XIGMATEK dragoon-n422 Aluminum alloy HDT family cooler for RAM module

Pros: keep RAM cool, once you get them installed

Cons: Instructions are so bad that I almost gave up on the install. They make no sense and leave out important aspects to the install. "Tear off type from Conductive silicon membranes, and paste up Conductive Conductive membranes on RAM mudule". That is what you have to deal with in the instruction, no mention on which side you peal off, the thick plastic, or the thin plastic covering on the silicon tape.
On step number #3, they leave out the fact that you have to unscrew the modules and separate them . The modules which are torqued so tight I had to use a vise-grip to turn the Phillips head screw driver, to loosen the screws, do not line-up right, and you will bend some of the cooling fins. Finally the "silicon" tape is not sticky and you have to be extra careful when putting the memory into the sockets as these cooling modules will move causing the memory become encased within this item.

Other Thoughts: Would I buy again? Nope, there are better designed heat sinks out there, with instructions that make sense.

Pros: * Gets the job done, although there isn't much to accomplish
* Ep33n booster

Cons: * The aluminum fins attached to the heatpipes above the module get loose from their glueing to the heatpipe after a while. Just apply some hot glue or some obstruction in front of the fins where the heatpipe begins to bend around and you won't have any problems

Pros: easy to install, does what they are meant to do very well, very good looking with a nice mat black finish

Cons: the little fins on the top of the cooler(not the heat pipe fins) are a bit bendy and push down easy when pushing on the ram to instal them, may get in the way of large air coolers ie ZALMAN CNPS10X FLEX i was unable to fit the front push fan to the cooler, some sticks of ram that are sold with heatsinks pre attatched can be a b!$@& to remove just take it slow as to not damage the memory modules

Other Thoughts: i highly recommend these ram coolers to any enthusiasts that are overclocking there ram or to anyone that is experiencing high ram temps

Pros: this does work with standard Ram

Cons: Does not work with Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR2 FB-DIMM ECC Fully Buffered DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Server Memory Model CT2KIT51272AF80E

Other Thoughts: I purchased this product because my professional machine takes FB-Dimm DDR2 800 modules listed above. The issue with this RAM is that it runs super hot. When i saw the Dragoon cooler worked on DDR2 i jumped the gun and ordered it thinking it would be the answer to my heat issue. I didn't realize the FB-DIMM RAM has one side with a center chip sticking out farther than the others. This prevents the cooler rails from making contact with all but the center chip on this side rendering this cooler useless on this type of Ram. I put it in my other machine with standard/non server RAM and it works beautifully, Unfortunately i didn't have a heat issue with the other machine.

Pros: Amazing heat dissipation. 12GB of Corsair dominator DDR3 runs much cooler

Cons: A bit tight as has been stated, but more than makes up for this "con" with cooling

Other Thoughts: Installation was fun, I was a bit worried but I thought I'd give it a shot after reading the reviews of how it wouldn't fit. The trick, if you can call it that, is just making sure to alternate the heatsinks (e.g.: one up, one down, one up....) and this makes a rather nice alternating visual as well.

Pros: Keeps the RAM frosty!

Cons: If you put in 4 sticks of RAM you cannot install 4 of these... the contact plates and heat sinks are too thick.

Other Thoughts: Well... 2 of my 4 sicks of ram are frosty!

Pros: Very nice heat sinks and spreaders. I have a LIAN LI case that doesn't have enough air flow and these little charms brought the temperature down on the memory just enough to let me overclock.

Cons: You need to buy RAM without spreaders installed or you need to figure out how you are going to remove the original spreader. Either way, the dragoon coolers are thick enough that it isn't possible to put memory in every bank on my ASUS P6X58D. So, I am somewhat limited to just filling 3 of the 6 slots. If I could get the heat spreaders off my Corsair chips, I might be able to force fit the other slots in.

Pros: Quality, looks, effectiveness.

Cons: None!!!

Other Thoughts: Bought these for my Balistic Tracer memory sticks which I noticed were really hot to the touch, at moderate load. Cools them down good!!

Pros: -Very good looking heatsinks, will definately 'wow' your friends if you have a case window.
-Fantastic cooling results, heat can barely be felt on the memory anymore.
-Comes with 2 heatsinks

Cons: -The installation is a bit time consuming, make sure you have a very small philips screw driver.
-The package is 'supposed' to contain 4 thermal tape strips, one of my packages only came with 3, so I had to reuse the thermal tape from my old Mushkin stock coolers. No big deal.

Other Thoughts: These things are just awesome, each heatsink has 2 copper heatpipes that make direct contact with the ram chips, the heat is then transfered to the aluminum fins on the top, an excellent cooling solution for your hot memory dimms!

Pros: Excellent cooling, physically touched the RAM after testing and felt little or no heat what so ever. Includes two N422 RAM Coolers for two RAM sticks.

Cons: Permanent after installation.