[SOLVED] Should I worry about overheating RAM?

[Jobjanusz]

Hello, there! I just overclocked my ram from 2400mhz to 2800mhz. I wanted to be sure if the ram was stable. So I ran several memtest64 test and got 0 errors every time. But I still wonder if my temperatures are safe? I didn't measure them, but should I be fine or not? And if I need to check the temps how do I check them. I don't think I have sensors on my ram.

RAM: Micron 16gb Single Channel DDR4

Greetings,

Job

 

[k1114]

Typical ram don't have temp sensors on them. If you didn't change voltage then it's only a few degrees.

 

[Karadjgne]

Ram doesn't overheat, not unless you are trying for some rediculously high, over the top OC, like 5GHz or more on a 2133MHz kit, and have voltages to match. Ram doesn't even require the fancy painted advertisements called heatsinks for normal usage.

And no, no sensors on ram. You've got the IC chips and an eprom for the ram data, and thats about it.

I can't even think of any ram that actually does have thermal sensors lol, and not sure if there's any software like HWInfo that'd actually read it if they did. That's how much of a non-entity ram temps are.

 

[Jobjanusz]

Ram doesn't overheat, not unless you are trying for some rediculously high, over the top OC, like 5GHz or more on a 2133MHz kit, and have voltages to match. Ram doesn't even require the fancy painted advertisements called heatsinks for normal usage.

And no, no sensors on ram. You've got the IC chips and an eprom for the ram data, and thats about it.

I can't even think of any ram that actually does have thermal sensors lol, and not sure if there's any software like HWInfo that'd actually read it if they did. That's how much of a non-entity ram temps are.

Yeah I didn't do that. Thank you for relieving me!

 

[Jobjanusz]

Typical ram don't have temp sensors on them. If you didn't change voltage then it's only a few degrees.

I have my voltage on auto. So I don't think it's changing that much. And I like to keep it that way.

 

[sizzling]

Ram doesn't overheat, not unless you are trying for some rediculously high, over the top OC, like 5GHz or more on a 2133MHz kit, and have voltages to match. Ram doesn't even require the fancy painted advertisements called heatsinks for normal usage.

And no, no sensors on ram. You've got the IC chips and an eprom for the ram data, and thats about it.

I can't even think of any ram that actually does have thermal sensors lol, and not sure if there's any software like HWInfo that'd actually read it if they did. That's how much of a non-entity ram temps are.

FYI my Corsair Vengeance Pro does have temperature readings for each DIMM and is visible in both the Corsair iCue and HWMonitor so some do. Can’t say I use it as whenever I checked it they were low to mid 40’s.

 

[Karadjgne]

Cool, that's a new one on me. With iCue interactiveness, I'm wondering just how many other Corsair things or even other ram models have that feature, or if it's specific to the Pro and upper grade ram.

 

[k1114]

It's been on many ecc ram but I've seen it on some consumer models yet ram temps are a non issue nowadays. Modern ram won't overheat but old ram can boil themselves. Remember ram fans?

 

[Karadjgne]

Dominator fans, yes, back in DDR2 days and 1.8v or 1.65v DDR3, but even then those were more of a gimmick unless you were seriously punishing the ram with uber low timings, high speeds and mental voltages.

Guess I haven't paid much attention (well any attention really) to ram temp sensors since it is such a non issue for 99.99% of consumer ram users.