The question thus, is how does the Neo perform if I put it on top of an ice pack?

Yup, was wondering the same, that would be a great follow up article by author

Applejinx 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Or mod it so it burns your junk but makes you the heatsink :D

	▲	tracker1 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		A lot of people have used a thermal pad to bridge the CPU to the case.. it doesn't really get that hot, and you get a >5% performance bump.