brutus300
My ek780classy wb is in processing:( expecting delivery date is 04OCT16, but this is not bad, I have then time to clean up my corsair 900d, clean fans/radiator etc. Last time with cable managing take for me about 8h to finish :). Now I thinking to put acrylic tubing in green uv. Everything ready to go, just ek block missing for.my 1080 classy
Nice.. where did ya end up ordering youra at?
Update on mine..
I managed to successfully install the ek 780 classy block on the 1080 classified. All lined up good but boy was I nervous and checked the clearance of everything over and over.
Note you'll have to remove the backplate fully and the card bracket to get the heatsink off. There's 3 tiny black screws above ea display port and hdmi port that you'll surely miss and will hold you up.
Used the pads as instructed that come with the block. The .5mm on the mem and I cut 2 rows of the 1mm for the vreg. Could of just left it as one pad but since they show to rows of pads I cut it in half. Ek is nice enough to give you double the pads then you need!
The problem I had was getting the original 1080 classified back plate on and screwed into the block. Ain't gona happen with the block screws. The heads on the screws are too wide to fit down into the deep holes made for the original skinnier screws. Even if one could the backplate is threaded for skinnier screws. Can't use the original screws threw the backplate and into the block cause the block threads are much larger so they won't catch the threads.
The block does come with some different sized screws but nothing that will work with the back plate.
I guess I should of spent 60+ more and ordered the back plates but was afraid it may be a waste if there was different components on the backside that may touch the 780 back plate so I said screw it since the one guy said he managed to make it work with the 1080 screws?
Personally I could care less cause I have a horizontal mb so I'm not gona see the backside anyways but most people would.
Also when I removed the backplate I was surprised to see a lot of Flux on the backside around the power connections and vreg which tells me the backside is getting quite toasty as I'm prob better off with the back plate off for better cooling.
Oh yeah I forgot one important note.. you must remove the sticky back black washers from the backside of the card where you need to screw in the fatter block screws since the black washers are way smaller then the fat screws you'll be using.. so if you can't get your screw threw the holes.. that's why. Use your finger nail to tear up the sticky back black washers.
Save those black washers from the card and all the original screws in a zip lock and keep them in the original box just encase you need to put the original heatsink back on later for resale or rma.
So if your he'll bent on using the original backplate with this block you'll have to hunt for longer screws that will sit flush on the backplate with the heads above the screw hole well. You'll also probably need to bore out the threads on the back plate getting the fatter screws threw it. Working it back and forth slowly enlarging the backplate threads.
Oh the block did come with 4 longer screws but you'll need 11 total to get this block flat to even the pressure out on the mem and vreg.
Still have no idea how that one guy in here got the back plate on unless he mounted it well above the card with the backplate resting on top of the screw heads and just used a bolt and nut on ea end of the plate that didn't go into the block.
Anyways.. it will be a few days I bet atleast till I get this rig up and runing to test how she cools.. I've got the other card to do still and ive gota remove the existing cooling and pc parts and slap in the new build and cooling. I'm sure it will be a week with me hehe.