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Can a standard, full GTX 480 GPU water block fit on a Super Overclock Edition?

Well, the title says it all.  I want to put my GTX 480 SOC under water, but first I want to make sure that a full GTX 480 water block can properly fit onto it. I know the SOC has a custom PCB, so that's why I'm asking.  Anybody have any idea?

Dark Mantis

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Hi

As you say the PCB is not reference so I would tend to doubt it but if you go to EK's website they do a list of blocks that they know will fit different cards.

http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy

Thanks for that Dark.  Going there eventually led me to CoolingConfigurator.com, and I found out there if EK made full water blocks for my card.  Unfortunately, they don't.  I'll have to see if anybody else does, but I have my doubts now.  Thanks for helping me find out though.

EDIT:
Just looked around and found out that none of the Danger Den or Koolance full cover blocks support this card either.  Oh well, I guess that means no full block for me...
« Last Edit: March 16, 2011, 11:31:53 pm by TheRockMonsi »

Dark Mantis

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Don't give up though as these often come out some time after the cards are produced so it is worth keeping an eye on the coolingconfigurator pages
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy