arestavo
https://www.amazon.com/NZXT-Technologies-Bracket-Cooling-RL-KRG10-W1/dp/B00ITTFNW4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478059387&sr=8-1&keywords=kraken+g10
 
Done with you.

Sorry, we don't want to by a water cooling system to fix this, just the thermal pads and a backplate please....

pawelblyskal

arestavo

 
Done with you.

Sorry, we don't want to by a water cooling system to fix this, just the thermal pads and a backplate please....

You don't seem to get it, the backplate needs the thermal pads because without it, the heat is trapped by the backplate around the VRM, without a backplate, there is nothing to trap the heat, and it's a non issue for those cards. 

matilija
 
You don't seem to get it, the backplate needs the thermal pads because without it, the heat is trapped by the backplate around the VRM, without a backplate, there is nothing to trap the heat, and it's a non issue for those cards. 

You must be very young....
 
With your logic everyone can just remove the backplate and solve this issue which is truly laughable lol. With or without the backplate the cards are overheating as shown by numerous users INCLUDING users with the Black Editions. People taking IR readings showing the card overheats are actually REMOVING the back plate to get the readings as clearly shown in the IR pics. You must have not looked at them else you would not have made such a silly statement. As stated before, the backplate is being used as an additional heatsink when implemented with the thermal pad fix. This is a simple fact. Not only that but even EVGA disagrees with you since all the Black Editions (backplateless models) are listed as being affected by the faulty cooler. Quite funny...

@ pawelblyskal  You now have more then 10 Posts, are their any Links that you want to Post now?
 Your Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition P/N: 08G-P4-5173-KR
 
Update your vBios and install your Thermal Pad and be done with it.
 
You are not going to get a Free Back Plate so you really should really stop Begging for One.

bcavnaugh
@ pawelblyskal  You now have more then 10 Posts, are their any Links that you want to Post now?
 Your Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition P/N: 08G-P4-5173-KR
 
Update your vBios and install your Thermal Pad and be done with it.
 
You are not going to get a Free Back Plate so you really should really stop Begging for One.

No problem, the card is going back to EVGA then....I have no problem with EVGA losing money if they can't provide me with the full thermal pad solution.

Great News and Best of Luck.

I can assure everyone that even without the thermal pads, the VRMs are still within spec and will not hurt your video card. It's not uncommon even on 700 and 900 series cards of all makes, models, and manufacture, including Radeon cards, to see VRMs running in the 95-105c range without problems. 
 
The original concern is that the closer proximity of the VRMs to the memory on the FTW cards may have an affect on the memory temperature. Any reference design (anything that's not an FTW) where the VRMs are further away from the memory modules would have no concern in this regard. The Black Edition cards, as a reference design, would fall into this category. As others have pointed out, without the backplate to trap heat, the Black Edition is even less of a concern is this regard compared to models with a backplate. 
 
We are more than happy to provide the thermal pads for these reference models as well as the FTW models as a way of easing concerns about heat. Again the article is specific to the 1080 FTW, but we want to address everyone who is concerned about temperatures. 
 
 

Thanks Jaeson!!

EVGATech_JaesonW
I can assure everyone that even without the thermal pads, the VRMs are still within spec and will not hurt your video card. It's not uncommon even on 700 and 900 series cards of all makes, models, and manufacture, including Radeon cards, to see VRMs running in the 95-105c range without problems. 
 
The original concern is that the closer proximity of the VRMs to the memory on the FTW cards may have an affect on the memory temperature. Any reference design (anything that's not an FTW) where the VRMs are further away from the memory modules would have no concern in this regard. The Black Edition cards, as a reference design, would fall into this category. As others have pointed out, without the backplate to trap heat, the Black Edition is even less of a concern is this regard compared to models with a backplate. 
 
We are more than happy to provide the thermal pads for these reference models as well as the FTW models as a way of easing concerns about heat. Again the article is specific to the 1080 FTW, but we want to address everyone who is concerned about temperatures. 
 
 

Just a question.  You are saying that the 109 degrees that Gamers Nexus posted is within spec?  Seems kinda high to me. 

Actually using Furmark like Gamer's Nexus is in that test those temps aren't outside what I would expect to see, but yes it is within spec for VRMs and no concern for harm. Keep in mind Furmark intentionally pushes a card to it's limits, and the temps they saw would be in a worst-case scenario. Normal gaming temps will be lower than this in most situations.