I will do cable management inside case after pipe will be done. Outside- back case all cables managed.

Now I now why people using ptg pipes :) but when you get what's goin on, then you don't need them. But maybe next time I will use PTG.
With this pipes already done, one have bubbles. I was so upset that I decided to do it next day and leave it like that.
Today I will continue this transformation.

Another angle.

3 times a charm?

I give up. :/

Some Leak test

Very nice work brutus!

Benchmark on 2126 / 5400 4.5hgz

He ran it in window mode and small resolution. Need full screen and native res.

OMG!!! very happy this worked for your 1080 classy and ty for the pics!!! My 980ti classy will need to be upgraded and I am hoping the 1080ti classy follows suit!

EVGA Classified 1080 Owners:

I've been emailing all known suppliers of water blocks etc. trying to see if we could get some water-block support going for CLASSIFIED 1080 and looks like my email to Alpha-cool paid off :-)

This is the first time I've heard about block support for 1080 Classified anywhere

See below:


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Hi Nicholas,

We are working already on a block for this card which will be available at our shop within the next 5 to 6 weeks.

The description of the block is : Eiswolf GPX-N 1080pro-M05

Have a great day.

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Kunde: Mr. Nicholas Peyton
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Betreff: Compatible waterblock - EVGA CLASSIFIED 1080

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Dear Alphacool,

I am trying to find a compatible waterblock for the EVGA CLASSIFIED 1080 Graphics Card.

EK was initially meant to be making a full-cover waterblock for this card (as they did with all previous EVGA Classified models) however they recently cancelled their plans to make a water block for this model.

You can see from the link below:


There is a growing movement online urging a company to make a waterblock for this card.

Due to the greater height of the Classified some of the most recent universal waterblocks are not even compatible (for example: "EK-Thermosphere ".

Because of the lack of a full cover block AND lack of universal block support for the EVGA 1080 CLASSIFIED; I believe there is a very big gap in the market for the CLASSIFIED.

The Classified 1080 is also EVGA's flagship 1080 model.

I firmly believe if you manufactured a waterblock the enthusiast PC community would definitely remember this.

I recently watched a video by "J's 2 cents" saying Alphacool was "reaching out" to the community so I thought it would be a good idea to get in contact.

I am very active on many enthusiast forums on the GPU scene.

Thanks for your time; I look forward to hearing your reply.

Nick Peyton

I'm baack... sorta...
Guys, first of all... Sorry i vanished. Family stuff got in the way, both the bad and the good kind. The good being +1 family member in training.
 
Anyway. AHowes, i tried to answer that pm you sendt me in the middle of it all, but i have too low post-score to pm and... Yeah, i kind of gave up. Sorry.
As you guessed i used the screws that came with the 780waterblock+backplate. I was kinda cowboy-fitting them on as they where coned and i had no other screws handy. I'm sorry i wasn't clear about that and that i wasn't able to confirm the mm's of the tim-pads in time. Glad you got it working, though!
 
I'll try to keep an eye on this forum for a while. 

I thought there was only a 780 block from EK and the 780 block is what the 980ti's used?

EK has confirmed via email this resistor (circled in red) may cause a compatibility problem:
 

Did any of you who got this to fit run into any compatibility problems with this resistor? How did you work around it?
 
Can an EVGA REP provide 'technical diagrams' / measurements please?  -- to be forwarded to the R&D team at EK.
 
Thank you. :-)

Okay just received email back from EK_Grega this minute.

Here is the email:

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EKWB Support (Grega) (EKWB Support)

Nov 27, 00:27 CET

Hello Nick,

did my best with the information I had (thank you again for detailed pictures).

Here is a sketch of how the contact area goes. The memory ICs are not completely covered and there is still a potential issue with the capacitor (marked red).
To rule out this issue we would need to physically check or have an actual model of the graphics card.
As such, I can't officialy confirm that the water block will fit.


Best regards,
Grega
 
 
Going to continue discussing a workaround with EK_Grega  so watch this space :-)

Still waiting on communication from EVGA (2 weeks since email and 6/7 days since posting on this forum). :-(

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Received another reply from EK (EK_Grega had another look in his own spare time.

This guy is amazing.

Anyway here is the latest which I think I am definitely going to attempt.
 
 
[for full size image: https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachments/workaround-jpg.81413/]



 
HOWEVER: The grinding may actually NOT BE REQUIRED: If you zoom in on the 2nd (bottom) picture very closely you will see that the 'step' on the block does indeed appear to "miss" the "side" of the resistor (marked red). But ONLY by a tiny tiny amount (I'd be surprised if they weren't actually touching). But I could easily use thin electrical tape to insulate.

If it DOES overlap I doubt the 'step' on the memory block would need to be grinded very much (probably less than 0.5mm would do.


However there are indeed guys at EVGA Forums who never had to grind the step who also spent hours checking contact with step & memory.
One has actually just PM'd me personally just to confirm this:


 
AHowes:

I bought the 780TI classified block.. It fit no problem. I did the GPU core check where you mought it and remove to make sure its getting solid contact and it was. Yes the memory part is a little off but enough of the memory is covering so no worries there. Did not notice that little cap in the way as I did check everything from every angle to make sure the block was flat on the memory and making perfect contact with the provided pads.
I did this to 2 1080 classifieds and so have others without issue.. no worries!
Allen

 
And also from EK
        EK_Grega:

Given that there are reports that users were able to install it I do think it should go withouth any modifications.
It would be the best to contact the user that already installed 780 Classy water block to the 1080 Classified and let him explain if he did some modfifications to the water block.

As for the installation.
I would use 0.5mm pads on RAM and 1mm pads on VRM part. Do check if there is proper contact on VRM (marked green). If not, then add 0.5mm thermal pad.

 
 
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Anyway its time to go and try the installation (I'll keep you all updated on my progress - specifically regarding the resistor marked in red)
 
Have a good day,
 
Nick