I just bought the Thermaltake Frio CPU cooler to go towards finishing my upgrade but I was planning on getting G.Skill Ripjaws X Series RAM and I'm not sure if they'd be able to clear the Frio when it has both fans attached. I was going to get 4x2GB of ram to fit in an Asus P67 board but now I might need to get 2x4GB.
 
Do you guys think it'll be able to clear all 4 RAM slots or do you at least think I'd be able to fit the G.Skill RAM under the Frio's fan?

shurikenangel

I really don't know but I do know that ram is awesome!

 
I've wanted the Ripjaws RAM for a while now just because it looks awesome so I'm excited that it's finally time to buy it (next time NewEgg has another Desktop RAM discount). 

Sleepee

I know for a fact that it won't clear if you've got all four RAM slots filled up. It'll fit just perfectly if you're using the two colored slots furthest away though. That's how it is for dual channel on the P67 right? The same as the RAM arrangement on P55? Pardon me for not knowing that.

I've got the Frio myself and a pair of Ripjaws X on my board, but just two. The heatsinks on the RAM is too tall to fit under the leading fan of the Frio.

^^^ This. The Ripjaws X is 1 & 9/16" from bottom of the pins to top of the heat spreader. The first slot will be covered up by pretty much any leading fan cooler. I'll look around for some of the reviews/pics I've seen proving this... back in a bit.

I'll just have to get the 2x4GB pack then. Thanks for posting the pictures Sleepee.

Do the 4GB sticks overclock just as good as the 2GB sticks? I'm not sure if the 4GB sticks would have heat problems compared to the temp of a 2GB stick overclocked to the same speed.

I have my Kingston HyperX RAM's fitted to the limit under the Frio right fan, it's like the RAM's were designed to fit under that cooler lol, and I'm running 4 sticks which is 8GB total.
 

ShadowsDemise

rovian

I have my Kingston HyperX RAM's fitted to the limit under the Frio right fan, it's like the RAM's were designed to fit under that cooler lol, and I'm running 4 sticks which is 8GB total.

If the HyperX RAM was red I'd probably go with that instead. I'm trying to go with a red and black theme in my case.

 
Oh I see.. I think G.skill has the same height as the Hyperx.. but I'm not sure though, someone may need to confirm this..
 
their RAM is red too:    
EDIT:
 
The 4GB models seems to be out of stock on newegg..
 
here is at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/G-S...buffered/dp/B001IWZDME

ShadowsDemise

rovian
Oh I see.. I think G.skill has the same height as the Hyperx.. but I'm not sure though, someone may need to confirm this..

their RAM is red too:

http://www.newegg.com/Pro..._-20-231-185-_-Product

I was looking at this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231193

but I wanted to go with the Ripjaws X RAM because it says that it was designed for the P67 boards so I don't know if it get's better performance.

 
BTW! don't get the ones on the newegg's web, they're a 1GB models per stick, so you would have 4GB per the 4 sticks which is useless, the other link I edited is the amazon link which has the 2GB per one stick.. idk though about the Ripjaws being designed for that board, but it seems both will work just fine :)..
 
Anyways 8GB isn't that much needed for gaming.. when I added two more HyperX's over the 4GB's I had I didn't notice any difference in the games performance at all, so yea.. the Ripjaws 4GB models will do just fine.. but a 1 year from now? who knows how much the upcoming games will take.. until that day comes then you may need to upgrade your cooler and just get another 4GB's Ripjaws ..
 
GL!

emepror

you just have to be careful with the ram voltages, the kit on amazon is 1.8v which is alot considering P67 is a "max" of 1.5 and X58 is a "max" of 1.65

TBH the "designed for P67" is a gimmick, its just ram, its not as if it has a special process to go through to be good for P67

 
If you go down to where people reviewed that ram.. some guy stated that these specs amazon typed is wrong, the ram actually runs at 1.5 stock :)

ShadowsDemise

I'm planning on learning video editing and I've read it's good to have more RAM.  

Thanks for the help everyone. 

 

    
 
4GB is still a pretty good amount of memory even for video editing lol, the 8GB IMO is overkill for everything, and it's more likely a future proof amount..

Sleepee

Actually, 8GB has really helped me out in Photoshop. It makes it much easier for me to work with high res, multi-layer projects with ease with little to no stutter.

 
Unless the OP needs to run the same thing then I would also recommend going with the 8GB, I thought he meant some video editing for average using..

now that u mention 3d models, i would have to recommend 8gb over 4. I have six and c4d is always saying not enough ram when i use large textures with large renders or do any particle rendering.