Most higher default speed ram comes default with heat spreaders and don't cost much more then normal ram.. I don't see a point in not buying ram with heat spreaders.
Hardware:
GA-P55-UD4 - Intel Core I5 @ 3.9ghz 1.312v - Lapped TRUE120 + nexus PWM fan - GeIL DDR3 2x2gigs cas 7 1600mhz @ 1488mhz T1 7-7-7-24-54 1.65v - 260GTX 55nm 216 896mb @700mhz/1404/1200 SLI - Asus Xonar DX - CM HAF 922 - CM Real Power M700 - 2.5 TB hdd storage (3 hdd's non raid) -Zalman zm-mfc1 plus fan controller - SyncMaster 226CW (1680x1050) - Edifier S530D,G15V2,Steelseries 6GV2,G330,Hifi Headphones (some Panasonics, not that expensive though but sounds great) -
Razer Deathadder & Destructor.
You'd think the temps would be high with this system, well its pretty low actually
, ( CPU idles at 39 degrees coretemp average with fans on medium ) the only real heat bringers are the GPU's but they exhaust at the back so its not really a problem except for room temp which of course in turn will increase overall system temp but when ventilated regularly its not a real biggie.
I must say that the Razer Destructor mouse pad has worn out in 8 months of time. though I play everyday for a few hours so thats why.. and the mouse feet of the mouse has been worn out plenty of times. And I have a few scratches on the side panel of my case because of 2 lan party's... its nothing major though.
Otherwise I'm pretty happy with my system, now you might ask me why am I running the ram on lower speeds? well I'm using command rate T1 which improves the speeds by allot, now I haven't tested it with say 1800mhz T2 speed wise but i think its fast enough ATM, haven't had any problems with it. and I'm in this state that I think its pointless to tweak any further with my current system. Prob just going to upgrade a bit in 2 years times with a new SSD and a new GPU, but thats it mostly. I doubt this i5 is going to be old in 4-5 years of time. If it will be well.. lets just say I can always just get another CPU like a 860-70 or its follow up then.
BTW the Edifier S530D rocks (2.1). really nice sound, its pretty HiFi.
Oh and I'm getting low fps in StarCraft 2 with this system, epic fail! ( Shattered Horizon runs on semi max )