Will everyone please stop this about the plating? I was in the military. Mil spec plating can run in a loop for 10+ years with no issue as long as the plating process is consistant. Please folks...I will close this thread if this bickering continues.

When it comes down to it at the end of the day the GTX for most of us who own AMD or a "E" series C2D will see less than 1c difference in temps between the GT and the GTX. And that's with a perfectly mounted block on a lapped CPU. Some...prolly most...will not see any difference. Only when you take a Kentsfield (QX6700, Q6600 or the Xeon X3210, X3220 or X3230) and run the vcore up past 1.55-1.6 volts and clock it up to really heat things up will the differences widen a bit to be approx 1c-1.5c. I know this for fact....

To get a significantly higher CPU clock you'd need to lower your temps by 10-12c. I did this with my cold air induction box and saw significantly better temps from the colder air cooling the water to 5-6c below room ambient.

OK, let the mountain of disagreement commence......lol!