Originally Posted by tdawg2k7

Here's a question. If I were to get an i7-920 and overclock it to around 4ghz with a good asus/evga board, would it be an improvement over an overclocked amd 955? and how much ram would be sufficient then for gaming? I'm looking at CORSAIR DOMINATOR 12GB (6 x 2GB) but I'm wondering if it's overkill.

Originally Posted by tdawg2k7

I'm looking for a CPU HSF for my new build which will consist of...

Asus Crosshair III Motherboard
AMD Phenom II x4 955
OCZ 8GB 4x2GB AMD Black Edition Ram (I think)
Antec 1200 Full Tower Case

...as well as the rest of the guts.

I am really wanting to use the Corsair CMXAF2 Ram cooler too so this will limit the size of the cpu heatsink.

Obviously airflow is key. I do want to overclock the cpu a bit also.
I'd like to keep the price around $50 (give or take).
Noise doesn't matter. Although I would like to be able to connect the HSF to a fan controller.

I've already looked into the Xigmatek Dark Knight, Coolermaster R8, Thermalright Ultra 120 and a couple others. I did notice some heatsinks mount in different directions depending on the cpu socket like the Xigmatek Dark Knight for example, it's a nice cooler but it would have to be mounted horizontally which wouldn't give room for ram with any sort of heatsinks and definitely not the Ram cooler I want to use.

Any help would be very much appreciated!
Thanks in advance!