I am using a ThermalRight backplate, but I'm starting to get concerned with all the mobo flexing. I did try the flat Apogee GT, but I guess I messed up the mounting because the performance differential between bowed and flat became worse. No, the temps didn't go through the roof, but it certainly seemed like bowing the base is a one-shot deal.

I still maintain that the D-Tek FuZion is a superlative block, but we have a hard fought contest here and I believe that it would be difficult to replicate GTX performance without some serious work on the FuZion.

PhillyBoy, 3.96 Ghz on a Kentsfield with the MCW6500T? I don't think I have heard about those results before! Wow, I must admit I'm impressed, and so I have been proven wrong!