My Dual Harper - Asus Z7S WS living review *56K warning*

[Snootch]

Yes, I do like to play games, but it is not my #1 priority. As my Q6600 sits now with it's single 8800GTX, I am satisfied with it's performance in playing Crysis. If I have to give up SLI/Crossifre support & OC capability to get multi-core multi-thread power for encoding, then so be it. I won't lose any sleep over it. Again, a big thanks to you all for steering me in the right direction! I'll post in the right section illustrating my build when I get all the parts.

[minhgi]

I traded out my OCZ XTC Memory Cooler with version 2 of the same. What would be the best ram cooler replacement for the FBDimm them self.

I was thinking of the thermalright hr-07, but it seem like it is only made for standard memory.

[Snootch]

I traded out my OCZ XTC Memory Cooler with version 2 of the same. What would be the best ram cooler replacement for the FBDimm them self.

I was thinking of the thermalright hr-07, but it seem like it is only made for standard memory.

I bought these RAM coolers, and fan which I bought from NCIX.com
I think they would do a great job of cooling off the FB-DIMMS. The reason I chose them was because I saw a youtube video of a guy building a Z7S build, and this is what he was using, so they must fit FB-DIMMS. I really don't think there is a physical size difference between DDR2/DDR3 and FB-DIMM.

[Jaco]

I bought these RAM coolers, and fan which I bought from NCIX.com
I think they would do a great job of cooling off the FB-DIMMS. The reason I chose them was because I saw a youtube video of a guy building a Z7S build, and this is what he was using, so they must fit FB-DIMMS. I really don't think there is a physical size difference between DDR2/DDR3 and FB-DIMM.

They'd fit , but there's an AMB chip on every FB-dimm module. The AMB chip sticks out a little , which makes it a little difficult.

[Snootch]

They'd fit , but there's an AMB chip on every FB-dimm module. The AMB chip sticks out a little , which makes it a little difficult.

But is the board the same dimension right? I assume the AMB chip is for error checking. I guess it wouldn't be too hard to bend the heatsink out with a pair of pliers slightly to clear the AMB chip and so all the RAM chips are still touching the heatsink.

[Snootch]

Yes, I do like to play games, but it is not my #1 priority. As my Q6600 sits now with it's single 8800GTX, I am satisfied with it's performance in playing Crysis. If I have to give up SLI/Crossifre support & OC capability to get multi-core multi-thread power for encoding, then so be it. I won't lose any sleep over it. Again, a big thanks to you all for steering me in the right direction! I'll post in the right section illustrating my build when I get all the parts.

As promised: http://sites.google.com/site/ultimatehtpc/

Again, thanks to everyone for steering me away from the Z7S for a new machine... This new build rocks!