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Ait'al
2004-02-24, 03:56 PM
Does anyone know if they make water cooling blocks for system ram?

And I have the option of a 9xxx water cooler for the vid card that does covers the ram and the GPU supposedly, though im not sure how it does this or if i need to buy it with anormal GPU block. Or i can get this 1/2" Dangerden block, but i dont know if i need something then to cool the ram, or if i do need to, what i can get, because i havent seen anything for it on the retail sites ive looked at or the companies sites. Innovateks English version of there site is down, and has been for months, so i cant look up the specs on the ram+GPU cooler they have. (The 9xxx one i mentioned first.) Its also a size smaller tube wise than i want but i think i can get an increased thing to fit in place,or on it, to hook up the larger tube anyway. Not to mention i i can hook it up straight from the reservoir instead of getting a larger outlet for it instead. (The reservoir im definetly getting is the same size but i was going to find a bigger fitting for it to use with the rest of the system. I want all 1/2" stuff one way or another)

Anyone have any ideas?

Edit: The 9xxx one that has ram cooling is actually 1/4 instead of 3/8 so i have to get even more stuff to use it. But If i get the 1/2" Dangerden one do i need some sort of ram cooling. I cant unfortunatly fit bothte the Block and the Stock fans. Though i wonder if i can still use the stock Brass cooler thing on the back of hte card with something to help cool it. IM going to have a sideways blowing PCI fan thing blowing air straight on it at 29 CFM so i will have atleast that on it too.

http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/ex-blc-37.html?mv_pc=525 Without Ram cooler. Dangerden

http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/ex-blc-61.html?mv_pc=852 Innovatek Cool-Matic ATI Rev 1.1 GPU + RAM Cooler Obviously this is also a GPU cooler but... / This is listed under 1/4", but has no actual mention of it. There is also no visible fitting or place for one on it. So im not actually sure if this works like a normal block. Or is one.

Phaelon
2004-02-24, 04:01 PM
For system ram? Not likely, the intriquicy of how water cooling works, there is not enough room between the memory chips to actually do something like that, and what would you need it for?

Honestly there is no reason you would need it. Toms Hardware using just regular heatsinks on thier memory overclocked thier Pentium 4 to 5.25 GHz WITHOUT water cooling for the RAM.

Water cooling on system ram would be a complete waste, your rams transistors would collapse long before you got a benefit out of it.

Rbstr
2004-02-24, 04:30 PM
I have never heard of water cooling the System memory, the integrated heatspreaders(on the stick that have them) are more than adequate.
Alo there is no need to WC BGA ram chips either just Use some termal epoxy to glue on a few Copper rams sinks and you'll be fine