InfinityBandit

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/MUZOCT-Aluminum-Heatsink-Cooling-Raspberry/dp/B073JC5RXT/ref=sr_1_10?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1542665727&sr=1-10&keywords=gpu+heatsink This set. I was just gonna use their own thermal tape, hoping against hope they're sufficient. 7mm clearance, should be fine.

Sadly the plate is out of stock. I've messaged them on FB to see if they'll help a brother out. I've just ordered some Rasperry Pi sinks from Amazon. Figure they'll do the same job, and they're pretty cheap

Pretty much! I've contacted Arctic directly about sourcing a proper backplate (like the ones that comes with the III ¬¬) to spread the load of the mounting screws as that's really the only part I'm missing.

Just a note for anyone looking for info on the Arctic Accelero Xtreme aftermarket graphics card coolers, as I couldn't find this information online in my previous research. I mistakenly bought the IV version, as I assumed it was the latest edition, and would fit the more up to date cards, like my MSI Armour 1080 ti. Sadly, it does not, as the backplate is built to conform to Founders edition height cards, and mine is a tall blonde wearing high heeled stilettos. This being said, I decided to cut my losses, leave the MSI backplate on, and attach the Arctic cooler. I can tell you, the heat is already a good 20 - 15 degrees lower than the admittedly shitty stock, though it pains me to only be able to use half the kit. I'm ordering some regular GPU heatsinks to cover the upper strip of ram chips unfortunately not covered by the stock backplate. Anecdotally, the coil whine this card suffers from has also reduced from "Angry wasp" to "impatient mosquito". Having spoken to Arctics support (really nice and helpful people), they recommended leaving the GPU's backplate on, sticking heatsinks on some of the components the backplate doesn't cover, and using their rear mounted heatsink as backplate for the main heatsink mount. Confusion occurred when the instructions describe clamping the rear backplate to the card along the edges, which in turn connects to the GPU support. The support still won't work with this style of card, but I have ordered a 3rd party one as it's a sodding heavy beast of a cooler.

FIXED! So it seems I stupidly forgot that the monitors I'm using are display port to minidisplayport, so weren't picking up the GXF when I was telling them to look under minidisplay. Seems I only lost a hard drive in an unrelated issue this time.

I think I know which section you mean, it's the bit which tells your mobo to look at the PCI-e slot for graphics rather than the onboard, right? I tried it last night and no joy, the only way it worked was when I set it to use the IGA graphics (onboard).

Where might I find that option? The card has 3 miniDP sockets, one dvi, and one mini HDMI, so Im gonna try pick up mini HDMI tomorrow.

Hi guys, so I recently upgraded to: MSI z270 PRO CARBON Intel i5 7600K Samsung evo 850 500gb Corsair Vengence 2x8 GB In it I stuck my old GTX 970, which is where the problems begin. I can't get monitor signal through it The card lights up, the fans spin, but it does nothing. The onboard graphics work fine, so I'm using that to type this message. The monitor will not work if the 970 is installed, unless the bios has been changed to force it to use the onboard graphics. In device manager it can see the 970 is there, and I've installed the drivers for it, but monitor still didn't pick up any output. I will add that the monitors are hooked up to mini-displayport, and the onboard is HDMI, but I don't see why this should matter after drivers have been installed. I've also tried the 970 in a different PCI slot, but similar results. It would be awesome if the card wasn't bricked, so if you guys have any ideas?