Need help cpu cooler touching gpu backplate

This never ends well · 11 May 2016 at 21:18

As title says is it safe to boot the pc, like this.

This never ends well · 11 May 2016 at 21:29

What could i put ?

This never ends well · 12 May 2016 at 11:55

Cheers, i stuck some cardboard there jist to be safe.

This never ends well · 16 May 2016 at 20:10

Smffy said:
How comes you havent water cooled the CPU, looks like you've got some custom water on the GPU so i'm not sure why you wouldnt add the CPU to the loop and use a much smaller waterblock to cool it.

Move it down a slot if I were you, as long as you have another available 16x there is no downside.

My cpu block had a leak, so while i waiting for a new one, i thought i would try air, as never been air cooled before.

The other 3 slots on my board run @x8 and x4