Corsair DRAM Adds Cooling Fan

[Yousuf Khan]

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,2009823,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532

 

[Guest]

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,2009823,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532

When will real memory makers start doing this?

 

[Tony Hill]

When will real memory makers start doing this?

Hopefully never! That's the last thing we need, another point of
failure in our computer systems!

 

[David Kanter]

Hopefully never! That's the last thing we need, another point of
failure in our computer systems!

Let me add to this; active cooling is ALWAYS a bad thing. It uses up
more power, it introduces more points of failure (as Tony mentioned),
and perhaps most obnoxiously in case, it probably adds to the noise in
the room. Small fans generally run at high RPM, and make an awful
racket.

For memory that does need such a thing, such as some initial FBD based
systems, I'd recommend a huge 120mm fan running very slowly.

DK

 

[Yousuf Khan]

When will real memory makers start doing this?

Do I sense a bit of hostility towards Corsair here?

Yousuf Khan

 

[chrisv]

Hopefully never! That's the last thing we need, another point of
failure in our computer systems!

And another noise source.

I don't buy motherboards with active cooling on the chipset, either.

Nor cases with 80mm case fans.

Just say "no" to noise pollution.

 

[Guest]

Do I sense a bit of hostility towards Corsair here?

How can you not admire a company that uses UTT chips and screens them
machines costing just 1% as much as those used by Samsung and Micron?
At least Corsair tests at elevated temperatures, unlike other UTT users.