My XFX 7900 GTX graphics card has one of your 7800-7900 water blocks on it. With the screws tightened up so the components that need cooling touch it, the card always ends up bending. Enough in fact to slightly impede the next PCI slot.

My XFX 7900 GT card in the other watercooled PC does have the same block on it and does not seem to bend as much and works fine. Although the SLI connector is covered by the block, but I don't intend to use that. The SLI is not covered in the other cards case.

My main concern is that the bending card may not work as perhaps the runners inside have snapped/ could snap, under the stresses it's under or changes in heat when its running.

The card has not been used yet as the PC is nearly completed. This week I will find out if the GPU and MB have survived my tinkering with adding the blocks to them.

Does anyone have a similar issue, with their GPU's and has is caused any damage in the past.

SNIFFY

Cheers Nitrix, thanks for the reassuring comment. Can't wait too see if its going to work. Still alot to do though.

Sure I understand that, are the screws to tight should the ones around the chip be very tight to compress that red disc? Mine are not that tight but doing up the plastic ones makes the card bend alot more.

I cannot position the block any other way due to the holes so how may I have not mounted it correctly.

Any advice

Is it ok to use your blue heat sink pad sold for the ramblock as a thermal conductive over the voltage regulators on the Grahics card. Should I put these over the other bits bar the chip where I will use the artic silver stuff.

I ask cos they seem to produce an oilly residue which I was worried may damage the card?

I think it even shows it on you installation manual, can you put my mind at rest over the use of them.