Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Rob-Art at Barefeats.com has been studying the temperature of the vicinity of RAM for the new Intel Macs. Well not actually the chip itself, but the heatsink. He looks at the genuine Apple modules and replacements with different heat sinks by other companies.
http://www.barefeats.com/quick.html
Excerpted: "HEAT SINK TEMPERATURE TESTS........
We can say that ALL brands with "advanced finned" heat sinks ran cooler than Apple's factory memory with its advanced heat sink."
My emphasis.
This is worth looking into. Rob also discusses the placement of the chips in the upper and lower tiers and the how it affects temperatire. So with less RAM, perhaps they should perhaps be placed on the lower tier where temperature was not above 150F compared to the upper tier where on the left side, it was 30F higher!
These tests are still in progress and it is is worth keeping an eye on final results!
Asher
http://www.barefeats.com/quick.html
Excerpted: "HEAT SINK TEMPERATURE TESTS........
We can say that ALL brands with "advanced finned" heat sinks ran cooler than Apple's factory memory with its advanced heat sink."
My emphasis.
This is worth looking into. Rob also discusses the placement of the chips in the upper and lower tiers and the how it affects temperatire. So with less RAM, perhaps they should perhaps be placed on the lower tier where temperature was not above 150F compared to the upper tier where on the left side, it was 30F higher!
These tests are still in progress and it is is worth keeping an eye on final results!
Asher