After many tests with my memory, which was clearly overheating during stress tests (55–60°C), I decided it was time to do something about it.
I had seen many posts where people stick/tape an extra fan to the GPU or to the front glass panel to cool the RAM sticks. So I eventually came up with something similar — but without using any adhesive tape 😅.
I used a long standoff from a monitor mount, the cable cover included with the be quiet! case, and a few zip ties to make the whole thing reasonably rigid and stable. And that’s how my “Frankenstein” was born.
The fan currently cooling the RAM is a be quiet! Silent Wings Pro 4 140 mm (it was previously mounted at the bottom of the case to assist GPU cooling, which is already running fairly cool anyway 🤷🏾♂️).
The results are honestly excellent. Before, I was hitting 55°C after just 5 minutes of TM5; now it feels like the test could run for hours and the RAM doesn’t even break a sweat.
It may not look particularly pretty, but it works like a dream — so for now, I’d say it was absolutely worth it.
Higher-quality photos:
https://imgur.com/a/TEglCX0