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I was wondering how people are fitting the waterblock on Radeon videocards.
The Radeon uses a shim which is glued to the VPU, and thus there is a height difference between the top of the shim and the core of the VPU.
I do not really like the idea of having no shim, or something like a shim, around the core because fitting the waterblock right will be have troubles I think.
Since there is glu between the VPU and the shim, and therefore having space between it, I was thinking of getting the shim off and clean get the glue off. Then put the shim on and see if the height is the same as the height of the core.
If that won't work I will try to sand paper the shimm a bit to loose height.
Now, the problem I think is how the glue will react on the side of the VPU. What type of glue would be recommended? Something non-conductive of course. Would epoxy be ok?
If people have any other ideas, please let me know what and if possible add pictures on how you did it.
The Radeon uses a shim which is glued to the VPU, and thus there is a height difference between the top of the shim and the core of the VPU.
I do not really like the idea of having no shim, or something like a shim, around the core because fitting the waterblock right will be have troubles I think.
Since there is glu between the VPU and the shim, and therefore having space between it, I was thinking of getting the shim off and clean get the glue off. Then put the shim on and see if the height is the same as the height of the core.
If that won't work I will try to sand paper the shimm a bit to loose height.
Now, the problem I think is how the glue will react on the side of the VPU. What type of glue would be recommended? Something non-conductive of course. Would epoxy be ok?
If people have any other ideas, please let me know what and if possible add pictures on how you did it.