01-20-2017, 01:51 AM
The back-half of the Founders Edition cards is removable to increase airflow to the adjacent card's centrifugal blower. Otherwise the backplate blocks the intake to the blower and it doesn't move very much air.
There's no benefit to removing the backplate in your configuration, as you only have 4 of 8 slots populated and thus have no adjacent cards.
There's no benefit to removing the backplate in your configuration, as you only have 4 of 8 slots populated and thus have no adjacent cards.