Quote Originally Posted by Razor Time View Post
Stren,

That's interesting and partly what I have been concerned about. 4-5% is fairly high when there isn't much to play with in the first place. I hadn't planned on using a custom bios for my card as I can get over 1200mhz on air with a small voltage bump, but I may change my mind once the card is blocked. I am starting to think I might of been better off with a different block as decent overclocks are one of my main goals and I am now having second thoughts about my choice of block.

Can I ask if you used thermal pads or paste for the Aqua block memory chips?


Edit: After doing some reading it seems there are few reports of vrm temps effecting overall clock speeds on Titans. Very good info to know and thank you for pointing that out.
I did not use thermal pads only some paste on the aqua block wrt the memory chips. I could have used a bit more TIM on the memory chips to be honest as I would have thought the aqua block should have the best VRAM temps. On the retests I'll make sure to add a bit more.

Quote Originally Posted by Shoggy View Post
Just in case you would use thermal pads on the RAM there is a good chance that the GPU will have no more proper contact to the block.
This is correct. I follow manufacturer's guidelines exactly on these.

Quote Originally Posted by Shoggy View Post
The block was designed to have no contact to these inductors. I can not tell how much space is left between them and the hollow in the block but it should not be that much. Of course with an additional pad (which is too thick) it might be possible that the other parts in this area will have a lower contact pressure. Since the voltage regulators are next to the inductors it could have a negative effect.
Yup - if you add too much you're going to screw the VRMs. I would suggest some testing of the pad impression after fitting e.g. trial and error. I'll try and take photos of my pads after fitting on the next go through! The swiftech block may improve with thicker thermal pads for example. This is why I wonder if I should just leave the blocks as the manufacturer intended in which case the winners will be whoever said to put thermal pads on those components.