Cooling for Crucial Ballistix DDR2 RAM?

[gLk*zaP]

Yeah i agree on the precautionary part. My OCZ run awesome without any cooling, and they have a lifetime warranty for 2.20v too. But still i wouldnt want to make use of that. I prefer to be safe and invest a few bucks into some cooling. Compared to the price of the RAM, it isnt much. Too bad i dont have a spare temp sensor around to stick it on them tho.

[Clunk]

Hmm... the Ballistix brand stocks are made for overclocking. Call up Crucial's tech support number and they'll actually tell you that. They also have a lifetime replacement guarantee so you can't go wrong. I wouldn't worry about cooling them, but that's just me.

That is just a foolish statement.

Ask anybody who overclocks RAM, in fact, ask anybody with any common sense, and they will tell you that if you are running high voltage RAM, to actively cool it.

Did you tell crucial that you were overvolting the RAM? I doubt that they would encourage you to overvolt it and not actively cool it.

[graysky]

I dunno man; I don't want to argue. Just my opinion and a statement of their replacement policy.

[Supershanks]

Crucial TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE

Extract from 5. Terms of limited warrantyCrucial, at its option, will repair, replace, or provide a credit or refund of either the original purchase price or fair market value, whichever is lower, of any product that is determined by Crucial to be defective. Some system configurations may not be designed to operate or may not operate at the published Crucial Ballistix memory speed and timing settings. Overclocking, running your system faster than the speed for which it was designed or the published speed, or otherwise modifying your system timing may result in damage to computer components and Crucial disclaims any and all liability for such damage.

If running stock timings & - 2.2v not 2.25v you will be within the warranty, no cooling needed.

But to be honest i don't see many people buying any performance ram & not overclocking it, hence the need for active cooling. A mild overvolt/overclock will not manifest any issues immediately , but if a few months down the line & you start hetting those odd glitches, you know where to start looking.