Ram fan?!?

[JGUK]

Hello guys, my buddy tells me that if i plan to overclock my computer and use it for long sessions i should think about investing in a ram fan. Ive seen his and its the kingston blue fan on amazon, looks pretty slick. Its only £17 but wanted to get your opinions....

Good use of £17?
Good for looks only?
Waste of money?

Also my pc at this time is still in building on its 11th working day, waiting for an out of stock graphics card (6950) . But would it fit on my computer with the big fan? here are my specs. I take it there easy to fit just plug them into motherboard.

Thanks guys & gals.

Case
NZXT PHANTOM WHITE GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V PRO: USB 3.0, SATA 6GB/s, NVIDIA®SLI™, ATI®CrossFireX™

Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD6950 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£86)

Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)

Sound Card
Sound Blaster® Audigy™ SE (£19)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD (£16)

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

 

[Petchi b]

You could for peace of mind but as long as you have a good case (which you have) you should have no problems with the RAM overheating. Would be worth keeping an eye on the GPU temps though if you are into long, monster gaming sessions. Plus 16GB seems a bit overkill if you are just going to be gaming.

Also, any room in your budget to go for the GTX 570/6970 to get your system quicker and better gaming performance..?

 

[JGUK]

The computer isn't going to be used just for gaming. It is a little bit of an overkill but i think that i will use it at its limits a few times in its life. correct me if i am wrong but isn't there only a small difference in the 6950/6970? If you think its going to help performance i might upgrade. Save me waiting for the 6950 to come in stock too .

 

[Fear]

If you add a ram fan you will more than likely block about half the intake fan on the titan so personally i would forget it.

 

[M3aaaq]

Don't get it.. i have the same cpu, cooler and ram and it's running fine the the temps are awesome (OC'd to 4.6ghz)

 

[JGUK]

Ok that is good to know! Thank you very much