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hey Ron we're on part 2 of the GTX 1060 hybrid build for part 1 hit the link in the description below as explained previously we're doing this because I want to and because I want to see if we can smooth out those frequency spikes with a liquid cooling solution because we saw some improvement in that department with MSI's Twin Frozr cooler but not complete improvement in all aspects of performance before getting to part 2 of this content where we build it into a liquid cooled product this coverage is brought to you by MSI and their new GTX 1060 gaming X which has the aforementioned Twin Frozr 6 cooler so here's what we got we're on our a million of working with this card I am dying I am sure Andrew the cameraman is also dying but we're having some fun with it so this as revealed in the previous video is the base plate some of the vrm cooling is right here helping with the MOSFET heat dissipation which they're covered so there's one that's not covered right there these components are part of the vrm you can see that they've got thermal pads contacting to the heatsink and so forth we explained all this in the previous video and this cable right here is the power header that's sticking out this will be interesting because I don't know I don't know if I'm to be able to get this back on there with the liquid cooling solution installed so if I can't then this will be super Frank and card build because I will just be floating out in the middle of the bench so here's what we're gonna do I am trying to match this EVGA cooler as explained previously it's got a protrusion there I previously called an extrusion some people with with I guess shop experience correcting me that is a protrusion of copper sticking out of the cold plate and this as explained previously helps with the thermals because it's helping sink more of that heat this actually goes in a bit inside this thing is a bunch of micro fins the liquid goes through the micro fins and wicks away the heat that is effectively collected via conduction by the cold plate and that's our liquid cooling solution goes through the radiator so forth all that normal stuff so I'm not I think we're gonna want to mount this this is kind of unwieldy we're gonna want to mount that's probably the same somewhat stupid way we did with the GTX 1080 we just have the pumps point out that way and that's just because I think I'm gonna be able to work with the frame a bit better and I think this will fit but I'm not 100% positive we'll find out kind of live on on camera here my hope is that I can keep this attached first I need to reattach the vrm fan before forgetting that or the I should call it the blower fans it's not just cooling the VRM okay there it goes all right good enough let's get that remounted I got to remember how this went on originally I don't really care how those stick out right now okay all right so that is more or less where it should be these will kind of go in here once we're done about I'm not concerned with that right now oops it looks like we can mount as expected through there I clean this off a little bit more we're using the thermal paste pre applied to the cooler here as we we tend to deal with liquid cooling products but if a pioneer on thermal paste you can be much more generous with the GPU than with a CPU so it's really not much of a concern where do we want to start with this so if I mount that now and I put this on after will that work no this isn't really entirely necessary it'll certainly help a little with the cooling but got to add the other parts and worry about that in a moment and then this could fit it no that's not gonna work but maybe if we take off the other thing I'm not gonna put that on there I think I actually could I think I could disconnect this and get it all together but I don't know but I really want to well either goes on or doesn't but removing the silver part of the shroud is not gonna hurt anything either way and then putting it back together later which isn't a problem so let's just go ahead and take it apart that was easy that's kind of neat let's just go ahead and reinstall this that's not gonna hurt to do that's right so that locks and I didn't notice this before so I was a tiny groove in it and the plate as so that this can sock it in kind of see that that sockets into the plate which makes it easier to hold in place so that's nice okay so it goes like this for sure I don't remember if this was facing the other way or not it's the last time if you watch the RX 480 and the 1080 hybrid build I actually drew a diagram on a magnetic project mat where the screws went this one I was a lot more screwed so I just kind of used this and threw it together okay alright so we've got this they pretty much rebuilt at this point and I believe I decided that that has to go like that I suck at the other that cold plate in but I think I can screw in with some of these first oh shoot I got to do the all right good enough that well look at that picking up two at a time this is the ideal time by the way to drop one of these tiny screws down that the test later two holes in the back come on man oh close call of course we're gonna have to see if the liquid cooler will actually mount when it's like this if not I'm gonna have to take it all apart but I think I can save some of these screws on the backside for after figuring that out all right I think that's good enough for us to figure out that veins fit I could even reattach this led if we wanted to but you get a whole half a watt man that's extra overclocking Headroom by getting rid of it I need this to work so we're gonna do like forget that wasn't secured is this trying to make contact with the GPU or nice okay it's actually shocking that is making direct contact that's perfect yeah that looks okay well assuming that this can actually go down it might be too tall we kind of like sand off a millimeter that's so stupid see if you can see that copper plate in there see it okay okay some of these are lined up but not all of them maybe the baseplate will have to go after all kind of figure out what's happening to prevent contact on all four holes simultaneously it's obviously rocking on the copper plate I think which as we can tell by the thermal paste contact it looks like yeah so it's definitely getting stuck on that plate just gonna take that plate off for now then that's fine I would prefer to use it though 48 millimeters it seems like it should work hmm yeah it's just not gonna clear it there shouldn't be any metal shavings but if there were they're gone now check this thing out again I think we have to take this out again get that out you can't always get what you want it's definitely hitting that you know that level of tired you got where your entire body hurts okay so it's taken back apart what is causing the clearance issue is it simply the whole distance or hi there's the product there is your problem quoting Adam Savage of Mythbusters the holes are fine so the issue is it looks like we could kind of just send just a little bit it's actually leaving a mark on the inside wall so it's right there Oh kinda tempted to hit with a hammer so do you want to file it or okay don't put that over there you're gonna have to deal with the cringe I apologize that might have actually worked dan and that will make contact we need to take some off the other side too I think well that's a pleasant sound yeah alright you ready that's a fight through it I apologize it's almost clearing it it's just that bottom bit of clearance because it tapers out to be larger at the bottom that's pretty good though that's not quite try the other side maybe won't scream as much that's pretty damn good more has to come off on this side I think they did this just to stop me oh I think that's basically it yep that's in there okay all right so first of all don't do this haha not don't do this at home just don't do this this is bad practice for a million reasons I probably should have said or grinded this outside but it's dark out and frankly we already have the camera the light setup so it was done here secondly metal shavings are everywhere that is a concern the PCB the card are far enough where I'm hoping it's a non-issue for them what we're gonna do is don't show them that man that's way too clear we're gonna blast this with air I will probably soak it in something just to be sure take the vrm fan off or whatever def again a blast it with with compressed air for the base plate this is very well set in there now the cooler we're not going to use this one we're going to use the same model I'm gonna use a different cooler for two reasons one the thermal paste is a little left but - because I got you know decided to start testing this while I was working on it without cleaning in between I am positive there are metal shavings on that thermal paste I could clean it off I'm gonna play it safe we will use a different MOT we'll use the same model different cooler different unit and that should resolve that issue I wanted to take one apart anyway so we'll just take this one apart in the future this will be our model that we dismantle so I think this will work but we'll show you in this video so what we're going to do is break for tonight I'll clean it off and then we'll finish putting it together tomorrow this will all be in one video so you'll see the whole finished product shortly after this okay so one very long night later we managed to get this to where it just barely fits the cold plate I didn't have to take off too much of the metal we have some b-roll showing the the progress to finish that took this outside and use anti-static compressed air to blow it off and then used tape before and after and then before again anti-static air to get any metal shavings off really worked hard at the metal shavings because that is the one thing that could actually ruin this whole project which if it does whatever but hopefully it does not ruin the card so I think we're good I'm not gonna use the the cooler I had picked out yesterday but I do have a clone of it so we're gonna try this again might take some force to get this thing socketed foley because it is pretty snug but it does it does fit now so we're good to go this project is one of the longest ones we've done for hybrid coolers so far but I got to remember how all this goes back together - it's been a full night so first of all definitely an eye connect this here we're actually to the pump let's do that first it's gonna go it's right there and this will go down here all right unless this one just needs to be worn down like the other one was on the sides I think it'll work this one's slightly different size than the other one to figure out a longer screw or something okay so it can work I think that one actually went head cross-threaded yep trust I need a different screw oh yeah yeah different screw I have the best race that can't be right it says use the previously used screws so do they change their are you having that hybrid box here's some these are much different oh man that may have been a lot of our problem right there oh that's working wait to see if it actually works before I address the camera with what we've just discovered huh I think it's gonna work definitely a tight fit but is it making contact yes I think so and we'll find out in testing if it's not that's the best I could do because the screw holes are not exactly the same as what we've worked with previously it's just slightly off which is causing that kind of angled install I'm gonna reassemble the rest of this thing gotta plug this in for the BRM fan and the pump which will both be powered by the board all right so that's connected this will go on here I could route that under it but whatever how's that cable okay is it gonna fit I think I think it'll actually kind of work no that's wrong what's that there originally it looks like the bottom of a screw that's crews got a lot of get a lot of stress on it right now something's I think it's the cables no it's the it's the pump his pump caps can come off when his block it's definite there we go and it spins what do you think likes one guys comment some dudes like you're so patient like a true craftsman it's like oh man I feel very bad for like whoever said that guys impression of what a craftsman is this ain't it do something six times like I'm doing right now to see if something will work I don't think is what a craftsman I do sound like Bob Stewart OBS mods that's the craftsman doesn't seem right okay so there's only one screw that wasn't used and I know exactly where it goes I'm not concerned about it cuz it was for a cosmetic piece that was being secured from four other bolts through the top all right that is it that's the 1060 hybrid who would have thought this would have been the most difficult one first of all EVGA you're welcome for the free advertising I don't know if it was worth my pain but we decided to leave the the pump plate on there took the thin the faceplate of the shroud of the GPU on and off like four times we took it off originally looked kind of cool for clearance reasons we did take it off but then put it back on let's just pretend that that socket incorrectly I don't want to take out four more bolts right now so we'll just pretend that everything's perfect so that is the gtx 1060 Hybrid I think it probably still works the last two have still worked after we've done these the difference here is we filed the crap out of the base plate to make it fit so the past two mods as many of you have pointed out we did not elect to use the base plate that came with the card either because we were using something else like one of these kits has its own cooling solution or whatever but in this case I did decide to use it it was effort I think the pump is making contact the cold plates making contact with the GPU itself I'm pretty sure that's happening we'll know instantly it does look like it though after making those changes and then what else did we change that's really them that's the main part of it so the only concern is if there's a metal shaving left somewhere that happens to bridge something to make contact but I did actually legitimately spend a good amount of time cleaning this with tape and compressed air so I hope we got all those everything's plugged in all that's left I guess we'll just do this right now is to connect these two be pieces for the radiator fan if I want to later I can plug that into the board to get an extra couple of watts but that's really that's it that's it we're done so that's the 10 60 hybrid subscribe so you can see the final part where we'll have the numbers performance metrics and all that assuming it still works or the part where I throw it in the garbage but thank you for watching page online the post roll video if you want to help fund more videos like this because they take a lot of time and 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