cooling

is a zalman cnps7000b fan enough to cool a amd fx-57. if not any recomendations,also for a 64bit cpu do i need 64 bit os are there any advantages for a gaming rig

 

Stick with the stock cooling unless your overclocking or live in the desert,some quality case fans would be a better buy,ATM the general concensus is stick with xp until 64 has had all the bugs removed and drivers created or as I am,until security updates for xp are no longer supprted by microsoft.

the benefits for gaming are "so called" sharper more rich textures although i have had a look at them in stores and cant see any difference,performance last time I checked is still slower than xp.

Dont quote me but I think if you buy a retail copy of xp pro now you can dowenload 64 for free in the future if you so wish