Skinnee Labs - GTX480 Block Round-Up (working thread)

[cstkl1]

With the thin washers there's no problem with 3 middle screws, you can tighten them just fine and the plate is flat so no bending = no problems and good contact.

I have 3 cards done this way and RAM running 2000, no problems.
Obviously though everyone does it on his own risk

yup
eddy said they are building a new backplate
so y take a risk for something that cost usd25

Luke, I can't get the closeup pictures to load, so I'm not sure exactly where we're talking about the extra chips causing problems.

And I haven't checked things closely yet (and I'm at work right now so I can't check things at the moment).

Do you know where the bad contact is occurring? And do I put washers on all the screws or just the 3 internal ones or just the outer ones?

I suppose if worse comes to worst, I can leave the 3 internal screws directly on the board and waterblock and just attach the backplate
with the outer rim screws ?

u cant.
the backplate has prebuilt stand offs
ure screws will be below it.

tell me to get lost if this question is out of place... just seems like this mad thread is getting some eye time!

how long can I leave a water cooled loop / setup with out running it before I would have to do a full bleed and dry?

once theres flow from one end to one end.. so dont really have to wait for full bleed