Corsair website updated for 6th gen intel

[bomerr]

http://www.corsair.com/en-us/landing/skylake-compatibility

http://www.corsair.com/en-us/landing/skylake

 

The 6th generation Intel core platforms are here

[Castdeath97]

It would be nice if you included pictures and more information.

[Guest]

You should elaborate on the article a little more

That quote isn't informative at all on what the article is about

[TheAmazingCookieFromSquare]

For a second there I thought Corsair was making Skylake motherboards now....

[Guest]

For a second there I thought Corsair was making Skylake motherboards now....

Yeah, I thought that too

 

Just imagine the MOBO names

 

The Z170 Mustang or Z170 Spitfire sound like nice names imo

[Castdeath97]

Yeah, I thought that too

 

Just imagine the MOBO names

 

The Z170 Mustang or Z170 Spitfire sound like nice names imo

Z170 otsu , Z170 sabre (that sounds awesome), z170 zero.

[Guest]

Z170 otsu , Z170 sabre (that sounds awesome), z170 zero.

Just slap in an awesome aeroplane name and you're good to go -Corsair 2015

[Master Disaster]

Razer have the best named product though

Razer Blade is marketing genious.

[Me1z]

Why are they bragging about 'pure aluminum' heat spreaders on their ram? Aluminum is relatively sucky for heat dissipation, there's a reason wrapping hot food in aluminum foil keeps it warm. If they were bragging about pure copper heat spreaders, I'd understand, but this is like trying to advertise your brand of water as the wettest. That and its been proven that RAM bling doesn't actually cool your RAM any better. It's just there to look pretty. If RAM really did generate heat at the rate these manufacturers insist, then a thin chunk of aluminum glued to the side wouldn't be close to enough. That and these bulky 'heat spreaders' restrict airflow between the RAM sticks causing MORE heat build up than there would have been before. Bad marketing is bad, stupid industry standards are stupid, and the worst part is people actually believe this nonsense. FFS people.

[SirSquid]

I got an email about it about a week ago.

http://m.imgur.com/a/girTr (sorry for the link can't post images on mobile)

[Techhog]

Z170 otsu , Z170 sabre (that sounds awesome), z170 zero.

Z170 GTX

[DarkSmith2]

Z170 Dominator Gaming 7G

[Norman_the_Owl]

Why are they bragging about 'pure aluminum' heat spreaders on their ram? Aluminum is relatively sucky for heat dissipation, there's a reason wrapping hot food in aluminum foil keeps it warm. If they were bragging about pure copper heat spreaders, I'd understand, but this is like trying to advertise your brand of water as the wettest. That and its been proven that RAM bling doesn't actually cool your RAM any better. It's just there to look pretty. If RAM really did generate heat at the rate these manufacturers insist, then a thin chunk of aluminum glued to the side wouldn't be close to enough. That and these bulky 'heat spreaders' restrict airflow between the RAM sticks causing MORE heat build up than there would have been before. Bad marketing is bad, stupid industry standards are stupid, and the worst part is people actually believe this nonsense. FFS people.

Aluminum is the best material for making fins out of.

 

Copper is good for transferring heat to itself, aluminum is good for transferring heat to the air.

[patrickjp93]

Why are they bragging about 'pure aluminum' heat spreaders on their ram? Aluminum is relatively sucky for heat dissipation, there's a reason wrapping hot food in aluminum foil keeps it warm. If they were bragging about pure copper heat spreaders, I'd understand, but this is like trying to advertise your brand of water as the wettest. That and its been proven that RAM bling doesn't actually cool your RAM any better. It's just there to look pretty. If RAM really did generate heat at the rate these manufacturers insist, then a thin chunk of aluminum glued to the side wouldn't be close to enough. That and these bulky 'heat spreaders' restrict airflow between the RAM sticks causing MORE heat build up than there would have been before. Bad marketing is bad, stupid industry standards are stupid, and the worst part is people actually believe this nonsense. FFS people.

Aluminum is second only to copper and gold in heat dissipation. It's a great conductor both for electricity and heat. Please take your ignorance elsewhere. If you wrap an ice cube in aluminum vs. putting it in a ziploc bag, the aluminum-wrapped will melt faster. And RAM doesn't get that hot until you start pushing beyond 3300 MHz for DDR4.

[Master Disaster]

Aluminum is second only to copper and gold in heat dissipation.

So third then?

[Me1z]

Aluminum is second only to copper and gold in heat dissipation. It's a great conductor both for electricity and heat. Please take your ignorance elsewhere. If you wrap an ice cube in aluminum vs. putting it in a ziploc bag, the aluminum-wrapped will melt faster. And RAM doesn't get that hot until you start pushing beyond 3300 MHz for DDR4.

 

*Only focuses of the first third of my comment* "Take your ignorance elsewhere"

 

Sure. Got it. Whatever you say Mr. Professional Learner. I did say 'relatively'. And you're ignoring the point about these heat spreaders being purely aesthetic and having no functionality. There's two parts to this: RAM doesn't generate enough heat to warrant heat spreaders AND even if RAM did generate heat, the heat spreaders are poorly designed and would only hold more heat in. Bare sticks of RAM leave enough clearance between them for airflow, decorative nonsense RAM like dominator platinums form a giant mass that prevents air from actually flowing past the heat generating components and cooling them. Aluminum can be used as fins to draw heat out of a copper base, but RAM heat spreaders don't follow this logic, it's just a block of decorative aluminum and plastic. There's no 'fins' to transfer heat to the air, it just absorbs what heat it can and then holds it in, cooking the RAM like an oven.

[patrickjp93]

So third then?

No, because they're tied for first at the same thermal dissipation.

[Master Disaster]

No, because they're tied for first at the same thermal dissipation.

Fair point, well made.

[patrickjp93]

*Only focuses of the first third of my comment* "Take your ignorance elsewhere"

 

Sure. Got it. Whatever you say Mr. Professional Learner. I did say 'relatively'. And you're ignoring the point about these heat spreaders being purely aesthetic and having no functionality. There's two parts to this: RAM doesn't generate enough heat to warrant heat spreaders AND even if RAM did generate heat, the heat spreaders are poorly designed and would only hold more heat in. Bare sticks of RAM leave enough clearance between them for airflow, decorative nonsense RAM like dominator platinums form a giant mass that prevents air from actually flowing past the heat generating components and cooling them. Aluminum can be used as fins to draw heat out of a copper base, but RAM heat spreaders don't follow this logic, it's just a block of decorative aluminum and plastic. There's no 'fins' to transfer heat to the air, it just absorbs what heat it can and then holds it in, cooking the RAM like an oven.

RAM can make enough heat at high clocks. It can be as hot as the northbridge chipsets got on Core 2 Quad platforms. And again no. The aluminum would draw it away onto a larger surface for better dissipation. You're flat wrong. The only way you'll have enough airflow on bare sticks at those high clocks is if you have a dedicated fan on them. Most people don't. Most only have fans at the front and back, not even at the bottom and top of the case. You're nuts.

 

Dominator platinums have internal heatpipes which attach to the fins you see if you look at them sideways. Air flows through those fins, not between the dimms.

 

I'm sorry but the science does not agree with you. Thermal imaging wholly disagrees with you. Here's the thing with me. I don't have an ego. I actually don't. I just don't tolerate bullshit from loudmouth, ignorant time wasters like you who actually get in the way of everyone else who has an actual clue. I don't speak unless I know exactly what I'm talking about and have the facts to back me up. That's what professionalism is. Go home kid.

[Ohlyver]

RAM can make enough heat at high clocks. It can be as hot as the northbridge chipsets got on Core 2 Quad platforms. And again no. The aluminum would draw it away onto a larger surface for better dissipation. You're flat wrong. The only way you'll have enough airflow on bare sticks at those high clocks is if you have a dedicated fan on them. Most people don't. Most only have fans at the front and back, not even at the bottom and top of the case. You're nuts.

Dominator platinums have internal heatpipes which attach to the fins you see if you look at them sideways. Air flows through those fins, not between the dimms.

I'm sorry but the science does not agree with you. Thermal imaging wholly disagrees with you. Here's the thing with me. I don't have an ego. I actually don't. I just don't tolerate bullshit from loudmouth, ignorant time wasters like you who actually get in the way of everyone else who has an actual clue. I don't speak unless I know exactly what I'm talking about and have the facts to back me up. That's what professionalism is. Go home kid.

I like you !

[Castdeath97]

Z170 GTX

That is not a plane

[patrickjp93]

I like you !

You should have seen me tear people apart in high school. I used to take satisfaction in making people cry when taking them down a peg or three.

[Ohlyver]

You should have seen me tear people apart in high school. I used to take satisfaction in making people cry when taking them down a peg or three.

I take some science and/or physics facts (I.e.: the thermal conductivity of metals and stuff like that) almost as granted, then I meet people that believes the exact opposite so I have to explain but given the fact that I take it almost for granted makes me short on explanations of the why ...

Nevertheless maybe some manufacturers exaggerate few features of their ram

[Guest]

You should have seen me tear people apart in high school. I used to take satisfaction in making people cry when taking them down a peg or three.

I feel you

I remember the time I shut my teacher up

Good times

[bomerr]

RAM can make enough heat at high clocks. It can be as hot as the northbridge chipsets got on Core 2 Quad platforms. And again no. The aluminum would draw it away onto a larger surface for better dissipation. You're flat wrong. The only way you'll have enough airflow on bare sticks at those high clocks is if you have a dedicated fan on them. Most people don't. Most only have fans at the front and back, not even at the bottom and top of the case. You're nuts.

 

Dominator platinums have internal heatpipes which attach to the fins you see if you look at them sideways. Air flows through those fins, not between the dimms.

 

I'm sorry but the science does not agree with you. Thermal imaging wholly disagrees with you. Here's the thing with me. I don't have an ego. I actually don't. I just don't tolerate bullshit from loudmouth, ignorant time wasters like you who actually get in the way of everyone else who has an actual clue. I don't speak unless I know exactly what I'm talking about and have the facts to back me up. That's what professionalism is. Go home kid.

core 2 quad heatsinks get so hot they are dangerous to touch barehanded, ram def does not get that hot, well at least not my 2400mhz ddr4 stuff.