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Strix 980 touching the IO cooler

odysseas_nemo
Level 7
Hi has anyone tried installing an Asus Strix 980 at Rampage V extreme?
When I placed it the back is touching the IO plate, please see image below. Is it normal, or I got a faulty motherboard?

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GoNz0-
Level 10
No m8 it is called poor design and lack of testing, I mean, who the hell would design the premium Asus 980 and not test it in the Asus premium board, you got it! ASUS...
It is more than snug, it is pushed a little. you can bend it (the strix backplate) to clear it without touching the back of the card, I ended up fitting a water cooler from EK to mine and cutting the corner out the custom back plate to work round this.

LiveOrDie
Level 11
Yer I have the same problem with my EK backplate but I didn't worry about it the most it will do is scratch your backplate up.

Chino
Level 15
Maybe the spacing in your case for the PCIe slots were a little off. There isn't much space between the GPU and the heatsink but they don't touch each other.

Here's with the Strix GTX 980.
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And here's with the GTX 980 Matrix.
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Chino wrote:
Maybe the spacing in your case for the PCIe slots were a little off. There isn't much space between the GPU and the heatsink but they don't touch each other.

Here's with the Strix GTX 980.
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And here's with the GTX 980 Matrix.
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I don't know about the Strix but those backplates are thin the EK backplates are double the thinkness you would of thought Asus would of gave the space needed

LiveOrDie wrote:
I don't know about the Strix but those backplates are thin the EK backplates are double the thinkness you would of thought Asus would of gave the space needed



EK developed those plates after the board was launched, so not on our side.

Menthol
Level 14
Cards I have with back plates that have been on my RVE
MSI 680 Lightning
ASUS 290X DCU2
ASUS 290X Matrix
EVGA 780ti KPE
EVGA 980 KPE
EVGA 980ti KPE
Titan X with EK block and EK back plate
Yes there is not much space but they all fit without any issues

antomime
Level 7
Mines watercooled no issues with space, looks like it was the right call.
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antomime
Level 7
I have the GTX980 TI, Mines watercooled no issues with space, looks like it was the right call.
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Also Asus really needs supply support brace for the 980 ti strix!