1500 USD. What do i get?

[AlecJ32]

Re: 1500 USD. What do i get?

Ok so maybe I overshot a bit but the fact is still true, there is no real heatsink on the ram selected. For 20-50 bucks more you get ram with a heatsink on it - something you should be considering seriously if you plan on playing more than an hour.

The ram doesn't have a heatsink on it because it doesn't need a heatsink. The ICs on ram sticks don't get very hot, so a simple heat spreader will suffice. Not to mention, that specific RAM is low voltage. Most of the ram with big heatsinks run at voltages of 1.9v or higher, some sticks even running at 2.2v, while the ram sticks in question run at a voltage of 1.65v.

Ram sticks with big heatsinks and heatpipes, or even fans are well, I hate to say it, a gimmick targeted towards gamers, because they think because they're 'gaming', they need a crapton of fans. If they're willing to waste their money putting 7 case fans in their tower, they're probably willing to waste their money buying an expensive and completely unnecessary ram cooler as well.

[[CA]1|Sgt.MG42]

Re: 1500 USD. What do i get?

Monstrous heatsinks on DDR2 is a complete waste and a scam. DDR2 runs nowhere as hot as DDR where you could pump in a ridiculous amount of voltage to hit crazy speeds (I used to run my BH5 @ 3.65V 24/7). EEC RAM is the exception to this as it runs hot at stock speeds.

[imported_Will]

Re: 1500 USD. What do i get?

The motherboard i'm getting uses DDR3,