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Re: Ram
Corsair is still a quality name but its no longer the hands down best RAM out there. Crucial, OCZ, Patriot and a handful of other manufacturers are all making outstanding RAM these days. Im personally am an OCZ fan these days but I was previously a Corsair fan and still would be if their higher end RAM didnt tend to be so much more expensive than everyone elses in general.
The *heat* not *head* spreaders are useful but you can live without them. They help quite a bit if you have good airflow in your machine and theoretically should extend the life of your RAM as heat is typically the biggest killer of electrical components over time. They work by wicking heat away from the memory chips. I really dont think the heat spreaders add that much to the cost of RAM so if in doubt I'd get RAM with them. Either way the most important aspect of RAM is making sure it can support nice tight timings in my opinion. There should be some other posts here where I linked an article on DFI Street that explains what timings are and what they mean to you.
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