Video Card Backplate - Worth It?

[timarp000]

Are Video Card Backplates Helpful? Do they help in dissipating heat or anything? Are they Worth the extra 20-30$?

 

[bleechy]

Are Video Card Backplates Helpful? Do they help in dissipating heat or anything? Are they Worth the extra 20-30$?

Adding a backplate to a graphics card can improve temperatures (not core temps but VRM temps) and add better aesthetics, but is only really necceassary when adding a water block.

 

[timarp000]

Best answer selected by timarp000.

 

[Mousemonkey]

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