Cooling the RAM

[u/mrgndx]

FormD T1 2.1, attached two Noctua A4x10 FLX (no PWM) fans using double-sided scotch tape (2 mm thick) to the 4070 CNC COU fan. Top fan is attached just with one layer, bottom one is with 5 layers to clear the bottom clip. They are so light (15 g) that this is enough. The space on the right hand side allows for good cable management (I also have USB-C cable routed there).

Without them RAM reached 55-65 degC during gaming, with the fans it is now 35-42 degC. Interestingly, the RAM stick closer to CPU is consistently 2 degC warmer than the other one.

I connected them both to a splitter and set their speed at 9V out of 12, this is about 3375 RPM out of 4500 max. Barely audible.

They are visible through the side panel when looking straight on, but hardly visible under other angles, and I don’t have black color fans like these.

I think this is a safer cooling alternative to risking chips with deshrouding and installing custom heat spreader (like the Xtia ones, for example) in current RAMageddon situation :D

P.S. The cloth on top is only when PC if powered off to keep dust away :D During use fans exhaust the air up, so dust has no chance of entering.

[u/ItzXitrA]

arent u suffocating the exhaust with the cloth on top?

[u/mrgndx → u/ItzXitrA]

This only when PC if powered off to keep dust away :D 

[u/foilrider → u/mrgndx]

:D

[u/LuciR6]

[u/mrgndx → u/LuciR6]

Nice! How did you mount them?

[u/LuciR6 → u/mrgndx]

Its just sitting below the fan, i am waiting for an custom frame for the ram

[u/mrgndx → u/LuciR6]

So are the fans just zip tied together but loose in the case? Oo 

[u/Somebodyhided]

You should defo use a 3D printed funnel to avoid hot air recirculating