I just want a dual channel 8GB kit of simple ho-hum DDR3 1333 that is reliable and will work for the years to come. What is the purpose of putting those unsightly heatsinks on standard 1333mhz 9-9-9-24 DDR3?
I am loathe to buy Corsair, Kingston, or Patriot... I always prefer Crucial - in my opinion the only consistently reliable RAM, but the stock just isn't there. Last week I had to settle for Kingston "Hyper-X" with the blue heatsink...
Another reason I dislike those unecessary heatsinks so much is that removing can rip the BGA chip out right with the traces, and it happened to me a while back with Corsair DDR2 that I wanted to reflow. Someone had a great tip of letting them sit in hot water... I tried it with a hair dryer.
I am loathe to buy Corsair, Kingston, or Patriot... I always prefer Crucial - in my opinion the only consistently reliable RAM, but the stock just isn't there. Last week I had to settle for Kingston "Hyper-X" with the blue heatsink...
Another reason I dislike those unecessary heatsinks so much is that removing can rip the BGA chip out right with the traces, and it happened to me a while back with Corsair DDR2 that I wanted to reflow. Someone had a great tip of letting them sit in hot water... I tried it with a hair dryer.
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