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so i did tons of research before i ordered my parts and now im sitting at my table with my 290x.. got it for pretty cheap brand new and right now its torn apart.. its the asus model and i have a aquacomputer hawaii waterblock for it.. i bought this one because its the one they use in the video on youtube of them installing it. unfortunately the pcb layout and screws are in different places altogether. i did this so it would be simple but im not sure it is even possible to fit the way it is.
its also got one screw on the backplate that looks like it has a nut welded on to make it impossible to remove. any thoughts? dont know whats going on or why it wont work, but the 290x i got was completely different from the website picture.. it was identical to the youtube video on the ncix.com website but mine has a 2 fan heatsink and looks completely different on the outside and inside. the information is below. some advice would be appreciated. dont know what to do!
this is the youtube video and also the instructions are identical in the box i got. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvD1s83u_hQ
here is what it looks like




and here is the big ass double fan heatsink i pulled off..

seems i wasted money, but there was no way for me to know that it would not fit
its also got one screw on the backplate that looks like it has a nut welded on to make it impossible to remove. any thoughts? dont know whats going on or why it wont work, but the 290x i got was completely different from the website picture.. it was identical to the youtube video on the ncix.com website but mine has a 2 fan heatsink and looks completely different on the outside and inside. the information is below. some advice would be appreciated. dont know what to do!
this is the youtube video and also the instructions are identical in the box i got. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvD1s83u_hQ
here is what it looks like
and here is the big ass double fan heatsink i pulled off..
seems i wasted money, but there was no way for me to know that it would not fit