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I am having issues fitting an aorus gtx 1080Ti waterblock by EK to an aorus gtx 1080Ti extreme.
I have put the issue to the incoming bank of components being different on my pcb as they are on the pcb from a few months ago.
This difference is 1mm in height and the EK block design says to use a 1mm thermal pad which for these reasons I cannot fit and the card bends severely.
It will not fit with a 0.5mm pad either. The only thing I can do is use a little bit of thermal paste as they are that close to the block.
My question is do they need active cooling?
Putting paste on every one is likely going to result in a messy pcb when I have to strip it down and clean it in the event of RMA or selling and I don't want it overheating on me.
This is extremely annoying as i have been trying to figure out all day what these components even do.
Older pcb
My pcb
Thank you for your help.
I am having issues fitting an aorus gtx 1080Ti waterblock by EK to an aorus gtx 1080Ti extreme.
I have put the issue to the incoming bank of components being different on my pcb as they are on the pcb from a few months ago.
This difference is 1mm in height and the EK block design says to use a 1mm thermal pad which for these reasons I cannot fit and the card bends severely.
It will not fit with a 0.5mm pad either. The only thing I can do is use a little bit of thermal paste as they are that close to the block.
My question is do they need active cooling?
Putting paste on every one is likely going to result in a messy pcb when I have to strip it down and clean it in the event of RMA or selling and I don't want it overheating on me.
This is extremely annoying as i have been trying to figure out all day what these components even do.
Older pcb
My pcb
Thank you for your help.