GPU sag fixed!

BaueruTc · 3 Oct 2020 at 15:13

My new 3090 was suffering from some bad GPU sag which was doing my head in and was painful to look at. Was looking at some brackets which screw onto the backplates but a few reviews said there was still sag with them. Saw this little stand online for around £10 and have to say it does its job perfectly.

GPU no longer looks like its about to snap the PCI-E port off the motherboard.

Just thought i would post a few pics to show how well the support stand works if anyone else was looking for a simple solution. It comes with a second post and arm for sli support. Did not need for mine so not installed.

dice 1d3

Coowhan · 3 Oct 2020 at 15:32

Little bit jealous

Nice solution. Seen others use this as well in past builds with good reviews. Got a 3080 MSI trio on order and didn't realise it comes with a bracket in the box until recently but I'll see how bad it is without. Was a bit worried about this before. I have the H510 elite case and seen pictures of the same card in my case and it doesn't look like there's as much clearance as they say there should be haha.. v tight. Does fit though so there's that

ne0 · 3 Oct 2020 at 16:44

I bought a very similar stand for similar price off Amazon before my card even had a chance to start sagging. Essential piece of equipment for a large card imo. Looks the part and does the job perfectly.

ne0 · 3 Oct 2020 at 16:46

BTW where did you get those nice red custom cables? It's the only thing missing from my build.

Akagi · 3 Oct 2020 at 16:51

Its good, but its not this.

(My PC circa 2013)

John9871234 · 3 Oct 2020 at 17:02

I’ve been using a PCI-E slot cover for a few years now, barely noticeable
https://imgur.com/gallery/0G5fByU

BeelzebubUK · 3 Oct 2020 at 17:18

Acme said:
Its good, but its not this.

(My PC circa 2013)

Winner

CaptainRAVE · 3 Oct 2020 at 17:23

I use a pencil painted black.

Kelt · 3 Oct 2020 at 17:25

Acme said:
Its good, but its not this.

(My PC circa 2013)

Damn, the look on his face..."This is my life now"

m4rmite · 3 Oct 2020 at 17:30

CaptainRAVE said:
I use a pencil painted black.

Is that the LEaD version?

Akagi · 3 Oct 2020 at 17:32

Kelt said:
Damn, the look on his face..."This is my life now"

Its OK he's retired now. He sits on the radiator.

CaptainRAVE · 3 Oct 2020 at 17:58

m4rmite said:
Is that the LEaD version?

otester · 3 Oct 2020 at 18:08

Acme said:
Its good, but its not this.

(My PC circa 2013)

Please post a pic once it inevitably catches fire!

Akagi · 3 Oct 2020 at 18:16

otester said:
Please post a pic once it inevitably catches fire!

It didn't, and I'm not sure exactly sure how it would. If that would catch fire, so would a sock left on a radiator.

humbug · 3 Oct 2020 at 18:25

Acme said:
Its good, but its not this.

(My PC circa 2013)

I had that PSU back then, it left a carbon build-up on the 12v GPU pins, to the point where eventually it was disconnecting the power to the GPU.

Space Monkey · 3 Oct 2020 at 18:30

Just bought the same one but without the branding:

Akagi · 3 Oct 2020 at 18:31

humbug said:
I had that PSU back then, it left a carbon build-up on the 12v GPU pins, to the point where eventually it was disconnecting the power to the GPU.

Still use it. It has been a fantastic PSU! It has been in use almost 24/7 since brand new (over 60K hours) and much of that time the system has been at 100% load, at times pulling 750W+ from the wall. It doesn't get hot, it doesn't get loud, it just works.

I saw the wall reading reach 860W once when running Heaven benchmark with 2x overclocked R9 390X in Crossfire and it was fine. (860W at the wall is about 731W at the PSU, and it is rated to 744W on 12V.)

My second PC has the 650W 80+ Bronze version in it.

Never heard of the phenomenon you described happening, how does that even happen? :eek:

humbug · 3 Oct 2020 at 18:40

Acme said:
Still use it. It has been a fantastic PSU! It has been in use almost 24/7 since brand new (over 60K hours) and much of that time the system has been at 100% load, at times pulling 750W+ from the wall. It doesn't get hot, it doesn't get loud, it just works.

I saw the wall reading reach 860W once when running Heaven benchmark with 2x overclocked R9 390X in Crossfire and it was fine. (860W at the wall is about 731W at the PSU, and it is rated to 744W on 12V.)

My second PC has the 650W 80+ Bronze version in it.

Never heard of the phenomenon you described happening, how does that even happen?

I have no idea how something like that happens, i think there was something wrong with mine.

Space Monkey said:
Just bought the same one but without the branding:

Looks stealthy in your case.

chaparral · 3 Oct 2020 at 19:14

Space Monkey said:
Just bought the same one but without the branding:

Why not mount it in the vertical mount for that case ?

Or is the CPU cooler in the way...I know i have my 2080ti jammed in really tight due to my CPU cooler

Space Monkey · 3 Oct 2020 at 19:16

chaparral said:
Why not mount it in the vertical mount for that case ?

I have toyed with that idea, but I'd need a PCIe riser cable and not sure on the hit to the GPU temps?