Ram heatsink contact

Morpiest · Mar 22, 2017

Hello. Is it okay for my ram to be touching my cpu heatsink? I'm planning to run my memory in dual channel

http://imgur.com/a/JnPGr

thx1138v2 · Mar 22, 2017

I can't really tell from that view. I guess you are talking about populating the empty RAM slots. If they prevent the CPU cooler heat sink from making full contact with the cpu then you will have a problem.

You definitely do not want contact between the heat sink fins and the RAM modules. You might need to cut away a bit of fin material on the bottom of the heat sink. That will make it slightly less efficient.

The other problem you may run into is the RAM restricting air flow through the cpu heat sink fins. At the least, you'll be sucking hot air from the RAM modules into the heat sink so may make it less efficient for the cpu.

You probably should take temperature readings before and after to judge the extent of the problem, if any.

USAFRet · Mar 22, 2017

Morpiest :

First off, you have that CM cooler mounted wrong.
It appears to be blowing down through the fins...correct?

It really needs to be rotated 90 degrees clockwise, to be blowing out towards the back.

Now...this WILL impinge on slot 1 and possibly slot 2.
In which case, slide the fan up a little bit to clear the RAM you might put in those slots.

Morpiest · Mar 23, 2017

USAFRet :

I mounted it that way for a reason. It was so I could blow the air from the heatsink to my 2 fans on top. I couldn't had mounted it any other way or it would require me to take the 2 fans out of the top of my case

Morpiest · Mar 23, 2017

thx1138v2 :

Don't worry about my cpu temperatures. Underload, I recorded a max temperature of 47c after running prime95 for 10 minutes

USAFRet · Mar 23, 2017

Morpiest :

USAFRet :

I mounted it that way for a reason. It was so I could blow the air from the heatsink to my 2 fans on top. I couldn't had mounted it any other way or it would require me to take the 2 fans out of the top of my case

That looks as if it will be blowing down through the heatsink. Not up towards the fans in the top of the case.

Morpiest · Mar 23, 2017

USAFRet :

Morpiest :

That looks as if it will be blowing down through the heatsink. Not up towards the fans in the top of the case.

Wow, you're right. My temps are fine. So I shouldn't even let the ram stick itself be even touching (not pushing or applying pressure) the heatsink?

USAFRet · Mar 23, 2017

Morpiest :

No, not touching even a little bit.
Just the merest bit of 'not touching' is fine.

I'll bet if you changed that fan to blow up or out the back, your temps would decrease a little bit.

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