WC GTX 970

[john chambers]

I got a new EK block how do I know if it's making cotack with the VRM on the 970 i have a MSI card?

[Enderman]

if the EK waterblock you got is the MSI version then it will work

otherwise you got the wrong block

[Oshino Shinobu]

If it's an FC block it will make contact (provided it is the correct one for your card, if it's not a reference PCB). It should have thermal pads that need installing for the VRM. 

[airdeano]

disassemble and verify the TIM pads are making contact. the GPU processor

uses TIM compound sdo the contact will be spread.

[john chambers]

Here is the block that fits it EK-FC970 GTX TFX perfomance PCS sent me   EK-FC970 GTX TF5 TFX are these models the same blocks?

[EK Luc]

Here is the block that fits it EK-FC970 GTX TFX perfomance PCS sent me   EK-FC970 GTX TF5 TFX are these models the same blocks?

 

The block design differs a bit between the TF5 and the TFX to accomodate the version 1.3 of the MSI PCB.

[john chambers]

the TF5 and TFX are in the partnumber at the same time

[EK Luc]

the TF5 and TFX are in the partnumber at the same time

 

That's odd!

 

Anyway the TF5 and the TFX are very 2 different blocks.

[john chambers]

just found out  the block is not touching 2 ram chips i had to use 2 pices of thermal pad on 2 of the ram chips.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9QuAhcAwNM