Painting RAM module heat sink?

[Eblancho87@yahoo.com]

Is there a particular kind of paint suitable for painting a heat sink on a RAM module without causing it to retain heat?

[wiryo990]

i suggest high temp paint or plastidip (like Linus did it)

[jkraghify]

I used car enamel spray paint (3 layers of it in fact). I doubt the paint would retain much heat anyways. As long as the paint can survive high temperatures, you're probably good to go as long as you use thin layers. RAM doesn't really generate much excess heat, unless you are overclocking a lot. Personally, I wouldn't worry about it.

[W-L]

Is there a particular kind of paint suitable for painting a heat sink on a RAM module without causing it to retain heat?

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It won't really make a difference especially on RAM since it's such a low heat output, even if you wrapped it in a layer of electrical tape it wouldn't complain really. Paint wise any spray paint will work but be sure to remove the heatsinks before painting and mask off where the thermal pads make contact to ensure good heat transfer.

[aaronjamesj]

any kind of automotive paint will work.

[Nosfy]

Is there a particular kind of paint suitable for painting a heat sink on a RAM module without causing it to retain heat?

 

I have used Plastidip to paint my GPU so can definitely recommend it.

[That Norwegian Guy]

RAM DIMMs don't have heatsinks anymore. It's purely cosmetic. Most of them are even affixed with two-sided tape. They can get like 30-40 deg celsius, but I don't know a paint that melts at such a low temperature.

[Jamdog]

Any kind of paint will do - RAM doesn't get at all hot anymore unless you are a serious overclocker. 

[Eblancho87@yahoo.com]

Thanks all for your input I got my gskill ripjaw a 4 ram black. For some reason I can't find the white color anywhere even though I saw some advertisements showing white as an option. my mobo arrives tomorrow I'm going to see how it looks with black I'm going for a white and black theme build with the corsair 760t and the asus x99-pro. So it may be fine as is. In any case I appreciate all the great information.

[Hydroin]

Also please remove the heatsink before painting it... You wouldn't believe how I've see some people paint computer parts.

[Nosfy]

Thanks all for your input I got my gskill ripjaw a 4 ram black. For some reason I can't find the white color anywhere even though I saw some advertisements showing white as an option. my mobo arrives tomorrow I'm going to see how it looks with black I'm going for a white and black theme build with the corsair 760t and the asus x99-pro. So it may be fine as is. In any case I appreciate all the great information.

 

Here is my X99 deluxe with Cosair Vengeance in black. Hopefully will give you an idea of what yours might look like.

[aaronjamesj]

Thanks all for your input I got my gskill ripjaw a 4 ram black. For some reason I can't find the white color anywhere even though I saw some advertisements showing white as an option. my mobo arrives tomorrow I'm going to see how it looks with black I'm going for a white and black theme build with the corsair 760t and the asus x99-pro. So it may be fine as is. In any case I appreciate all the great information.

post pics of what you decide and how it looks at the end. Please.

[Warren Pnigel]

As everyone else has said, if the paint can survive high temps you're fine. I took the heat spreaders off mine (they were red and didn't match my blue black and white themed build), and i love the black PCB. 

[Nosfy]

As everyone else has said, if the paint can survive high temps you're fine. I took the heat spreaders off mine (they were red and didn't match my blue black and white themed build), and i love the black PCB.

Any pics?