Air Cooling Goodness!!

So, I had an i7 870 and motherboard fall into my lap recently. As I fully intended to OC the bejeezuz out of it, I needed to go hunting for a good cooler and was almost unanimously pointed to the Venemous line from Thermalright, specifically the Venemous X-RT and after installing it I can't be happier.



I know what you're saying.. "James, you *need* to go watercooled, newb!" bah.. been there, done that and may yet return but I just don't have the time/interest right now for a high-maintenance cooling solution.

To make a long story short (I know, too late) at the stock 2.93GHz I'm idling at ~25c and 50c under load. I have this bad boy cranked to 3.6GHz now running 30c idling and 60c under load, this is still almost 40c under CPU max. I've tried to squeeze a little more out of the CPU but my memory can't keep up and the stability goes out the window. I'm hoping to get my hands on some Corsair XMS3 DHX sticks soon so we'll see if that helps. I've seen posts online of this CPU/Mobo hitting near 3.9GHz on air and I'd like to get there myself.