Buying a heavy GPU support/riser in the UK?

King Mustard · 3 Jul 2017 at 02:14

I bought a Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Amp Extreme GPU a year ago.

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It's been connected to an MSI Z170A Gaming Pro Carbon motherboard.

The card weighs 1.5 KG and I've noticed it's starting to dip, due to the weight.

I'm pretty sure that, eventually, either the GPU connector or the PCI-E connector will break.

The card is 5cm thick and the bottom of the card is around 18.5cm above the bottom of the case.

Does anyone know where I can find something that will keep it held up?

andybird123 · 3 Jul 2017 at 08:39

Lego or fishing wire

Bone9 · 3 Jul 2017 at 09:02

foster grant · 3 Jul 2017 at 09:04

I just use a cable tie for my Amp Extreme

Glanza · 3 Jul 2017 at 09:14

Action figure

ubersonic · 3 Jul 2017 at 09:29

Have you considered routing the power cables through the hole above the one they're in, so that they hold the card up.

Kelt · 3 Jul 2017 at 10:42

I use one of these, a Powerjack.

varkanoid · 3 Jul 2017 at 13:36

laggy bands

(was going to say Star Wars figure but someone beat me to it)

bru · 3 Jul 2017 at 14:15

You might want to edit your opening post to remove the links as it breaks this forums rules.

As for the sagging just use some string or fishing wire to hold up the end if the card.

Gerard · 3 Jul 2017 at 14:33

Video cards really have got ridiculous with some of the coolers, yes they may cool well but the amount of sag it can cause to a gpu is comical. Its about time some of these companies that come up with these coolers figure out some way to support them as well.

Disco_P · 3 Jul 2017 at 15:18

I use a piece of pvc pipe. Looks great and didn't cost nowt

ubersonic · 3 Jul 2017 at 16:36

Gerard said:
Video cards really have got ridiculous with some of the coolers, yes they may cool well but the amount of sag it can cause to a gpu is comical. Its about time some of these companies that come up with these coolers figure out some way to support them as well.

Cases actually used to have slots that the end of an expansion card would slot into, and you could get extensions for shorter expansion cards, however consumer cases don't really have them anymore so they can mount HDDs or fans opposite the expansion cards.

zornyan · 3 Jul 2017 at 16:47

to be fair even in 10 years that card won't damage the pcie slot or anything due to sag.

you should watch the Nvidia video on how they build their cards, literially have a pc being dripped 10ft or so and the card being flung about inside. 0 damage

Gerard · 3 Jul 2017 at 17:01

zornyan said:
to be fair even in 10 years that card won't damage the pcie slot or anything due to sag.

you should watch the Nvidia video on how they build their cards, literially have a pc being dripped 10ft or so and the card being flung about inside. 0 damage

Got a link to that?

ubersonic said:
Cases actually used to have slots that the end of an expansion card would slot into, and you could get extensions for shorter expansion cards, however consumer cases don't really have them anymore so they can mount HDDs or fans opposite the expansion cards.

The vendors cards like 1080 FE or Vega fe still have the 3 screw holes at the end of the shroud for the bracket, think its just companies like dell who make use of it to secure the card for shipping.

zornyan · 3 Jul 2017 at 17:35

Gerard said:
Got a link to that?

can't find it atm on phone.

was on Nvidias YouTube channel, around Pascal launch iirc, some long video about how they build and test all their cards etc.

orbitalwalsh · 3 Jul 2017 at 17:44

zornyan said:
to be fair even in 10 years that card won't damage the pcie slot or anything due to sag.

you should watch the Nvidia video on how they build their cards, literially have a pc being dripped 10ft or so and the card being flung about inside. 0 damage

Shipped a pc off, delivery men dropped it and broke the GPUs , solder cracked . That's with expanding foam packets and double boxed

Dropped Parvum a message, seems common in US to get Arcylic holders, sure they have lots of off cuts they could use

LoadsaMoney · 3 Jul 2017 at 17:54

King Mustard said:
Does anyone know where I can find something that will keep it held up?

Lloyds Pharmacy, they do some little blue pills that will keep it up, they only last about 4hrs at a time though, so you'll have to keep reapplying.

bloodiedathame · 3 Jul 2017 at 18:03

Could do with one for my 970 strix.

JediFragger · 3 Jul 2017 at 19:10

W

LoadsaMoney said:
Lloyds Pharmacy, they do some little blue pills that will keep it up, they only last about 4hrs at a time though, so you'll have to keep reapplying.

Same deal, fishing wire is better/cheaper

tyler_jrb · 3 Jul 2017 at 19:47

Fishing wire or braided cable for looks, being the best and cheapest I think.

Something simple like some kind of jack, threaded bar and internal pipe with a bit of rubber on the end would also work.