Quote Originally Posted by GLENBOY View Post
hello again kinc, when you say without the shim do you mean the shim on the card itself around the gpu or the shim you put in to fill the 1mm gap , so as long as the gpu waterblock is bolted tight a thin shim may not be required, if you could confirm that that'd be grat, keep up the good work

Glen

Sorry I ment without the coldplate. The waterblock I am using covers the shim around the gpu wich is slighty higher then the die. I did a test where i first tightend the bolts like I usually do and wasnt quite happy with the contact. I tested too tighten a bit more (I stopped when the pcb started to bend ), and the contact was as good as ever. I am still recomendng you to use a coldplate so you minimize the risk of dmaging the card.