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I got the new water block in the mail today.

I eagerly opened it up, and pulled the graphics card out of the machine. I lined up everything, and then my stomach turned as I realized it didn’t fit.

Its close, but that doesn’t count. I spent a couple hours staring at the thing, trying to figure out some way to modify it. The basic problem is that two of the power capacitors are out of position, which I never noticed before, and are too far into the block. Milling the block down isn’t possible. The caps are physically in the same space as the water channel.

So I’m pretty much screwed. I’m not willing to buy a card to fit this block, and there are no blocks that will fit the card I have. Even if I was willing, the card has been discontinued. Its pretty much only available used on EBay at full price.

I’m still tempted to try and find a way to get a new piece milled. We’ll see.