Vengeance RAM heat spreader glue

[TomHartill]

Hi all, this is my first post

I am using corsair vengeance RAM in my system (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 XMP) and I originally had a corsair A70 CPU cooler. In order to fit this thing in I had to remove the heatspreader off one of the RAM sticks, which went fine. I just used pulled the heatspreader plates appart a little bit and slid a modelling knife in between to cut the glue off the chips inside.

Now however I have upgraded the cooler to a H100 and so there is plenty of room for the heat spreader to go back on. My Question is: what glue is used to attach the metal heat spreader plates to the RAM? Is it some kind of special thermal glue or what?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[Wired]

FYI you have voided the warranty on those modules.

AFAIK it's some type of epoxy they use, but I could be wrong.

[TomHartill]

Thanx for the reply.

Yeah I know I voided the warranty, but frankly I had no choice. As much as I love corsair products, I feel that the heatspreaders are too big and serve aesthetic reasons more than what they should be doing, bad design IMO.

AFAIK, I shall google it!

[Wired]

Next time look for the CML series. They're low profile Vengeance memory.

[Generic User]

Be nice to be able to remove the heat spreaders without voiding the warranty. I would prefer to install liquid cooling.

[Wired]

Originally Posted by Generic User

Be nice to be able to remove the heat spreaders without voiding the warranty. I would prefer to install liquid cooling.

They're not made to be removed, sorry!

[peanutz94]

Originally Posted by Generic User

Be nice to be able to remove the heat spreaders without voiding the warranty. I would prefer to install liquid cooling.

Could have went with the Dominator modules. They have removable heat spreaders.

[Wired]

Originally Posted by peanutz94

Could have went with the Dominator modules. They have removable heat spreaders.

To be clear, the TOPs are removable (they have screws), not the sides.