Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
This might be obvious but I couldnt tell by your picture with the lid reinstalled with the red rtv. There is a gap in the black rtv probably to keep pressure from building up under the lid.
I want to buy a 6950 but all of them say 2.1. My motherboard says 2.0. Will the 6950 work with my motherboard (gigabyte ep45-ud3). BTW, nvidia stuff says pci-e 2.0 so I may have to settle for a 560 ti.