How to cool your memory with fans, some ideas and pics

[Tim]

I got this thread runnin over at EOCF, I thought why not post it here?

Hope I give you guys some ideas

High voltage on the memory sticks usually get's them very hot, what's the solution? Mount a fan, but how?! I began brainstorming and got an idea, some other people got some other ideas....

(Ozz81 (EOCF) and felinusz from overclockers forum, thanks guys)


Easiest one, (pics 1 and 2) (by me) :

Required:

1: A good fan (80mm or 60x60mm,stock Amd heatsink fan for instance)
2: Fan screws (large diameter)
3: Two elastic bands

Keep an eye on the bands, they might get brittle....


Second idea, kinda perfected (pics 3 and 4):

Well I got creative and decided to try the same basic premise, but a possibly more safe and secure way to hold the rubber bands in place.

I posted a few pictures below of how I secured the rubber bands in place, using small zip-ties instead of screws. It seemed like a better idea, being that there's no danger of the rubber bands snapping as easily, or a screw coming loose and falling inside the case (and possibly causing damage).

And the last one, which is very impressive, didn't try it yet, but dang that looks sweet



Third Idea (by felinusz (overclockers forum) pics 5,6 and 7) :

The below picture of my creation speaks for itself, but basically, I have two 'clips' made from a coat hanger, that snap onto either side of the RAM slots. Same idea as "The Rubber Band Method" mentioned above, but sturdier, safer, and more reliable . The idea was inspired by those fan clips that Thermalright uses on their excellent heatsinks.

All it took for me to make the clips were three coat hangers (my first clip wasn't evenly shaped), a pair of needle nosed pliers, and a wire cutter. The clips and fan fit perfectly on any three-RAM-slot motherboard, and I'm sure it would be easy to make larger/smaller clips for motherboards with more or less RAM slots as well.

When you bend your coathanger, be sure to measure everything with a ruler first - I found that marking the coathanger wire with a little scratch where the bends needed to be made really helped to make the whole thing easier to manufacture.

I used an old dead board that I have, to measure the width of three DDR RAM slots, and to get the bend angles and lengths right for a relatively easy, and centered mounting in the end product.

If you use an 80mm fan, you'll probably need to add an extra bend, to accomodate the wider width.

Have fun with it, keep em cool (1, 2 very old system pics btw )