Yeah it does, pain in the ass to mount. But the ramcoolers come with 4 heatpads, 2 thick and 2 thin. I used a thin one for the side w/o the buffer chip and cut the 2 thick ones so they covered the rams left and right of the buffer chip on the other side. That way, the rams + heatpads are about the same height as the chip. I used Arctic Silver on the chip itself, even though there is a good amount of pressure on the chip and I was kinda scared it would break - well, it's tougher than it looks, obviously.