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Sappire Vapor-X AMD R9 280x Teardown

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Sappire Vapor-X AMD R9 280x Teardown, Heatsink removal: crwdns2935265:00crwdnd2935265:01crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0 Sappire Vapor-X AMD R9 280x Teardown, Heatsink removal: crwdns2935265:00crwdnd2935265:02crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0 Sappire Vapor-X AMD R9 280x Teardown, Heatsink removal: crwdns2935265:00crwdnd2935265:03crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0
Heatsink removal
  • Now release 4 of the screws (Using the star pattern repeating, To evenly dissipate the the force on the die of the Graphics chip) that hold the GPU Core to the heatsink

  • Note this is the clean, thermal paste ready photo

  • This is the 3 years dirty one

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