Wow this is very cool stuff. Madshrimps puts an Intel Core 2 Duo X6800 processor under some LN2 and check out those awesome overclocks! Overclocker Cafe has an exclusive look at the TT MaxOrb Cooler and finally Bit-Tech wraps things up with its look at a set of Corsair DOMINATOR 9136C5D and 10000C5DF memory.

If money is no object and you want the absolute best money can buy then there is simply no alternative available to Corsair's PC-10000 Dominator memory. It's how Corsair has targeted this memory and how we have skewed the final scores accordingly. You are simply not going to be concerned with the poor value score if you are thinking of buying either of these memory kits.

But for those very few who are confused and wondering what to throw a large chunk of money at in a new system, then there are just too many other factors, like motherboard choice, that overrule any pure performance increase from just memory alone. You could make some educated buying decisions and concentrate on building a more balanced system with better-value performance increases. That's not to say you don't need performance memory, because of the cumulative effects it provides as a fundamental system resource.