Hello everyone, I want to include my GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 in a liquid cooling loop. I knew that my choices for a water block would be limited due to most /all manufacturers ceasing production some time ago.
I was able to find a Bykski N-EV1080-X used on their site and they confirmed that it would work on my card, so I purchased it.
After disassembling the card, I found that it indeed fit and cleared all the components, and all the major components would be in contact with the heatsink, but the heatsink does not extend to the end of the board like the factory cold plate, and there are some chips that have thermal pads that contact the factory plate that would not have anything pulling the heat away if I were to go ahead and use this block.
Has anyone run into the same issue? Will these chips overheat and fail if I installed and used this block?
Or, am I doomed to exclude the graphics card from the loop and air cool it with the stock cooler?