pretty and all but don't do an incredible amount to cool the RAM (expecially with cheaper RAM brands) unless the RAM is under higher temperatures from something such as over clocking. You may be fine with it hardly touching, but I would love to see a pic to say more.

Also, are you overclocking your CPU, RAM, or any other component that may cause higher temperatures?

 

[silenthunt316]

@eastonco nope not overclock day nothing. Here’s the pic

https://imgur.com/2FHhrfo

View: https://imgur.com/2FHhrfo

 

[silenthunt316]

*havent overclocked anything *

 

[Phaaze88]

@SamirD @Karadjgne
Ok, I fixed it - sits like 2mm over the ram now.

@silenthunt316
Where are we now?
Oh yeah - so if you don't care about spending extra on getting a 120mm fan, then do that.
If not, the fan in the middle by itself will still be sufficient - you're really not missing much without the 2nd fan.
It's pretty much /thread after that.

 

[silenthunt316]

@Phaaze88 well I’m actually gonna get the 120mm fan. Btw I’m doing a prime95 torture test on my cpu. And my temperature is at 83-84C. Is that too high during a stress test?

 

[Phaaze88]

On what? Besides the chassis and cpu cooler, I don't think you relayed the rest of your PC's specs?

 

[Karadjgne]

83-85 is fine for a torture test. Figure that's going to be maximum output on every core, every thread. Gaming you'll use maybe at best 70% ish of that, your temps should not exceed @ 55-60 usually.

That 85 figure is your safety limit. You'll know for fact if you are hitting 90's, there's an issue somewhere, usually a dirty cooler.

So game on, have fun. 👍

@Phaaze88 funny how something as small in dimension as 2mm takes you from potential damage to happy, free and clear sailing.