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depends on the ram

usually yes

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1 minute ago, ralphkleinguevarra said:

I have the Gskill Ripjaws V DDR4. Can I remove them?

 

 

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you should be fine, I took my old G.SKill Ripjaw X's heatspreader's off and worked just fine. 

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you should be fine, I took my old G.SKill Ripjaw X's heatspreader's off and worked just fine. 

do they share the same interlocking heat spreaders? I'm a little hesitant to remove them because It'd be my first time doing this.

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Don't quote me on this but I believe they do. Also from my experience G.Skill heatspreaders removed the easiest from me (no residue or anything left behind), just make sure to heat it a little bit before. 

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Just now, J/C said:

Don't quote me on this but I believe they do. Also from my experience G.Skill heatspreaders removed the easiest from me (no residue or anything left behind), just make sure to heat it a little bit before. 

Okay. Is the adhesive fairly weak to pull off? or are the chances that I'd pull out a chip off the RAM?

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Just now, ralphkleinguevarra said:

Okay. Is the adhesive fairly weak to pull off? or are the chances that I'd pull out a chip off the RAM?

Yup for me the adhesive was very easy to take off after heating it with a hair dryer. Chances are you probably wont pull off the chip. 

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Yup for me the adhesive was very easy to take off after heating it with a hair dryer. Chances are you probably wont pull off the chip. 

Okay, I have a 4x4GB setup so I think I should try the two first before proceeding to the other two modules. Thanks m8!

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30 minutes ago, J/C said:

Yup for me the adhesive was very easy to take off after heating it with a hair dryer. Chances are you probably wont pull off the chip. 

M8. Thanks! I managed to pry out two heat spreaders and they're working just fine!

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