G.Skill Releases Miniaturized RAM For Big CPU Heatsinks

By Steve Burke Published February 08, 2012 at 1:45 pm

Hardware

For those having trouble cramming massive heatsinks into small boards - particularly MicroATX boards - G.Skill (and a few others) have a solution: "Low Profile RAM," which stands at only 1.26 inches high, is designed to slide unnoticeably under aftermarket CPU heatsinks that are too big and would otherwise collide with RAM.

As much as we love big heatsinks on memory (the Vengeance line comes to mind), sometimes it just doesn't work with CPU coolers. G.Skill's "Low Profile Ares" RAM tries to remedy that by providing a solid heatsink on a smaller area.

G.Skill says that it internally verifies each kit of RAM for defects prior to shipping which, if upheld as they claim, certainly is a reason to try them out.

The Ares RAM operates at varying frequences, all the way up to 2133MHz. It's spec'd to work well with small form factor (SFF) setups and is available in both blue and orange for the best mix of styling potential.

View more on the RAM here: http://www.gskill.com/news.php?index=537

Last modified on February 08, 2012 at 1:45 pm

Steve Burke

Steve started GamersNexus back when it was just a cool name, and now it's grown into an expansive website with an overwhelming amount of features. He recalls his first difficult decision with GN's direction: "I didn't know whether or not I wanted 'Gamers' to have a possessive apostrophe -- I mean, grammatically it should, but I didn't like it in the name. It was ugly. I also had people who were typing apostrophes into the address bar - sigh. It made sense to just leave it as 'Gamers.'"

First world problems, Steve. First world problems.

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