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INSTALLATION
The most critical aspect of installation is for the heatsink to be securely
mounted. A firm mating results in good contact between the heatsink's base and
the GPU core and more efficient heat conduction. Ideally installation should
also be a simple procedure with the user having to handle as few pieces of
hardware as possible.
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The Shaman follows a familiar mounting paradigm. First screws with threads on both sides are secured to the appropriate mounting holes.
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On the other side, thick rubber washers are set down against the PCB, followed by a metal backplate, thin plastic washers, and finally nuts. The second set of plastic washers are very small and easy to lose; we misplaced one and had to replace it with a paper one.
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There is plenty of clearance underneath the heatsink. Thermalright could easily provide taller memory and VRM heatsinks.
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The Shaman stretches 46 mm over the side of our HD 5870 test card's circuit board. Narrow cases need not apply.
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Viewed at an angle with the fan mounted.
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The final product takes up four slots in total. Though the card dips down slightly on the far side from the weight and fan clips stick out a little bit, it shouldn't touch a card occupying the slot below. Note: we had to unplug one of the front USB connectors on our board as it interefered with the fan.
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