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Apologies for never replying I forgot I posted this. The sound just gradually went away on its own, not sure if it rubbed away what was hitting or realigned itself, but it no longer makes any noise at any fan speed. 

My kit is doing this as well, and it's extremely loud.  I've tried to push on the fan as suggested in post #5 and it does nothing.  I've completely reinstalled the shroud and back plate twice now, including very carefully checking alignment and fitment and no good.  I'm trying to copy a video of it, which is taken with the card sitting up.  It scrapes when just spinning the fan with my finger, and if you look on the underside of the shroud you can see a mark where it's scraping.
 
Edit: the forum won't let me post the youtube video....guess I need to make 7 more posts before it will allow me to do so.  

Abraxen
I just took the whole thing apart again to check everything.  I can't find any fault in the installation, and this was my third attempt.  In the attached photo you can see where the fan is scraping at the shroud, and as mentioned, my fan noise was pretty extreme to the point that I don't feel comfortable leaving it go to see if it goes away.
 
Not sure what to do here.  I just got it, so I imagine I could return to NewEgg.  If I RAM I suspect that the replacement would do the same thing unless they've made some sort of change and mine was an older version.

 
Have you tried what I described here: https://forums.evga.com/FindPost/2702928 by any chance?
 

Turns out my fan was actually a little loose. I just applied washers per The Scarlet One's suggestion and no more rubbing. Of course my shroud looks like it was already ground down a bit, but it looks like the washers provide a fair amount of clearance that it should clear a new shroud.

What I do not like is that knowing they are there I can see them under the back plate, and they do bow the backplate ever so slightly. I thought about trying to mount them under the card, but my concern would be bowing the card rather than the back plate.

Not very pleased with the solution for a $160 item, but it seems to work.

Sorry for resurrecting this thread...but I was doing research before I purchased this for my SC Black.
Is everyone in the thread experiencing this problem, and is it true that after 90% the fan still rubs?
Just seeing if this is widespread before I purchase this.

bcavnaugh

DefJustice
Sorry for resurrecting this thread...but I was doing research before I purchased this for my SC Black.
Is everyone in the thread experiencing this problem, and is it true that after 90% the fan still rubs?
Just seeing if this is widespread before I purchase this.

I installed two on the SC Black and have no issues.
98% Plus are FE Owners that sometimes have this issue.

Ah I gotcha. Thanks man.

bcavnaugh

DefJustice

bcavnaugh

DefJustice
Sorry for resurrecting this thread...but I was doing research before I purchased this for my SC Black.
Is everyone in the thread experiencing this problem, and is it true that after 90% the fan still rubs?
Just seeing if this is widespread before I purchase this.

I installed two on the SC Black and have no issues.
98% Plus are FE Owners that sometimes have this issue.

Ah I gotcha. Thanks man.

You may still need to do this https://forums.evga.com/FindPost/2697799
I did mine 2 times once before I installed the GPU in the Computer then once after the fan ran for a while.
DO NOT Press the Fan Down and Release a few time with the computer Turned On.

Ordering it tomorrow. I'll keep you posted.

Hey all,
Regarding the space with the VRM fan/sync what do you think about shortening the screws with a dremal? Are they too small?

Cant take a picture anymore. The problem is not the length of the screw. The problem is the part of the screw that does not have threads. What happens is that it creates a gap that is too big for the PCB to overcome. If the PCB was thicker it would have been fine. You cant really mod the screws but you can mod the cooler and cut off the head.  This way the only "spacer" would be the screws. 
 
 

With a dremel it was super easy. You just cut the entire small part. The problem with washer is that it will raze the back plate and really dod not want to flex the PCB too much. Backplate for this card acts more for strength to keep PCB flat. 

Hey all,
 
I am here to report back on my Titan X Pascal install of the EVGA 1080 TI SC Hybrid cooler.
 
TLDR: Temps dropped over 40C, install was not bad (thanks to this awesome community and youtube) but was not easy either.
 
About the install: The included screws on the VRM cooler plate are absolutely the wrong screws! They will allow the VRM cooler to sag and most likely cause all the fan issues as Scarlet and others mentioned. Now one option for solving this is using nylon washer as Scarlet recommend. This however warps the back plate. The next option is to dremel the cooler nubs as recommend by Zealotkiller. I went a different rout, i used my own tiny screws(M2X4) that had no spacer built in and that worked perfect. The only down side is the backplate is now missing 3 screws(because my M2X4 are not standoffs) which could put a bit less contact on the one component cooled by the backplate. I did however add a bit more of the fiber thermal pad to that piece to give it some extra height and that seemed to work well, the component is now fulled covered by thermal pad material and has pressure to press it into the backplate. Lastly, there have been rumors of using the existing screws that the stock cooler used, this will not work. The screws are almost all different sizes. I had no issues with screws stripping or breaking I was very careful though and watched any strain that could be placed on the screws from pieces not fitting together perfect. I also used a 4mm socket as recommend and had a nice small #00 screw driver for the tiny screws.
 
I still need to run my myriad of benchmarks but for now I have some prelim data.
 
Superpositon running 1080p extreme:
 
Air cooled: 84C max temp, 5614
Water cooled Hybrid: 42C max temp, 59xx. 
 
So temps dropped over 40C and performance went up about 5.5%.
 
I will run a lot more tests as well as look at the std deviation of the frequency over each bench run and report back once finished.
 
Regards,
 
Jonathan

DefJustice

bcavnaugh

DefJustice

bcavnaugh

DefJustice
Sorry for resurrecting this thread...but I was doing research before I purchased this for my SC Black.
Is everyone in the thread experiencing this problem, and is it true that after 90% the fan still rubs?
Just seeing if this is widespread before I purchase this.

I installed two on the SC Black and have no issues.
98% Plus are FE Owners that sometimes have this issue.

Ah I gotcha. Thanks man.

You may still need to do this
I did mine 2 times once before I installed the GPU in the Computer then once after the fan ran for a while.
DO NOT Press the Fan Down and Release a few time with the computer Turned On.

FYI I installed mine finally, and I have not noticed an issue at all except the radiator fan is loud.
 
Anyone have any recommendations as far as different radiator fans?

I replaced my radiator fan with a Noctua NF-F12 which I run off of my MB at about 80% when gaming.  Very happy with the noise level and cooling.

Littoralis
I just installed my 1080ti hybrid kit last night. I can not get rid of the fan/shroud interaction using the #5 method of redistributing the bearings,
 
so if I leave my tower case sideways the fan does not interact with the shroud. If I stand my case up the shroud scraping is prohibitively loud.
 
What are my options?

Nothing came of the #5 method because likely your root issue is not with the fan or bearings, but with the heatsink it is attached to sagging due to the #13 screws being incorrect.
 
Since EVGA will not assist users with a proper fix for this even though it is a manufacturer defect, your only options are either return the kit for a refund, or modify it. A RMA won't do you any good as the same defect will be present in the new unit.
 
Regarding modding, here are your options as I see it:
 
a. Add small non-conductive washers to the #13 screws, which will tighten the MOSFET heatsink properly so it is actually in contact with its cooling targets, which in turn pulls the fan up and away from the shroud to correct the rubbing issue. The con of this method is the additional space on the back of the card causes the backplate over it to bulge out, bending the backplate and PCB.
 
b. Remove the "spacer" metal portion of the heatsink with dremel per Zealotkiller's post above. This seems like the best mod for this as it corrects the core issue and doesn't have the con of causing warp in the backplate and PCB. Apparently simply shortening the screw with dremel won't suffice.

Yep got the rubbing issue. Gonna try #5 method first then I'll try the plastic washers.