What can I expect?

Soldato
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I've just built a new PC and the temps have all stabilised. I'm about 30degrees idle (28 now) depending on weather, and last check was ~45 under full load in prime.

Specs are:
AMD 965BE
Asus Crosshair IV
Titan Fenrir
Xigmatek Utgard + extra Xigmatek 120mm fan over graphics
OCZ Reaper Low Latency Ram http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-201-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

The one thing i'm concerned about it the ram.
The Heat sink of one of the ram slots is directly touching the heatsink of the fenrir. So far I haven't seen any problems in gaming, but I'm worried that If I overclock that ram module might overheat... Do you think that the two heatsinks touching would be a problem?

Also, what speed do you think I could reach on the CPU if you presume there is no ram trouble
 
AMD recommend you use the slots furthest away from your CPU to maximise stability when overclocking, in this position your ram should clear the cooler.

By upping the voltage, your chip should comfortably overclock to 3.8 – 4.0GHz providing you have used a good thermal paste.
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Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-UD5P, 955 BE(C2)@3.77GHz 1.45V, Geil Value 4GB DDR3-1600,
ATI 5850 1GB, CM90 II Advanced, 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black, 4 HDDs, Jeantech Storm 700w,
Asus Xonar Essence STX, Pinnacle PCTV 3010iX Dual Analogue + DVB-T.
 
Just using the thermal paste supplied with the fenrir, and yeah I'm using the slots furthest away, due to the height of the ram I can't use the closest slots
 
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