Back plate compatability?

Yan816 · 15 Nov 2018 at 08:51

I have just bought a Phanteks Glacier water block for my 2080ti and want to add a back plate. As Phantek do not have any back plates, would an EK waterblock back plate fit, if not is there any others that will?

pastymuncher · 15 Nov 2018 at 09:49

Theoretically it should fit because all of these blocks have to use the same mounting holes that are in the cards pcb. There may be a couple of holes where there isn't a screw or a extra screw is needed but it should be secure. I had that thought when I first bought my GTX1070 which had a nice backplate and the Aquacomputer block that didn't. The stock backplate fitted perfectly with the block so it worked fine for me. The best I could advise is to compare the mounting holes on the block to the backplate very carefully.

Yan816 · 15 Nov 2018 at 10:25

Thanks for the reply. :cool:

I have ordered it now and am hoping it will fit.

LuckyBenski · 17 Nov 2018 at 01:32

Out of interest, would you normally need longer screws to fit a backplate?

pastymuncher · 17 Nov 2018 at 15:26

Yes, because they now have to go through the card into the backplate. I was lucky as the stock screws had the same threads as my Aquacomputer block so I used them instead of the screws that came with the block. I imagine a backplate will come with the correct length screws but I didn't think about this when I advised him a couple of days ago so I hope the threads are the same as his block.

Yan816 · 17 Nov 2018 at 16:37

The threads were the same and I just used the screws that came with the new back plateas they were longer

Mcthommo · 17 Nov 2018 at 20:55

What backplate did u go for as I am thinking of going the same

Yan816 · 17 Nov 2018 at 22:26

Ek waterblocks.

LePhuronn · 22 Nov 2018 at 13:30

There will always be some holes in common, others you may have to work the lengths, head height and clearance out.

I paired a Watercool Heatkiller X3 with an EK backplate without issues. Half of the screws were specific to the block to mount it to the card so I used the stock screws, a couple would mount the backplate into the block so had to factor in the thickness and offset of the backplate into the length of the block (and then take a bit off because they're countersunk screws) and 2 were card into backplate so had to measure them too.

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The planning stages were working out which screws were unique to the GPU block and which were shared with the backplate, and in turn what the screw lengths would be given Watercool and EK do things differently.

So we ended up with 7 M3x8mm dome head screws to fix the block around the GPU, which were shallow enough in head size not to interfere with the spacing on the backplate. We then had 4 M3x12mm countersunk screws to mate the backplate with the remaining 4 holes in the block. Add 2 M3x5mm at the very edge of the PCB to secure the backplate and we're all done.