brutus300
I will try to put 1080 classy backplate together with ekwb. I have some extra screws from some previous ekwblocks.

Yeah if I'd see the backside of the card in a normal vertical mb I'd hit the hardware store for some metric screws and get it done.. but mines on a horizontal mb so I'll see nothing but blocks.

AHowes
Here's what I blew hours (2 days total) and another trip to the local microcenter for more fittings for.

I needed to connect both large EK-CoolStream XE 360 (60mm thick) rads together at the bottom of the case and I wanted a drain port there as well and the fittings giving me the ability to lift the bottom rad so I can clean themail of dust in the future. Not a small task but damn did I get lucky! The 45 fittings rotate so I can easily lift the rad to get to the under side. Also the fans are not screwed on to the rad. The fans are attached to the removable fan mount on the underside. Super lucky.. and it was a total hail Mary for those fittings to line up and work.

Now to remove everything to vacuum out the 2 years worth of dust and do a quick rinse of the rads and reinstall and get to adding the new hardware and lines.

Note: my case is a thermaltake core x9. Would love a reason to stack 2 but can't justify it. :/

 
Check my TT x9 build and 1070  remove x and space    (64k warning)
 
 
hxxp ://imgur.com/a/fcKyj
 
hxxp ://imgur.com/a/yM6jN
 
 
 
 

Nice.. so you got the backplate on with the block. The threads on the backplate fit the ek screws? Mine threads were too skinny on the backplate for the ek screws. Now I kinda want to check it again to see if it was just the cards sticky back black washers that were preventing it but I doubt it as I removed those.

Yep 1070 fits on 1080 EKWB block, backplate fit perfectly. Backplate got no threads on 1070, only holes. Just insert pvc washers between  block and backplate, because ekwb screws are bit too long, and wobbles without washers.

Tihomir111
Yep 1070 fits on 1080 EKWB block, backplate fit perfectly. Backplate got no threads on 1070, only holes. Just insert pvc washers between  block and backplate, because ekwb screws are bit too long, and wobbles without washers.

Ahh.. there's the difference. The 1070 backplate has no threaded holes. :/ why did there need to tread the holes on the 1080 classified card??? Crazy.

Finally I have ekwb and in sunday I will start with my loop to take this beast maximum overclock ability...

AHowes

Tihomir111
Yep 1070 fits on 1080 EKWB block, backplate fit perfectly. Backplate got no threads on 1070, only holes. Just insert pvc washers between  block and backplate, because ekwb screws are bit too long, and wobbles without washers.

Ahh.. there's the difference. The 1070 backplate has no threaded holes. :/ why did there need to tread the holes on the 1080 classified card??? Crazy.

 
Maybe try to use double sided tape on corners? Or its to high because EKWB screws peeking out? 

Tihomir111

AHowes

Tihomir111
Yep 1070 fits on 1080 EKWB block, backplate fit perfectly. Backplate got no threads on 1070, only holes. Just insert pvc washers between  block and backplate, because ekwb screws are bit too long, and wobbles without washers.

Ahh.. there's the difference. The 1070 backplate has no threaded holes. :/ why did there need to tread the holes on the 1080 classified card??? Crazy.

 
Maybe try to use double sided tape on corners? Or its to high because EKWB screws peeking out? 

Double sided tape maybe for someone with a normal vertical mb as the backplate won't move but my mb is a horizontal layout and would be kinda risky as if the tape fails the backplate would fall and touch something on the motherboard shorting something.

The screws screw in from the backside threw the card and down into the water block.

Only way I could see doing it would be to bore out the threaded screw holes on the backplate so I could use the fatter ek screws.. basically not gona happen unless evga says it wouldn't void there warranty.

Did you ask them about bore? Maybe its stupid but maybe not to ask them if this will void warranty when we explain to them what happend and what we want to do?

Double sided tape maybe for someone with a normal vertical mb as the backplate won't move but my mb is a horizontal layout and would be kinda risky as if the tape fails the backplate would fall and touch something on the motherboard shorting something.

The screws screw in from the backside threw the card and down into the water block.

Only way I could see doing it would be to bore out the threaded screw holes on the backplate so I could use the fatter ek screws.. basically not gona happen unless evga says it wouldn't void there warranty.



 
It wont fall, double side tape can hold mirror on wall heavy as 1 and more kg