Graphics card water block fitting

[Tumbletop]

Hello, I've got a nice shiny new DangerDen TYEE water block to go on an ATI X1900XT-X which I'm shortly about to order. However looking in the box, I see no heat pads for the memory pads, which I was expecting to ensure the memory sits in contact with the block.

The underside of the block comprises of two levels, a recessed area for the GPU, and a slightly raised (guestimate around 2mm raise) around the edge where I would expect the memory modules to sit.

Could anyone tell me please - has this block been machined such that its in contact with all the memory and GPU at the same time? I'm a bit concerned that all the chips on a reference design board are that accurately at the same level, such that without the extra mm or so a squishy heat pad give you ensures a contact. Should I play it safe and squash in some thermal pads (such as Akasa ShinEtsu Thermal Interface Pads Akasa ShinEtsu Thermal Interface Pads ? Or just use artic silver on the GPU and hope the memory sits sufficiently flush?

 

[redeye]

Hi matey,
I've got a Danger Den GPU block and it sounds like it's the same, slightly lower round the memory chips than above the GPU. I've put AS5 on the GPU and the memory chips and all seems fine, the temps are amazingly low. Some people recommend using ceramique instead of AS5 but I think it's more of a personal preference which you use.
I would have thought if you put thermal pads on the memory you wouldn't get proper contact between the GPU and the block (because of the height differences on the block).

Have a look at this http://www.dangerden.com/e107_plugins/content/instructions/tyee_block_install.PDF


Cheers