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[USER=22977]@BakaBazooka[/USER]I've tried to manually search on aliexpress web and could not find it. I'm personally using AliExpress app on my cell phone. You can activate search by photo function there. It looks like a little camera icon to the right from the search bar. Then just point at the picture of heatsinks and you will get the two shops that sell them. Be careful though because it will also show some red colored thermal pads. Link to imgur for VLP heatsink photo. You can also play Coupon for Friend game in the app to get some discount. But remember to be able to make your discount work for 2,5eur item - it must be about 1/5 +/- of the price. So aim for about 50cents discount to be able to use it with those heatsinks.Also a thing to remember is that you will need some aftermarket thermal pads because those heatsinks seem to come with some pre-applied transparent goo (judging by the picture). And reviewers say it only makes it worse. Well what do we expect at that price point ;-) I'm pretty sure 0,5mm thickness is required. I've made a research and it was really hard to find any thermal pad tests on RAM chips or hardware VRM zone. Only found written 2 tests which haven't explained much ;-/ There are pads that have around 1-17 W/mk which indicate an ability to dissipate heat (watts per meter kelvin - if I spell this right). Well at least in theory that is. And small strips of those 17 w/mk thermal pads costs up to a whooping 120ish euro here and wont be able to cover both of my RAM sticks ;-s Also one of those written tests said that guy used Arctic thermal pads (which have 6 w/mk) vs Fojipoly 17 w/mk pads and he claimed his VRM chips on GPU went 70c on arctic pads vs 68c on Fojupoly pads. Not a big change to be honest. And those Fujipoly are mainly sold in US but they don't cost as much as 17 w/mk stuff in here in EU. Also my friend uses Arctic pads and he says that best of all - "It does not melt/leak" and hi temperatures for his GPU VRM significantly improved compared to stock pads. Not sure about other t.pad brands but it is sure a big plus for me. Those arctic pads also have a good price of around 10eur for 140x140x0.5mm patch.Another thing to remember is what seems the best way to apply those pads. ( It is only in theory though. I don't have any practice .. yet! So take this with a grain of Salt.) Some people suggested applying small squared pads directly on the black memory chips. But it must be perfect size because if you will make them smaller or misfit them then those ships will only cool partially. If that makes any sense. Another source - Igor's Lab had this idea of covering the entire chips with a long strip of thermal pad and soak those chips so that t.pad could also cover sides of the chip which will supposedly help with cooling even more. Make sure there are no air pockets left on the sides of the memory chips because they will trap heat and that is big nono. Igor's lab is very well known web and this Igor guy really knows what he is doing and saying so I'm sticking with his version on how to do this. You will need around 120x20-30x0.5mm thermal pad strips depending on where and how many memory chips your RAM has.I hope this "little" guide will help some of you guys and girls ;-P
[USER=22977]@BakaBazooka[/USER]
I've tried to manually search on aliexpress web and could not find it. I'm personally using AliExpress app on my cell phone. You can activate search by photo function there. It looks like a little camera icon to the right from the search bar. Then just point at the picture of heatsinks and you will get the two shops that sell them. Be careful though because it will also show some red colored thermal pads. Link to imgur for VLP heatsink photo. You can also play Coupon for Friend game in the app to get some discount. But remember to be able to make your discount work for 2,5eur item - it must be about 1/5 +/- of the price. So aim for about 50cents discount to be able to use it with those heatsinks.
Also a thing to remember is that you will need some aftermarket thermal pads because those heatsinks seem to come with some pre-applied transparent goo (judging by the picture). And reviewers say it only makes it worse. Well what do we expect at that price point ;-) I'm pretty sure 0,5mm thickness is required. I've made a research and it was really hard to find any thermal pad tests on RAM chips or hardware VRM zone. Only found written 2 tests which haven't explained much ;-/ There are pads that have around 1-17 W/mk which indicate an ability to dissipate heat (watts per meter kelvin - if I spell this right). Well at least in theory that is. And small strips of those 17 w/mk thermal pads costs up to a whooping 120ish euro here and wont be able to cover both of my RAM sticks ;-s Also one of those written tests said that guy used Arctic thermal pads (which have 6 w/mk) vs Fojipoly 17 w/mk pads and he claimed his VRM chips on GPU went 70c on arctic pads vs 68c on Fojupoly pads. Not a big change to be honest. And those Fujipoly are mainly sold in US but they don't cost as much as 17 w/mk stuff in here in EU. Also my friend uses Arctic pads and he says that best of all - "It does not melt/leak" and hi temperatures for his GPU VRM significantly improved compared to stock pads. Not sure about other t.pad brands but it is sure a big plus for me. Those arctic pads also have a good price of around 10eur for 140x140x0.5mm patch.
Another thing to remember is what seems the best way to apply those pads. ( It is only in theory though. I don't have any practice .. yet! So take this with a grain of Salt.) Some people suggested applying small squared pads directly on the black memory chips. But it must be perfect size because if you will make them smaller or misfit them then those ships will only cool partially. If that makes any sense. Another source - Igor's Lab had this idea of covering the entire chips with a long strip of thermal pad and soak those chips so that t.pad could also cover sides of the chip which will supposedly help with cooling even more. Make sure there are no air pockets left on the sides of the memory chips because they will trap heat and that is big nono. Igor's lab is very well known web and this Igor guy really knows what he is doing and saying so I'm sticking with his version on how to do this. You will need around 120x20-30x0.5mm thermal pad strips depending on where and how many memory chips your RAM has.
I hope this "little" guide will help some of you guys and girls ;-P
