EK-480 block on GTX580?

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Hey, DD block has used diferent mounting holes for mosfet chips.
EK block used the cutout lids in the PCB to mout the block for mosfet contact, so did Aquacomputer, and as 580 card does not have those lids blocks are not recomended to mount as mosfet chips vill most likely not have proper contact and the care will be bent. Therefore EK does not recomend to use 480 block with 580 GTX card.

Yep, I agree with EK&AT - the DD block is made 'simpler', that's why it fits 'better' on the 580.

I just got the 2nd DD block fitted to my 2nd 580, this one took a little more effort to fit - VRMs was not as tight towards the wb as the first one.

In the end, O/C did not gain anything from these 480 waterblocks - it was no difference from the OEM H/S (except the noise, of course):
- 855/2150 w/o voltage hike
- 925/2150 at 1.125v

Good enough for me, but maybe not for everybody else... YMMV.