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STEP 4
I will remind you to install the
temperature probe before this step
as well, or else it will be very tough to
do so after the pot is fully insulated.
Also be sure to run your probe length
out of the BOTTOM of the container
and not the top so it won’t get torch
damage on frequent use (8).
STEP 5
Cut out the foam around the
bracket area of the GPU pot as
pictured (10), then seal off the
bottom of the container with some
foam (11). You can use multiple
layers here to aid the pot in
standing up straight when mounted
on the board as to not put stress
on the board slot/GPU PCI express
fingers. This can lead to detection
issues down the road after long
periods of overclocking.
STEP 6
You are finally ready to mount the
card on the pot. Put the socket
gaskets on the front side of the
card, apply the TIM and mount
the card to the pot (12). Contact
is everything when it comes to
overclocking any kind of hardware,
GPUs in particular. The best way to
get really good contact is to push
the card on the backside with your
thumb in the center behind the core.
Hold it there tightly while you put
all four thumbnuts on and screw
them down until they touch the card,
but not too tight. Then turn them an
EQUAL amount of turns at a time
going diagonally until you cannot
turn the nuts any tighter using just
your fingers. Never use a wrench or
pliers to tighten them more than is
possible with just your hands as you
can damage the solder balls behind
the GPU where it attaches to the
PCB. When you see artifacts at post
even when using the stock cooler,
this is most likely what happened.
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