is it the Reference 5870 Cool or Aftermarket One?, I think the reference ones would have fitting issues w/ items underneath the heatsink,
Another thing to consider is weight of cooler, the PCB for the RX480 is actually short.

Other than the 4 mounting holes spacing,
You'd also have to look at the retainer Bracket for the GPU Substrate Package,

ATi had the habit of making the GPU Die Lower than the Retainer just like AMD does now.

So the Cooler would have to have the extruded part to touch the GPU Die, otherwise a copper contact surface without the extruded part would sit 1-2 mm above GPU Die due to Retainer bracket.

Should be 4 Screws for the Alu-Block, and about 10 for the Shroud and fan assembly.

The Twitch Video I posted, the guy tears his down at least 4 times to mod it (add capacitors etc)

Last edited by SkateZilla; 07/04/16 03:12 PM.

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