Interesting read : Cooling backplates ???

[Catanonia]

http://stanislavs.org/?p=187

Makes sense if your case will allow it.

 

[JonJ678]

Core temp of 73 to 67 sounds about right to me. Not sure that's worth the hassle, but fair enough. Thanks for the link.

 

[shadowscotland]

This is why thermalright made the IFX-10 for eariler generation chips.
Looks like ivybridge would benifit from it's re-release