2 gig Ballistix and heat

[Cproflow]

Hello,

First time poster [rabid lurker] here at XS. I'm getting ready to pull the trigger on a kit of the 2 gig Ballistix that seem so nice:

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820146578

It seems to be coming down to either that or the OCZ EB stuff. Price is comparable, so I'm overthinking this as usual :p:

My question deals with heat. Do either of these sticks require active fan cooling? I have TCCD in my other rig, and that stays pretty much cool as a cucumber.

How hot do these sticks get? If so...what is the best way to go about rigging up cooling? Are there any clip on fansets worth noting, or should I cut a hole in my case and try to rig up a fan?

I plan on doing a healthy OC (the 3700+ SD I am about to order I would like to get to 2.7...best case 2.8)

If anyone has any experience with this, it would be a help!

Thanks in advance :toast:

[vapb400]

I'm not sure if people use them on the Ballistix or not, but I don't believe they are notoriously hot.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47413
check that thread for some ram cooling ideas.

[Rbreb13]

My Ballistix get really hot when running Memtest or the like. Other than benches they're not to bad. I did set up a 120mm fan blowing across the sticks though just for good measure.

[ben805]

my ballistix are very hot running at 250 @3-3-3-8 with only 2.6v without any cooling, too hot to touch! But....after I put an 80mm fan on top of them the heatspreader are slightly warm to almost cold at 300 @3-3-3-8 @3.0V underload (memtest, prime, 3dmark in loop, superpi 32m, etc), I haven't heard any 2GB ballistix died from overclocking or heat yet but on the safe side I strongly recommend you to cool them with whatever fan you have laying around, they have lifetime warranty to boot so I'd say there's nothing to worry about.

[toreide]

I guess you can use the fan on the stock amd heatsink. It should be sufficient even if you run it slowly :)