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Adding a fan system to your memory sticks means somehow mounting it and the easiest way is to clip it right on a memory stick. The Armada Tri-Fan Cooler adds three small fans in a line right on top of your memory stick to add airflow to the area around your memory sticks.
The Armada installs easily and it will be up to you whether you install it onto the memory stick and then install the stick into your system or install it on a memory stick while it is on the motherboard. In my particular system I found it easier to install it to the RAM and then install the RAM and the fan onto the motherboard as one unit. Plugging the Armada in using the smaller fan connector onto the motherboard is pretty easy with today’s modern motherboards that usually have plenty of these connections on the motherboard.
The Armada adds a nice cooling airflow to the area of the RAM that often does not get enough airflow like on my main gaming computer. I have a rather large heat sink on the CPU right next to my memory slots and adding the RAM cooler adds some kind of airflow to the area that I found was missing. The heat sinks on the memory sticks I had worked well but if you do not have heat sinks the Armada cooler is a less expensive way to get some air flow to the area of your RAM.
The Armada adds a nice cooling airflow to your memory sticks directly instead of trying to cool them from several inches away that can make a big difference in cooling your memory. The memory stick I added saw a cooling of about six to seven degrees measured with the Scythe Kama Thermo Wireless temperature sensor to measure the temperature directly from one of the chips on the memory stick. I checked the same chip several times with and without the fans running and saw a good decrease in temperature with the fans running.
The VIZO fans I reviewed all did a good job of cooling the various parts of the computer and added to the cooling airflow that helps the entire system stay cool. The three fans connect using a Molex connector that is the kind that you can plug a male and female on both sides so you don’t take up one power connector from your supply. The Armada uses a smaller fan connector that connects to your motherboard or a small adapter you can connect to a Molex if you have one.
All the fans worked well and were pretty quiet but the main performance bonus you can get from these is using them to the best advantage in your particular system. I found in several different situations that arranging things correctly made all the difference in cooling your computer.
Adding the right fan in the right place makes a big difference to keeping the parts of your computer cool. The fans from VIZO are nice due to their quiet nature as well as how they don’t take up a full power connection from your power supply.
I highly recommend these fan cooling systems from VIZO for your various cooling needs.