Check your GPU for sag when installed!

One of those adjustable desk/drawer feet screwed onto a suitable length of 2”x2” works wonders.

You can probably get a section of square plastic or metal tube from you’re local DIY store if you want it to look fancy.
 
I'm absolutely amazed that with modern GPU's there is no standard for supporting them properly given that they're heavy enough to damage the motherboard slots, or worse themselves. There is a youtube channel of a guy who repairs things like GPU's and the number of 40 series cards he's seeing that have the same basic issue where they're cracking along the connector into the motherboard is depressing, especially given that the motherboards have tended to go with reinforced slots to protect themselves from the weight, but the cards that are now hitting ~£1500 have no such thing.

As has been said repeated, an anti-sag bracket or one of the various support risers that you can put under the card are a must these days.

I was joking to my brother when I built his machine in November that the old Globalwin 802's were decades ahead of their time, they had the option (an extra fiver) for a "riser support" pack, it was a bar that you slotted into the case once you'd fitted the cards and it had a variety of different length supports that you screwed in to support heavy cards.
 
Not totally surprised
My 3080ti with block and active backplate
Is an absolute behemoth

I just used the old what have I got laying around method
Cut a bit of hard tube to length
Glued a thin slice of ek zmt on the ends
To stop it sliding or scratching
Bobs your uncle
Instant gpu support

But yeah for the cost of some of these cards
Not including a gpu support
It's pretty poor really
 
Although my 7900xtx isn't sagging in my new board I found a bracket I liked, fits in the 3000d and it arrived earlier this morning, when back from work I may install it safe in the knowledge I won't risk another board.
 
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The extreme's pcie is layed out as followed

First slot pcie x16 full lane
Second slot pcie x16 (wired up as x8)
Third slot pcie x1

2 x m.2 slots on board, can be expanded to 5 total if using the genz riser board and the included m.2 pcie carry card which would install in the second x8 pcie slot.

Use of the second m.2-2 slot will take 4 lanes from the primary x16 slot according to the manual. I used the genz riser board to install my primary m.2 and use a traditional ssd for storage
 
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