3 sticks of RAM on M5A97 R2.0

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Hello, I've a gaming system with the following specs.

AMD FX-8320 (OC to 4.0 GHz, running stable)
DeepCool GAMMAXX 300 Cooler
M5A97 R2.0 (added fan for active VRM cooling)
2xGeIL DRAGON 1600 4 GB
Sapphire R9 280X Dual-X
Seagate Barracuda 1 TB HDD
Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD (soon, purchased but not yet delivered)
Corsair VS550 PSU
Windows 7 x64

The system runs pretty much everything fine, but while gaming, specially games that are quite resource hungry (Watch_Dogs, Shadow Of Mordor) I noticed my RAM's been filling up almost completely, I end up with like only 1 GB free (I don't run any other programs while gaming, just maybe Firefox or qBittorrent). So I was wondering if I could add another 4 GB stick to this setup.

Also, another question, unrelated to RAM. With the money I've to spend right now, I can either buy another RAM stick or add a better CPU cooler, considering my own is not really cut out for any more OC, and also if I can OC anymore considering I've not much margin on the PSU side. FYI, my current temps while gaming are max 63 C socket and 48 core.
 
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Thanks! Yeah I guess it'll be fine... however I chose my current cooler instead of EVO as it was too expensive at the time for me. But now, I think I'm looking at a thermalright Macho hr-02 or something, which is just a bit more expensive that EVO here and it has 2 more heat pipes, and a bigger heatsink.
 
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I looked up the prices and oh my... the EVO is much more expensive than the Macho! I don't really understand why, it's both smaller and has less heat pipes! The price almost matches Corsair H60i water cooling kit! If I decide to upgrade I'd probably get the Macho or maybe DeepCool Lucifer.
 
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I didn't find that model here anywhere. I was looking at AXP-100, it's a top down cooler, with 6 heat pipes. Top down coolers aren't as effective as tower ones but its the only one I can fit in the case that has more than 4 heat pipes.
 
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The website is a Persian one, I can't buy from Newegg or other similar websites.

My case is a Sentry GS-6000, in their official website, they've stated it supports coolers up to 15 cm tall. I measured it as well, seems they're right.
 
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Do you like the case you have? Maybe put the money to a larger better cooling case and stick to the deepcool for now.Remembered this just now.The other cooler is only necessary when wanting to oc higher.
Other possiblity is maybe an aio liquid cooler,should fit in the case you have with the 120mm fan in the back.The AXP-100 isn't that bad,there are just better options.
 
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