Adds a finishing touch to the XSPC heatsink, but apparently not sized appropriately for all version of the R9 Fury.
If you want to put an official XSPC backplate on your R9 Fury to show off the company, then this is the item for you.  There are good and bad things about this backplate, so I will start with the good.<br /><br />It looks nice and it has a good feel to it.  The screws and washers fit perfectly through the plate and card and then into the heatsink, pulling all three pieces together nicely.<br /><br />Now for the bad...<br /><br />The package came with one less thermal pad than was needed.  Luckily, I had some extra thermal pad material laying around, so I used that to fill the gap.  Unfortunately, the thermal pads do not touch the backplate and, therefore, exist as a somewhat useless accouterment.  The attached picture shows the gap between the plate and the thermal pads.  Since I haven't yet contacted XSPC about this, I suspect that the problem is due to the specific brand of R9 Fury I purchased: the [[ASIN:B01012TLSS Sapphire Radeon Graphics Cards 21246-00-40G]].<br /><br />What I may do is purchase some more thermal pad material and double it up so that there is contact between the pads and the backplate.
Rating: 3 stars