MjrTom Posted September 30, 2006 Posted September 30, 2006 Hello All Im looking for some active cooling for my BH-5 DRAM Modules currently running at 3.2v I intend on putting at least another 0.3v through them but cant until I improve cooling. Does anyone know of any products on the market for this or am I just better off building something myself? Any ideas are greatly appreciated Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelballzz Posted September 30, 2006 Posted September 30, 2006 i use a 80 or 92 mm fan and some seal string from the prometeia to glue the fan to the heat spreaders of the ram its a tape used for electrical insulation in outside installations.......from 3M with some coolers i can just glue the stuff to the psu and the cpu cooler just above the ram its a bit hard to explain Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MjrTom Posted September 30, 2006 Posted September 30, 2006 Yeah I understand wat you mean Im having trouble finding fans that can fit under the Thermalright SI-120 CPU cooler due to its close proximity to the RAM. Think if I can find some 10-15mm thick fans no bigger than 60-70mm in diameter is the max space available Larger A Standard 80mm wont fit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_ski Posted September 30, 2006 Posted September 30, 2006 The only thing I know of off-hand is the neon Crab by Evercool. Here's a link to a review of Evercool stuff: http://www.3dxtreme.net/index.php?id=evercoolnewroundup1 It's decent, and the Crab may be small enough to fit in there. The alternative is to build your own, of course. There's a guy here in the forum that just did something like that for his case mod. Here's a link for you: http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showpost.p...49&postcount=26 I was thinking of trying it with a couple of 50mm fans myself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lackobreath Posted September 30, 2006 Posted September 30, 2006 I've got my BH-5 nestled under my XP-120, plus another high speed 120mm case fan blowing cool air right on them from outside the case (~3" away) but the most i've run through them so far is 3.4v. With my XP-120 there was literally no way for me to put a fan right on top of the modules but you look like you have a little more clearance. If you've got a stock heatsink from any AMD heatsink if you take it off the heatsink i think it will fit under there, they are usually very low profile. AMD heatsink fan on the left, standard 80mm fan on the right... http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/4871/1003587yu0.jpg http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/8513/1003588jv5.jpg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_ski Posted September 30, 2006 Posted September 30, 2006 That stock AMD fan is a 70mm x 15mm. The case fan is an 80mm x 25. That's what account for the difference in height. The 50mm's I plan on using are also another fan that is most commonly found in a 15mm height. You might even be able to find a special 10mm fan if you look hard enough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RohypnoL Posted September 30, 2006 Posted September 30, 2006 To cool mine I'm using my stock AMD Heatsink Fan wrapped around a lead wire that runs right under my PSU. The fan just hangs there, but I wrapped it tight so it doesnt move much or at all when turned on, and I can easily move it out of the way if I need to switch out my CPU or RAM. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeTeZZ Posted September 30, 2006 Posted September 30, 2006 I have 2 60mm silenX fans epoxyed together blowing on my RAM. After removing the original 80mm off my 165 HS fan I noticed it's a Delta. wow apparently good quality and definitely blows way more air than the two 60's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MjrTom Posted October 1, 2006 Posted October 1, 2006 Thanks all You have given me some good ideas I have not got any Stock AMD coolers but what I do have is about 5 years worth of Intel ones lol Here are a few examples: Larger From Right to left: Northwood, first gen prescott, second gen prescott. rated at 0.16A, 0.21A and 0.44A respectively. The brakets approx the same spacing as the DIMM slots Going to try them for size and let you know EDIT: Hmm too large Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_ski Posted October 1, 2006 Posted October 1, 2006 Are they too thick, or just too wide? If they are too wide you can just find a way to hold them on, like the rubber band mod. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MjrTom Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 Are they too thick, or just too wide? If they are too wide you can just find a way to hold them on, like the rubber band mod. They just look awful and dont really cool that well I need a 15mm thick fan to fit under the SI-120 cooler. Thinking of going the water cooling route soon so that will free up enough spce in the memory/CPU area to fit a decent 80mmx25mm fan on the BH-5. As for overclocking, ive not pushed any higher since insufficient cooling but now tightened the timings. They now run at 1.5-2-2-5 @ DDR450 with 3.2v Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_ski Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 You could probably pick up a few 50 x 10mm's (or 60mm's or 70mm's) for a few bucks in the meantime. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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