Silverstone's TD03-SLIM AIO cooler is designed to fit in anyone’s case, and their budget as well. The radiator is a mere 153x120x22mm, a measurement which includes the fan and the tube is 310mm in length to allow you flexibility when placing it in your system. The size does mean that it cannot cool as effectively as larger AIO watercoolers and should not be used in overclocked systems, however it does operate more quietly than other coolers of similar size. Drop by Modders-Inc for a closer look.
"One of the good things about AIO CPU coolers is that you do not have to worry about component clearance for the most part on your motherboard. Since memory manufacturers have all but given up making sensibly sized RAM heatspreaders the standard, AIO's have become the cooler of choice for many."
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“Since memory manufacturers
“Since memory manufacturers have all but given up making sensibly sized RAM heatspreaders the standard”
It’s more like air coolers just keep getting bigger and heavier without doin much for performance anymore and taking up way too much space, including completely covering everything under it.
Removing the ram
Removing the ram heatspreaders would still be a better solution: they do absolutely nothing. They are utterly pointless. Unless you are running a server with DDR2 FBDIMMs, you do not require any additional heat dissipation on your DIMMs.