Help water cooling a gtx 760 gigabyte windforce rev 2

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TediouslyUseless

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First time water cooler here, I already own a GTX 760 Gigabyte windforce revision 2 2gb gpu and water to do my first ever water cooling loop with this card.

I found that there were no water blocks compatible with my card, but my card was compatible with a universal GPU block which I purchased figuring I could use it in a future build anyway and save some money if I ever upgraded.

My gpu block:
http://www.frozencpu.com/images/products/large/ex-blc-1402_3.jpg
http://www.frozencpu.com/images/products/large/ex-blc-1402.jpg

I also found out I needed to arrange passive cooling for my vram after asking on this same site, so I bought these passive coolers:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835708008

However after removing the stock cooler from my card I noticed that a chip which had been covered by thermal tape was directly in the path of where the water block would go, as visible in this picture of my card without the cooler http://www.coolingconfigurator.com/upload/pictures/Gigabyte-GeForce-GTX-760-WindForce-3X-OC-2GB-GDDR5-%28GV-N760OC-2GD-Rev.-2.0%29-PCB.jpg

Can I cool the chips in the way of the water block without issue? Do I have to cool them? Should I buy a different water block?
 
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TediouslyUseless

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That isn't my problem this time.

This time where I would put a heat sink on a chip is obstructed by my waterblock and I am wondering if I can get away with having a really tiny heat sink on it
 
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Can you photograph the section of the board you are talking about, both with and without the block in place?
 
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Shawn Sanders

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I installed this .. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103195 on my GTX 760 card. took load temps from 50-60 c down to 36-40 C idle temps went from 35-45c down to 26-30 c. Had to make a couple braket's on top of the water block and take every thing off the vid card including the dust plate under the heats sink. Get 4 6/32 x 2 in bolts with 4 nuts. drill 1 hole in each end on the 2 brakets cross them on top of the block put your bo9lts down and nuts on other side. I also put an extra fan on top side just to keep more air flow on the top of the board across the memory.
 
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