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 Hey just wondering is it safe for me to buy higher megahertz RAM? Is it going to overheat and if it does, how hot is too hot? Also can ram get hot?

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We need some more information. 

 

CPU, motherboard, power supply, current RAM kit. You can probably just overclock your RAM to a higher frequency, and even buying faster RAM wouldn't make a huge performance difference. 

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RAM heat output is tiny. If you managed to overheat your sticks, at the very least the Motherboard's VRM will be overheating long before that and probably dead by the time there's any harm to the memory sticks. That's how bad the case's airflow need to be for that sticks to get harmed by heat.

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You would need to aim for extreme OC to overheat RAM. And even then you would need to worry about mobo chipset being cooled properly first. Those parts actually do overheat on cheaper mobos.

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Ram does output heat but if the kit is rated for the speed you are running then it should be totally fine, realistically the air moving through the case normally is enough to cool it. It really doesn't matter much, even heat spreaders aren't really necessary for ram its more for looks than anything else

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On 12/7/2018 at 5:54 PM, Shiv78 said:

We need some more information. 

 

CPU, motherboard, power supply, current RAM kit. You can probably just overclock your RAM to a higher frequency, and even buying faster RAM wouldn't make a huge performance difference. 

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On 12/9/2018 at 11:01 AM, LoGiCalDrm said:

You would need to aim for extreme OC to overheat RAM. And even then you would need to worry about mobo chipset being cooled properly first. Those parts actually do overheat on cheaper mobos.

ok my parts? alright well is the gigabyte GA-H110D3A good enough?

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On 12/9/2018 at 11:01 AM, LoGiCalDrm said:

You would need to aim for extreme OC to overheat RAM. And even then you would need to worry about mobo chipset being cooled properly first. Those parts actually do overheat on cheaper mobos.

my board is for mining

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2 hours ago, Gorge said:

ok my parts? alright well is the gigabyte GA-H110D3A good enough?

2 hours ago, Gorge said:

my board is for mining

 

I don't think just mining would put such strain on mobo nor RAM that either would overheat. Besides, you can't OC on that board which is main reason why mobo would overheat.

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1 minute ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

 

I don't think just mining would put such strain on mobo nor RAM that either would overheat. Besides, you can't OC on that board which is main reason why mobo would overheat.

No my motherboard was designed for mining, but I game on it and OK can I overclock my graphics card?

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17 minutes ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

 

I don't think just mining would put such strain on mobo nor RAM that either would overheat. Besides, you can't OC on that board which is main reason why mobo would overheat.

So I can’t OC the gpu alone?

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40 minutes ago, Gorge said:

So I can’t OC the gpu alone?

Ofc you can. GPUs aren't restricted like CPUs.

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