PCIe to PCIe cable?

gizmo1990 · 15 Oct 2010 at 13:17

I've got a tiny wall mount chassis which is housing a mini-itx board. Trouble is I need to use a video card in it now and of course there's no room in a case like that.

So I was wondering if I had any other options rather than getting a new chassis? Specifically does anyone know if there is an adaptor I could use in the form of a cable? One I could plug into the pci slot and route outside the case somehow?

Any advice appreciated.

btw, it doesn't matter if the video card is hanging outside the case!

EDIT: Found one, riser adaptors of course. Doh! Feel free to delete this moderator if needed..

mattyfez · 15 Oct 2010 at 13:26

not sure, Make sure the psu us up to the job if its a pre built mini system, chances are the psu is low power.

mattyfez · 15 Oct 2010 at 13:34

Yes you can, Google: pcie x16 flexi riser.

I've seen an 11cm ribbon extension

mattyfez · 15 Oct 2010 at 13:48

Not sure if that would be long enough. you could get 2 and stick them together, not sure if having all those connections could cause a problem though, due to gpu being high speed, dunno how it would cope cope with any data drops, might crash quite easily.

gizmo1990 · 15 Oct 2010 at 15:08

Thanks for the replies mattyfez.

Yep found some pcie risers. I was thinking about the psu issue too, I'll have to check that out but I'll not be using a very powerful gpu a RADEON RV630 in fact.

Anyone any ideas how I'd find out the power draw of one of these?