mounting my GPU differently ?

[ShiWarrior]

I know you can move your GPU to vertically
I'm thinking of moving my GPU because getting to the socket to take out the GPU is a pain when your GPU is 3 or 4 bays wide, you can only see 1 side of it to lower the clamp that's holding the GPU in

i have a Coolermaster MasterCase H500M


what's the best solution ?

thanks

 

[pewpew]

I know you can move your GPU to vertically

I'm thinking of moving my GPU because getting to the socket to take out the GPU is a pain when your GPU is 3 or 4 bays wide, you can only see 1 side of it to lower the clamp that's holding the GPU in

i have a Coolermaster MasterCase H500M


what's the best solution ?

thanks

How often do you actually remove your gpu?Cheapestt best solution is to live with the slight inconvenience every few years you upgrade.

Or go all out and get a mobo with a fancy pcie removal button

 

[hornetstinger]

Buy a pair of chopsticks so you can push the GPU lock lever down.

 

[ShiWarrior]

there's a fancy PCI-e removal button ?

i can do one side of the lock lever, but i cant see the other side , so its not fully unlocked

 

[hornetstinger]

there's a fancy PCI-e removal button ?

i can do one side of the lock lever, but i cant see the other side , so its not fully unlocked

Some posh boards do, or have a sliding lever on the right side of the board where the SATA ports are. They'll increase an extornate extra for this feature though

or just use a chopstick.

 

[pastymuncher]

Several Asus boards have a "magic" pci-e latch button. My ROG Strix B650E-F has it and it's a godsend when you have a big air cooler and a whopping great heatsink on the gpu. On mine the button is on the edge of the board just above the chipset heatsink. If you look at my boards website you can see the button with some pinky/red arrows pointing to it on the right hand edge of the board. With gpu's getting ever bigger I think most boards should have it in some form now, just like they should all have USB bios flashback.

 

[Alt0153]

chopstick crew represent!

 

[dave28]

chopstick crew represent!

I use a wooden skewer that is even thinner than a chop stick. Works every time even with huge coolers in your way

 

[Kirby Wurm]

An AIO has ameliorated this issue for me, used to be a right pain when I was using an Archon SB-E X2!

 

[Alt0153]

An AIO has ameliorated this issue for me, used to be a right pain when I was using an Archon SB-E X2!

yeah if i didnt have the nh d15 in the way i wouldnt need the long reaching sticks