riser cable to move a nvme drive to a better position

[mark 11:11]

Hi all
i already know this is chasing small improvements that is way beyond the point of diminishing returns but sometimes the real point of doing something is for the fun of doing it.
so I want to move my c drive [990 pro 2tb] out from underneath the cpu cooler and gpu to somewhere the cooling at least has some chance of happening and it would look nice i think too.
do such cables exist? any pitfalls involved?
tried to search for info but it would seem no one has ever done this [obviously they have i jsut havnt found much talk about it online]
terrible idea?
atm I can get it to throttle without too much effort admittedly it is only when im bench testing hte drive not in real time usage but also i havnt experienced full on summer heatwave with this rig as of yet, as I say its more just for the fun of doing it rather than any real actual benefit.
is this going to end badly? any suggestions for the cable?
much apreciation for any responses even joke ones lol
Mark.

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

Yeah you can get various Risers to do this
M2 to m2
Pcie to m2 if you have a spare pcie slot
M2 to pcie then put a pcie card on it
Or pcie card with m2 slot/slots on it again if got spare
Pcie slot
Have also seen people use a riser to put the drive in
The rear of the case though would depend
how cramped the rear is
and if airflow in it

Or just move the drive to a m2 slot
That isn't under the gpu?

Would also query your case airflow
I have 5 x nvme drives and none thermal throttle
Even when I shift 1tb of mixed files around between them

 

[mark 11:11]

Yeah you can get various Risers to do this
M2 to m2
Pcie to m2 if you have a spare pcie slot
M2 to pcie then put a pcie card on it
Or pcie card with m2 slot/slots on it again if got spare
Pcie slot
Have also seen people use a riser to put the drive in
The rear of the case though would depend
how cramped the rear is
and if airflow in it

Or just move the drive to a m2 slot
That isn't under the gpu?

Would also query your case airflow
I have 5 x nvme drives and none thermal throttle
Even when I shift 1tb of mixed files around between them

i can only get it to throttle slightly if i run furmark and samsung magician repetedly at the same time its not a remotely realistic thing i actually need to do its more of a fun to do and i really like the look of silly over the top air cooling towers [noctua ndh15 on my cpu...] and the concept of whacking all my nvme drives at the front right in the path of the 3 whacking great noctua industrial 140mm fans ive got down the front is kinda a silly over the top inda thing that appeals to me [if this sounds daft my guitar amp rig used in a small bedsit kinda suggests this is me attempting to be sensible lol]
atm ive got a 990 pro as my main c drive shes hidden away underneath the noctua mostly and ive also got a 970 evo plus as a secondary drive under the mobos built in heatsink
tbh this is entirely because I just like the idea of a daft air cooler on a drive in blatant view lol.
so i only have those two slots i have one x4 lane left as well which i also cant get to [gpu is about to be moved in all fairness]
im tempted to put a third drive on tha x4 slot and have 3 of the things up front
most people would think it looks stupid but i look stupid so ehhhh lol.
kinda a non existant problem i guess but its not as bad as some of my hobbies in the past.
thank you good to know its at least possible
il have to look into the riser cables as i know nothing about them other than they exist lol

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

Wouldn't be the first time
I have done stuff to my pc just because i could

So it's possible for you to do it
What other people think of the idea isn't really relevant
If that's what you want to do just because you can
Then fair enough go for it
Doesn't look like ocuk sell the Risers you require
But amazon has plenty, probably ebay,aliexpress etc also
Even though ocuk don't seem to sell them
It is their forum so won't link others just in case
But you shouldn't have any problem finding them

 

[mark 11:11]

yeah understood
tbh i just thought there was going to be a real issue with doing it, im going to guess that it might slow the drive down a tiny bit , electricity might travel damn fast but theres still some distance I think this is a big design consideration on motherboards and inside the cpu keep certain things physically close [as far as the distance the electricity/data has to travel i think that dictates things like the ram slot placement but this is more a guess
only recently discovered the computer hobby lol mostly because its replaced my guitar equipement and i also being autistic spend ages researching random pointless stuff and often coming up with silly ideas
tbh its an excuse to use the bunch of noctua 60mm fans i think on a cpu style heatsink it probably look stupid to most people but it will make me laugh i guess
anyway thank you
il find one on the web somehow
90% of my machine is from ocuk so i dont feel too bad buying a small part like this else where il find one thank you for your time and hope your enjoying the weather

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

There shouldn't really be any noticeable hit
To data transfer speed
Gpus use riser cables a lot with no real
Noticeable penalty
Yeah theoretically it may be a tiny bit slower
Than directly in the m2 slot
But you probably wouldn't see the difference
Without some serious lab equipment

Motherboard, ram,cpu yes shorter traces then
Becomes more important
Because you're looking at really fast latency
And want the best integrity
For things like high speed ram which are
Essentially being overclocked
As soon as you enable xmp/expo etc
A tiny fraction faster than other manufacturers then gives bragging rights
And may even convince some consumers to buy
Your product even if in real life usage
That extra 50mhz etc won't actually be noticeable to you

Edit
Assuming the riser cables aren't atrocious quality
That's where you read some buyers reviews first

 

[mark 11:11]

awesome pretty much confirms what i thought [but you managed to word it far better than me despite your signature lol I think im the same jsut worse lol]
i can handle a bit of a unnoticable performance hit, i mean up until december i was on a 4770k and my c drive was a samsung 850 evo i think might be 840 actually but you get the idea, now on a 5900x and to say its a massive jump yeah i needed more performance than i had but I have gone several times beyond what was needed
worst case il set my amazing world record breaking benchmark [joke obviously] before i do it

massive thanks
this should keep me out of trouble for a while lol il put pictures up when its done im sure someone will get a laugh out of it
massive thanks again