What is RAM heat shield?

[Guest]

Hi,
So, my question is, what exactly is the use of a heat shield? Will it make any performance difference? Because, anyways, RAM doesn't heat up like the CPU or GPU. What does it do? And will it make any difference if I install one without the heatshield?
Thanks in advance.

 

[Wamphryi]

I have used both and in all honesty I don't believe that heat sinks are necessary for RAM. However RAM with heat sinks looks better and if you have a system with a window on the case it pays to go for the eye candy.

 

[Blas]

RAM doesn't heat up like the CPU or GPU

You clearly have never touched a RAM module after it being working intensively They do get hot. The heat spreaders some ram modules have is there to help remove the heat from the RAM. Heat probably won't affect performance, in normal use cases, but it affects long-term duration of the modules. So it helps giving your modules a longer life. The faster the RAM, the more necessary they are. If you install one without a heat spreader, you should not have performance problems, though, as the typical use case is not super-intensive on RAM.

 

[JWoody]

RAM DOES heat up like a CPU or GPU, just not as much and temps dont tend to flucuate as much, but no heat spreaders arent nessessary though they can extend the life of the RAM, but by the time they wear out anyway they've long since been upgraded.

 

[Guest]

RAM doesn't heat up like the CPU or GPU

You clearly have never touched a RAM module after it being working intensively They do get hot. The heat spreaders some ram modules have is there to help remove the heat from the RAM. Heat probably won't affect performance, in normal use cases, but it affects long-term duration of the modules. So it helps giving your modules a longer life. The faster the RAM, the more necessary they are. If you install one without a heat spreader, you should not have performance problems, though, as the typical use case is not super-intensive on RAM.

Actually, I have. But what I meant was, it doesn't heat as much as a CPU or GPU.