How about that. Good call on checking the web archive.
I'm curious though, if you are reconsidering this CPU for your build, what would you use instead? I honestly think I'd still buy this CPU again if I did it all over ; I would just have made sure to get a CPU cooler that was half-way decent. I'm getting really good results with the Hyper 212 EVO.
I do believe there are still some issues with some of these CPUs (as evidenced by the OP here), with some having significant issues. It really does seem to be a bit of a crap shoot though, and even with a good example, the stock cooler is still garbage.