Removing heatsink from corsair vengeance 8gb ram

[skpatel71]

Is it safe to remove heatsink from my corsair vengeance 8gb ram
I'm getting new 2 sticks to make my memory from 16 gb to 32gb but I have a cooler master hyper 212x install and it's blocking my 4th ram slot so what should I do
Pls help me

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Proceed at your own risk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LooPQQES0o

 

[Zerk2012]

Just buy the new ram in the low profile vengeance.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Is the heat sink itself blocking the slot or the fan ? You can move the fan to the other side.

I mean it's not a big thing to remove the heat sinks, water coolers have been doing it to add water blocks sine the early days of WC. It is not as if on DDR2, the heat sinks serve any cooling purpose other than "looking cool". Mushkin makes it real easy, take a screw and ya done.

But if ya rush it and take short cuts (i.e. not using a heat gun), you could pull a chip right off the PCB. Still, if selling the old and buying new isn't an option, worth a shot. I would consider selling the old as using two different sets of RAM is not guaranteed to work together, even if from same company and same specs, especially so if their manufacturing dates differ substantially. Vendors tend to switch module suppliers.

 

[Tradesman1]

You can simply raise the fan a bit, it's height adjustable on the EVO, I've got Tridents under an EVO on my Z87. No ill affects as to cooling. As far as removing the heat sink on the DRAM people have pulled memory ICs right off the sticks when removing the heat sinks

 

[skpatel71]

I just asked it is safe or not to remove heatsink from my corsair vengeance 8gb ram
I can't move my cooler Orr fan becoz the fan I facing toward bottom

 

[JackNaylorPE]

The answer (video) I provided you should be enough for you to make that decision. I have done it many times and have no concerns having been involved with PC's since the mid 1980s. But I am not in a position to evaluate your confidence, cautiousness and skill levels.

If done correctly and cautiously, this should present no problem to someone with adequate skill levels. If you are not equipped with or comfortable using the tools shown in the video, or tend to rush things, then you should not attempt it.

Also different heat sink designs present varying levels of challenges. There is no "one size fits all" answer to your question.