Throw Back Thursday: Corsair Ice T30 TEC Memory Cooler

Back in 2009 Corsair Dominator memory was THE what you bought if you wanted the best possible performance.  The modules came in a variety of different speeds and often had the best timings on the market.  A specially designed PCB made the modules taller which caused issues with CPU cooling but tended to work better with the heatspreader and keep temperatures under control.

Across the top of these modules was a finned heatsink that not only looked cool but was removable.  Why you ask?  Well, Corsair sold a variety of accessories for their Dominator line including different colored heatsinks and some that were even taller.  To compliment the Dominator line Corsair also offered the DHX+ Airflow GT which was the fancy name for a large dual fan cooler that now seems to be rather common with most memory makers.

In an attempt to really push the cooling envelope Corsair developed the "Ice T30"  This is a watercooled TEC powered memory cooler that mounted directly to the top of the Dominator memory modules.  It was held in place using a set of longer screws and basically replaced the finned heatsink across the top.

The TEC was powered by a control module that would monitor the relative humidy and cold plate temperature to ensure that there was no condensation.  A switch on the module would bypass this and allow the TEC to run at 100%, which is what most overclockers did.

Ironicly enough the Ice T30 didn't sell well however Vince at Kingpincooler used the idea to develop the Dominance Memory Cooler which allowed extreme overclockers to put their memory under LN2.