A Closer Look

The heatsink and spreaders of the ReaperX are absolutely massive and quite heavy. The large array of fins is connected to the DIMMs with two flattened heat pipes. The black aluminum parts are held together by screws as well as thermal tape. I would not recommend taking the unit apart, as the tape has been pressed onto the ICs quite firmly. You may end up damaging the parts.


One side holds the label of the memory. You will find all needed information on them - except the voltage it is intended to run at. Both sides also have the OCZ logo edged into the black heatspreaders.


Taking a closer look at the fins, which rise about an inch above the memory, it becomes apparent that they are not quite symmetrical. OCZ has designed them this way, to take up as little space as possible. The heat pipes actually touch the memory ICs directly with the use of thermal tape, passing on the heat to the very well constructed fins above the unit.

Installation

Installing the ReaperX on a reference design nForce 680i does pose a few problems.
The heatspreaders are so massive, that some solid state capacitors get in the way during installation. There is no easy way to push them aside either. The curve in the heatpipes presents another problem. They get dangerously close to the graphics card on the 680i, which already has a lot of space between the first PCIe x16 slot and the memory. Other boards may end up being too crowded for the modules.