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I have the MSi 1060 Armor OC. I love the card but I want a backplate for it. I'm not willing to pay the high price for a custom one. The card has the Gaming X PCB. I have access to a good 3D printer. My main obstacl is the model.

 

Does anyone have a backplate model? Would I have to model it from scratch or can I scan one in? 

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Plastic as a backplate would not be very good, all GPU backplates are made out of metal. 

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See heres the thing. Plastic backplate shouldn't bee all that big of a deal. Not all backplates cool the back of the cards. Some do but it doesn't really have to so theres no problem there. A problem you will have however is length. A lot of 3d printers have smaller beds under 8 inches. Even my printer only can do 8x8x8 prints so it would be difficult to print. Modeling shouldn't be all that hard because you just need to locations of the screw holes

 

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Id be scared of scans tho. id personally design one from scratch because scanning is well not always good

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21 minutes ago, That_Random_Guy said:

See heres the thing. Plastic backplate shouldn't bee all that big of a deal. Not all backplates cool the back of the cards. Some do but it doesn't really have to so theres no problem there. A problem you will have however is length. A lot of 3d printers have smaller beds under 8 inches. Even my printer only can do 8x8x8 prints so it would be difficult to print. Modeling shouldn't be all that hard because you just need to locations of the screw holes

 

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Id be scared of scans tho. id personally design one from scratch because scanning is well not always good

I have two friends with 3D printers, both have pretty big beds. The backplate is 100% for aesthetics only and not meant to disperse heat. I'll also put vents in. Thanks for the info 

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i would just design one yourself. Its quite easy with most cad software and you can learn a very valuable skill along the way. If you are going to school, you can get access to any autodesk program like inventor 2017 for free. 

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2 hours ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Plastic as a backplate would not be very good, all GPU backplates are made out of metal. 

The GTX 10 reference cards that have backplates are using plastic 2 piece plates.

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2 hours ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Plastic as a backplate would not be very good, all GPU backplates are made out of metal. 

Plastic is fine, a few companies including one I own has been making backplates from Acrylics / Plastic for a few years, and they are perfectly fine.


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If there isn't vram on the back, its just for looks. So plastic can be used, just depends.

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1060 is cool and efficient. Plastic will be absolutely fine. 

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Update: After my friend assured me his bed was big enough, he realised when he was about to print that it was in fact not big enough. In retrospect I wish I had gone with Gaming X but it was significantly more expensive for no cooling improvement

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Update: After my friend assured me his bed was big enough, he realised when he was about to print that it was in fact not big enough. In retrospect I wish I had gone with Gaming X but it was significantly more expensive for no cooling improvement

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Is this a full length 1060?

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Also did you already find screws you could use?

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43 minutes ago, Mick Naughty said:

Also did you already find screws you could use?

I think it would classify as full length. It's the Gaming X PCB with a different cooler on. I kinda assumed I would just try a bunch of screws. Do they make them proprietary?

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7 minutes ago, Froody129 said:

I think it would classify as full length. It's the Gaming X PCB with a different cooler on. I kinda assumed I would just try a bunch of screws. Do they make them proprietary?

Well having he right thread and pritch. And the additional length for the plate itself and if any spacers are used. So that isn't a refferece pcb then?

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3 minutes ago, Mick Naughty said:

Well having he right thread and pritch. And the additional length for the plate itself and if any spacers are used. So that isn't a refferece pcb then?

No it's not. But if I need screws I can just buy them for cheap( unless they're proprietary, then I don't know). As I said though, my friends bed isn't big enough, I might go to a workshop near me with all sorts of stuff I can use, or I might try splitting my design into two so I can print it

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On 12/5/2016 at 10:31 AM, Froody129 said:

No it's not. But if I need screws I can just buy them for cheap( unless they're proprietary, then I don't know). As I said though, my friends bed isn't big enough, I might go to a workshop near me with all sorts of stuff I can use, or I might try splitting my design into two so I can print it

 

The screws are not proprietary but I'm guessing they will not be very easy to find since they are pretty specific 

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