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Quote from: Bernhard on 19-April-11, 03:41:32
Can you provide substantiating evidence? A case study maybe, or measurements conducted by yourself ?
No, of course not. Like I've said in another post I do not have the resources or the rigs. If I was a professional or a scientist (or sponsored) then I could do such things (for example I do not have a laser heat temp gun, or a set of ram with heatspreaders), but I am just a mere gamer with a lengthy experience with my own computers. I can however provide the same reviews I read:
From newegg and the set of ram I purchased:
"Other Thoughts: You don't need heat spreaders, they have been shown to make performance worse. Plus this isn't really overclocking RAM and with a 7.2 Windows performance score I see no need to."
" and was happy to pay less, thanks in part to G.Skill's deletion of the heat spreaders, which are mostly unnecessary with tame memory such as this."
So let me rephrase (and not to take things I say too completely seriously!): I didn't need the heatspreaders for my situation, as they are completely unpractical for me (they don't fit under my aftermarket heatsink/fan, and I do not overclock the ram or run it so fast that it needs them at all.
EDIT:
As for poly:  "I have no idea how hot these modules are, I bought it as a kit incl. a ram koeler.
I have no problem that modules are in slot 2 and 4 instead of 1 and 3"
With a fan right on them its not hot, especially if you aren't overclocking them. Furthermore, is your pc complaining at all about using 2&4? Is it only single channel? Can you try slot 3&4 for dual channel or does it refuse to boot? Sorry I was thinking of different platforms with the ram question! My bad 
If you want you could try this: edit: Looks like you are using a testing bed instead of a case so simply touch the metal, then the PSU. Hold the PSU with one hand and touch the ram heatspreader with one finger to test its heat. Or if you actually have a laser heat temp gun you can just read it.

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