04-12-2006, 03:16 PM
The "metal wrapping" on the RAM modules are the heat spreaders. They help to prevent hot spots 'n stuff. Check your mobo manual to see if the 2 RAM modules are in the optimum placement. With only 2 modules some boards like them spaced out a bit more, I don't remember if it makes any difference with your components though.
And for some reason the GPU and cooling solution has nearly always been mounted on the bottom of video cards, maybe to keep dust and other things from falling onto it?
And for some reason the GPU and cooling solution has nearly always been mounted on the bottom of video cards, maybe to keep dust and other things from falling onto it?
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The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance. Robert A. Heinlein