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Turn it into a "Do it yourself" project and grab a filter at Home Depot or any other hardware store. If you can find filters that are Carbon charged (keeps dust stuck onto filter), it'll work even better than the filter you have now. Use Velcro if you have attaching!

GPUs 10.5" or 267mm in length or shorter. GPU cards have a maximum clearance for 10.6" or 270mm maximum length inside the Scout. Your GPU measures at 10.7" x 5.4" x 1.7" so you're 0.1" too long at the maximum length.

I think my cards are built similar. I haven't had time to take it apart yet but it's highly do-able. I want to reuse the shroud just for the looks because it doesn't look that great with a universal cooling block. It's just something I don't mind doing to keep the OEM look.

Its an aluminium shroud. But you're right, full water blocks for any 6870 is almost impossible to find unless someone is selling it.. which makes me want to custom make this liquid cooling system even more. I'm pretty sure I can successfully do this. I won't remove the fan like how PNY did it...

Yep looks like it.. I think. Mine looks like this. So if you're right about it being a ref card, I just need to find a place that has a full waterblock in stock. Are there any 'cheaper' ones? Edit: This link suggest that it IS an EAH6870 Direct CU though.. same circuit board color and fan...

I think my card is the 6870 DirectCU one listed at the top at CoolingConfig (Shrouds don't match but they have the same GPU code EAH6870) and the EK-FC6870 won't fit. And yes, these cards are still great so no need to upgrade just yet! My other post didn't seem to go through. To cut it short...

Can you put the shroud on after you apply these heatsinks? Unfortunately the 6900 series heatsinks don't fit my EAH 6870... ugh. I think those small Mosfet Heatsinks will fit though! The GPUs are almost out of warranties, but it'll be a good excuse to upgrade if I mess up lol! But that is a...

Wow! First time seeing a card like that. Yes it would be similar to that but it'll be hooked up to my custom water cooled setup. Are the heat sinks removable from the shroud? I haven't tried opening up my GPUs yet. I have two Asus 6870's and they're too close together on my motherboard to stay...

The VGA water block only cools the processor.. so you will have to cool off the VRAM by means of buying VRAM sinks or an aftermarket custom heat sink that goes around the water block.

Hi everyone. I'm new here and I had this question for a while. Someone recommended me to check out this forum and was sure someone here could answer this. The question is, is it possible to cut an opening in your GPU's heat sink? I have no idea what a heatsink is composed of.. should just be a...