Hey, it's not that bad considering it seems to work so well. That's the cost of a movie with popcorn and drink +/- a chocolate bar. Would have preferred half as much for $8 though. This tube is gonna last forever.
Anyways, V3 with stock 40 mm heatsink and additional 40 mm fan = 165+ MHz.
V3 with stock 40 mm heatsink and additional 40 mm fan, but with silicone thermal grease = 170-175 MHz.
New 50 mm heatsink/fan with Arctic Silver (plus I stuck the old setup on the back with frag tape), and now I get 180 MHz.
I think I've reached its true limit, because at 182+ MHz I get artifacts, even if it's not been running for any length of time - not hot. And, I've already heatsinked my memory chips.
Mini-alpha with Arctic Silver on my sound card - my sound card no longer does funny things.