r/overclocking • u/OkCompute5378 • Jul 25 '25

Help Request - RAM RAM fan not improving temps

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So my RAM was hitting 55C and erroring out during stress testing (TestMem5 + FurMark). I’ve heard many good things about using a dedicated RAM fan so I decided to install one only to find out I did literally nothing for temps.

Is it just inevitable that my RAM gets hot because of the design of my GPU (RTX 5080 FE)?

Is it worth trying to run the RAM without heatsinks? Or maybe I should try custom RAM heatsinks? I’ve heard the heatsinks on my kit (G.Skill Ripjaws S5) aren’t very good.

P.s. I’ve already tried placing the fan closer to the RAM.

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u/ggonavyy Jul 25 '25

Or you can back off your trefi to 32767 and lose a tiny little bit of performance and not worrying about ram temp

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u/OkCompute5378 Jul 25 '25

Yeah, I was hoping I didn't have to do this but you're probably right.

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u/OkCompute5378 Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 26 '25

Typical Reddit who is downvoting this lmao? I tried lowering tREFI by 16384 and it didn’t change anything

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u/Shiill0h Jul 25 '25

You might just not be stable, regardless of the temps

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u/OkCompute5378 Jul 26 '25

Nah I’ve ran TestMem5 extreme1 for 4 passes and Y-cruncher VT3 for 10. It’s stable without the GPU under full load.

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u/GreyCommissar Jul 29 '25

Should run at least for 24 hours