For a heatsink, I recommend the
Thermaltake CL-P0006 Pipe 101. In my opinion, this heatsink is the superior air cooling option available due to its overall design, material, surface area, and replaceable fan. The copper material provides the best thermal coefficient for heat transfer, a large amount of surface area is provided close to the heatsink base, where it is needed the most and without overly relying on copper pipes to transfer the heat to the top of the fin's surface, and any 90mm fan may be used for cooling, which provides for easy replacement in case of fan failure. This is what I use. Drawback is that a review I read states the large number and resulting closeness of the cooling fins creates difficulty for the air to be pushed between the fins. This results in decreased thermal efficiency with lower fan speeds. However, this is an asset if you do not care about noise and will not reduce the fan speed with a fan controller. My priority is a cool CPU, not a quiet case. My overclocked AMD64 3000+ Venice at 1.55 volts is at 32C Idle and 43C full load.
For a heatsink fan, I recommend the
Thermaltake TT-9025A-2B 90mm. In my opinion, this fan is better for cooling because it does not have the slotted sides. The slotted sides on a fan, such as the one recommended above by others, makes the fan quieter but this is because air slips out the sides, which makes the fan less efficient in pushing the air where you want it to go. I suppose this decreased efficiency may not matter if cpu temps are able to stay low but I do not have such a setup for comparison.
I do not know what to recommend for memory but I selected the
PDP Patriot PDC1G3200LLK. Someone in another thread recommended the
G.Skill and somewhere in one of these threads Zebo (if I remember correctly and not to put words in someone else's mouth) recommended anything Crucial or Crucial Ballistix.
I was able to get my PDP Patriot RAM up to 230MHz and am currently running it at 225 on a 266/400 memory divider at 2-2-2-5 1T settings with 2.60 volts. Considering the AMD64 onboard memory controller and the possibility the cpu may not access memory on each clock cycle anyway, I consider this to be near perfect results for the $130 they cost me. But I do not know if the $100, or lower, RAM can perform equally.
***Edit***
Thermaltake states that the white fan with slotted sides can push 52CFM and mine pushes 56CFM. If that is correct, such minimally decreased efficiency may not be important considering the noise reduction.
Also, I just realized the heatsink I use (CL-P0006) may actually reduce cooling efficiency due to its broad base as compared to the elevated fins provided in some of the other heatsinks due to the fact the air needs someplace to go. My heatsink requires the air to be pushed down and then forced out the sides, whereas the elevated fins in other designs with a smaller base allow the air to be pushed through the fins with less effort. That may allow for a quieter fan to obtain similar cooling effects, but I wonder about relative surface area. Surface area is necessary for heat transfer, the more the better, and the CL-P0006 appears to possess more surface area than the others and this is why I purchased it. I wish the manufacturers would list surface area specifications with their products because this is a key component in heat transfer.
what about the sticky post where it says those TCCD RAM only provide maby 3% more performance than these vlue rams on A64 systems
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