Front panel connectors, USB etc blocking Graphics card

[shankly1985]

Hello guys is they anything you can do here? I had my GPU installed into the bottom slot it was ok with the stock cooler n because it had little gap under.

But because the Corsair HG10 is just solid base I can not get it to fit into the slot.

This is how I had it with stock cooler has you can see the GPU fitted

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But now I have had to move the GPU one slot up this is working perfectly fine, my only worry I now have is I want to use another HG10 on the top GPU but I have a feeling that the tube from the H75 will be pushing down onto the other GPU?

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[Confused Stu]

I had an issue where my Accelero fouled my USB3 header, I ended up getting a low profile extension for it from http://www.moddiy.com/ (specifically this one http://www.moddiy.com/products/USB-...FF-Adapter-Cable-(Low-Profile-Connector).html ) and put the cable at a right angle from the board which worked perfectly - don't know if they'd do anything to sort your clearance issues, but they do loads of stuff so might be worth a trawl.

Is that a SoundBlaster Z you're rocking in the pics? If so, have you got the front panel audio connector connected to that? If you haven't, you could and that would solve one cable issue at least.

 

[shankly1985]

Thanks will give them a look.
I not using the front panel audio. It's the cables from power switch etc, one USB cable and a fan cable.

 

[Kaapstad]

I had an issue where my Accelero fouled my USB3 header, I ended up getting a low profile extension for it from http://www.moddiy.com/ (specifically this one http://www.moddiy.com/products/USB-...FF-Adapter-Cable-(Low-Profile-Connector).html ) and put the cable at a right angle from the board which worked perfectly - don't know if they'd do anything to sort your clearance issues, but they do loads of stuff so might be worth a trawl.

Is that a SoundBlaster Z you're rocking in the pics? If so, have you got the front panel audio connector connected to that? If you haven't, you could and that would solve one cable issue at least.

Thanks will give them a look.
I not using the front panel audio. It's the cables from power switch etc, one USB cable and a fan cable.

I get this problem all the time with 4 way setups and the best I can manage is to squeeze the on/off and reset connectors under the forth card.

What makes me nearly fall off my seat laughing is when the motherboard manufacturers tell the world how much effort and research they put into these boards. If this was true they would mount the connectors that go under the forth card at 90 degrees the same as Asus does with the molex power connector on some boards. Having said that you need the Molex connector for LN2 benching but you don't need the other connectors lol - Asus you are listening to the wrong people, how about talking to some 24/7 users as well as LN2 benchers lol.

 

[shankly1985]

I get this problem all the time with 4 way setups and the best I can manage is to squeeze the on/off and reset connectors under the forth card.

What makes me nearly fall off my seat laughing is when the motherboard manufacturers tell the world how much effort and research they put into these boards. If this was true they would mount the connectors that go under the forth card at 90 degrees the same as Asus does with the molex power connector on some boards. Having said that you need the Molex connector for LN2 benching but you don't need the other connectors lol - Asus you are listening to the wrong people, how about talking to some 24/7 users as well as LN2 benchers lol.

Yeah its a pain this isn't the first time I have had this either. It true what you said manufactures should just start having them mounted in the side, just like Sata connector etc.. The cable would come out and easy hide away behind the board..