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
 
 
 
 

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.

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

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.

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 

True.. the heat would loosen the stickiness of the double sided tape.

I'll check out the backplate again. Maybe it was just a few holes that had threads for screws going from the card to the backplate.

Nice.. last night I checked the backplate on the classified. There is no threads on the backplate holes. :/ it's just a small hole for the evga screws. Too small for the ek screws to pass threw. And the ek screws head us too large for the backplate screw well (whatever you call it) that the screw heads would fit into.

Different mm screws with smaller heads would be needed.

I already have everything in the case ready to go. Just gota add coolant today and test for leaks and hope and prey the untested mb and cpu and ram all work.

Sweet!

Mines up and running for the past few hours. Just slapping some games on it real quick.
 
Temps are 27 and 31 for idle for the 2 and I think 31-36c on load but i'll need to run a loop of firestrike for firm numbers.  No idea why the 2nd card is running hotter then the first?? Sucks.. but I gota remind myself its water cooled and 36c is funny cold.  Sure I got those numbers wrong as its sounds too cold.
 

brutus300
I want upload some photos, but from my mobile its take vert long time to do this, don't know why (160mb/s internet speed)...

Its ruff on here. you gota downsize the pics or it wont it will say its oversized.

Hostingpics for you <3
 

Screw

Fits great

Haha....now just comeback from shopping... all day gone nearly and o ly one thing left to do with my loop, bending pipes. This take me little bit longer because im doing 1st time

Some imperfections, bad bending with 1st time heat gun. After 5-6 pipes, one made perfect. Now I know what to do, how high keep pipe from heat gun etc.