Well, I finally pulled the trigger on my new system last night.....went with all EK blocks.

EK Supreme HF (Nickel/Acetal) for CPU, EK FC480 (Nickel/Acetal) + EK Backplate for VGA,
and EK FC RE3 (Nickel/Acetal) for the Rampage III MB.

Here's hoping the EK block holds it's own during the testing.