I’ve got two 32GB dual rank DDR5 DIMMs being cooled by a pair of 60mm fans, but one of them consistently runs 4–5°C hotter than the other in HWinfo. The hotter one is a bit closer to the CPU air cooler, so I’m guessing it's picking up some extra heat from that area.
I’m not planning to remove the factory heatspreaders, but I was thinking of adding a few small copper heatsinks on top of the hotter DIMM — placed roughly over the chip areas — using decent thermal pads. Would this actually help lower the temps or bring things into better balance?
The system is running fine, but the temp difference is bothering me a bit (mild OCD kicking in 😅). .
Appreciate any input!
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How hot is it actually running?
You’re overthinking it. Stick closer to the CPU is certainly only hotter due to proximity to the CPU. That’s completely normal and you probably won’t find a system that doesn’t experience this to come degree. Hope I helped 🙂
Only way to get it down is to take the heat sinks ( which do fuck all for dissipating heat) off. You can add copper to that, but the thermal tape is not very thermally conductive. Also just do both fans as intake