how to stop gpu from sagging?
>>51978931
Buy a case where it CANT sag
>>51978946
Buy a motherboard that isn't made out of play-do.
>>51978931
Get a case that makes the orientation of the motherboard horizontal like this but there are many others.
>>51978931
Learn to lift, bro!
Kebab skewer lol.
>>51981836
I have something liek that, came with my 690II case. Doesn't fit my card.
>>51981894
>that small HDD
They sell kits for fitting 2x 2,5" HDDs in 3,5" slots, get one.
>>51981981
I don't need to - I have another drive cage that will house it but its not worth restricting airflow for a 2.5" drive. The PC isn't going to be thrown around so there is no harm leaving it like that.
>>51981981
>They sell kits for fitting 2x 2,5" HDDs in 3,5" slots, get one.
They sell kits for fitting 2x 2.5" and a 3.5" in 5.25".
What a time to be alive.
>>51978931
Only things that ever worked for me were cable tying the pci power wires in a way that held up the gpu (can allow heatsink sag) or just putting a fucking stick under it. My case will probably last a lifetime, but if not, totally looking at HTPC style cases that lay flat, or something rotated 90 degrees to keep the GPU vertical next time.
>>51979130
Built wit this 2 years ago. Sturdy as fuck, and rack-width if you're into that. Op won't benefit, but the Evolution model of this has more drive cages than the standard.
>>51978946
My nigga
>not mounting your gpu vertically
Tie the sagging end to the top of the case with a nylon string
The one true answer.
>>51978931
Don't buy heavy as fuck GPUs that will be obsolete in a year anyways.
>>51982197
I like that one as well.
>>51981894
Nasty as hell, also
>that cpu cooler
Not sure how it is for cooling but it's the ugliest thing to have shamed this fucking earth.
>>51983717
>hating on based Silver Arrow
>>51983593
Is he stealing the last 512mb of ram?
>>51983717
Its basically on par with a D14. The high speed fan version of the silver arrow has bright orange fans.
>>51983593
I should do that. I have a big triple fan heavy as fuck sapphire r9 390x and I'm worried for it.
It was already a solved problem for full-length PCI cards, but you faggots decided you wanted special-snowflake form-over-function cases and pretty graphics cards so you could stroke it while staring through the window (on the side of your special-snowflake case).
So you get to deal with sagging cards as a consequence.
>>51983778
Don't professional cards still have the thing at the back?
>>51983760
and before you ask, no the legos won't melt. I did this for months with a 290x and the plastic was fine.
>>51983778
Not my fault all cheap cases come with windows m8, I'd gladly get one without windows but they're all more expensive than my budget can allow
>>51983802
Yes they do, and professional cases still have slots for the bracket to slide into (and support the card)
Could I just turn my PC sideways?
>>51983893
Not without reversing the polarity of the neutron flow first. Only a madman would take such a risk.
>>51984144
aw shit I was just before trying it
really saved my day mang
>>51984144
Don't be such a fucking pussy.
>>51985092
dat sum m2-ssd?
fishing line to the top of the case bud
>>51978946
Based
>>51985092
How are the temps on the 2nd card? It looks like it's right against the PSU so I can't imagine it gets any kind of good airflow.
stop supporting overweight gpus
fat acceptance has gone too far
>>51978931
A Fury X does not have this problem.
>>51978931
common sense
>>51985254
Yes. Sadly it's sata 3 bus, and it gets toasty between the 980tis, like almost 60c.
>>51985456
About 5c hotter than the other. Just got new case fans today, but I'm at work and don't have pictures. New fans lowered all my Temps by 6c across the board.
>>51985553
but its a shit card tho
>>51985612
Why?
>>51981894
ha dude, i use a piece of cardboard which i painted black and sits comfortably between the heavy gpu cooler and hdd cage
>>51985632
'Cuz you need to overclock a 980ti to match it and that makes team green angry.
Zipties. Easy.
>>51985724
Hold the phone, is that one of those thermalright fans on the right of the picture? It looks the same colour as the silver arrow fans.
Use the pcie 2x 8pin power wires to hold it up.
>>51985749
yeah, when i made this picture, i glued the 150mm fan onto the front of my case just for giggles.. i currently swapped all of my case fans into EKL WingBoost 2 white
>>51985749
Looks like a noiseblocker eloop thingy
>>51985776
How quiet are the WingBoost 2s, and how well do they perform?
>>51978931
Drill a screw into the motherboard just under the gpu where the sag is greatest
>>51985361
Is that an eisberg solo?
>>51978931
You need to use a tabasco bottle inside your case to prop up the GPU. I learned it from /g/
>>51978964
I'm not normally one for cable management but this triggers me.
>>51981836
I build a support collumn using legos.
Anyone have the pics of the guy on here from July who put the build together without literally even a single screw? he ruined like 2 graphics cards and 3 motherboards iirc. Can't be assed to find them in the archives.
>>51985798
when they first arrived, benches and reviews said they were on par with the top of the line BeQuiet Silent Wings 2 but were 5€ less each
18€ for 140mm BeQuiet SW2 and 13€ for EKL WB2
i have to say they indeed are very silent and you only hear the airstream plus they look much nicer
>>51985725
>970 SLI 8 GB
Wrong on two counts, Tom's Shillware.
>>51985858
Nice, might pick four of those up for my rig then.
>>51982197
>HAF XB EVO
Mah nigga
Fucking loved that case
>>51985876
http://www.hardwareversand.de/140mm/214049/Alpenf%C3%B6hn+140mm+Wing+Boost+2+Plus+PWM-L%C3%BCfter+-+wei%C3%9F.article?pvid=9q0aldl06_0&ref=27
i just forgot, they are called with a "Plus" at the end and they dropped in price as of now in germany atleast. they are definately worth it but i 2-3 are enough for efficient cooling
>>51978946
Just orient your case that way dumbass.
>>51985906
Yeah, I'm just looking to replace my current rear and top exhaust fans with something nicer, and maybe add a bottom intake. Might as well fill the fan slots I have, so I can run them at a nice low speed and have some leftover cooling potential for when I need it.
>>51985864
To be fair the R9 295x2 is also effectively 4GB, both companies multi-gpu technology requires duplication of most things.
>>51978931
>my video is already noticeable sagging
fuck me, its been like 1 month
>>51986013
well prop it up or get a backplate or something
>>51985970
i can tell you from personal experience that a bottom intake adds almost nothing to your airflow. you are better off with closing it with a sheet of cardboard or anything else that you could apply on it..
a good stream is better than many operations, hence why server mainboards have usually only fans in a pipeline of the important parts.
the best airflow which i watched in a youtube video is 2 low rpm intake fans and 1 high rpm outtake fan
>>51986044
M don't have a modular/removable HDD cage, sadly, so my 200mm front intake fan has its work cut out, and my GPU could use a bit of direct, cool intake air.
>>51986092
be carefull then.. you might end up spending way to much with little to no effect
that's what i learned about this lesson
>>51986120
I appreciate the advice. I just feel like having too many fans isn't necessarily a bad thing, since you can just carry them over from build to build, you know?
>>51986165
it depends.. for my part i want to get a mini itx after my rig becomes obsolete so i feel like my investment into 140mm might turn out to be falls if my future case only supports 120mm fans lol
>>51986182
Ah yes, true. I don't see myself going mini-ITX anytime soon, since my GPU and CPU cooler are fucking massive.
>>51985816
>>51985816
>>51985816
>>51985816
this is the proper way
Can anyone reccomend me an ATX case with space for a 270mm GPU?
Yes I'm a gpu-let.
>>51986216
and that's the thing.. future gpu's and cpu's become even more efficient and smaller cases might becomes thermal heatpipes themselves
>>51986426
fractal define arc midi r2
>>51986432
I'm probably gonna be running this setup for a while. I don't think an i5-4690K and an R9 290 will become obsolete all that quickly.
>>51986460
i give it 2 years.. virtual reality could kill them pretty quickly
>>51978931
Bottle caps
>>51978931
I have the Air 540 cube case on its side and makes my 290 stand vertically.
It looks pretty cool actually.
>>51986474
I severely doubt VR is going to kill a 290 quickly if its using liquidVR. On paper a 290 has nearly as much compute power as a 980ti.
>>51986525
like i said, it depends.
vr could become such a huge hit in summer 2016 that everyone wants it and by then, amd and nvidia might feature dual gpu based solution for vr which render the image per eye for the most efficient rendering technique
but this is only something which time will tell
also, paper is not telling you much. the architecture as a whole is important and that's why the 980ti gets on par fps with the fury x with much lessened shader count because they are aligned differently
>>51986448
>fractal define arc midi r2
Anything smaller?
I have a HAF 922 at the moment, and it's fuckhuge.
>>51986594
the smallest i researched back then was the Corsair 350D
>>51986604
The 350D is mATX, the 450D should work though.
>>51986644
>450D
Not sure I can handle all that D senpai.
Support it with a GPU-Bra.
>>51986644
typo.
and yeah. either you go with the more in length Arc Midi R2 or you go with the higher but slimmer and shorter 450D
>>51983809
well that's kinda obvious for anyone that's not retarded because the melting point of plastic is much higher than the max temp anything in your PC can reach
>>51983753
>Is he stealing the last 512mb of ram?
HAHA fuck me
I own "the ricest rice shit case ever made". never had this issue myself but now I know why it has
>DIRK-TOOTH
>>51985844
I too have a ghetto lego tower holding my GPU
shit works.
>>51987027
holy shit that thing looks like it came from a toy store
>>51978931
set case on side
prevents cpu heatsink sag too
>>51987027
That case fan is set as exhaust.
What the FUCK are you doing?
>>51978946
pretty much this ^^
pic related, its my case. got it mostly because of the sagging reason.
>>51987027
holy fuck lol that's hilarious
>>51987027
>DIRK-TOOTH
>>51978931
You proper it up?
Well, i just made my brain work and my hands follow.
>>51983593
Did EXACTLY THAT.
In the end, even with the card lying on it very lightly, the cooler got loose from the GPU by getting slightly toppled.
So to avoid that I'd have to support the outer part of the card like seen in that photo AND the part of the cooler on the motherboard side.
FUCK THIS SHIT.
Next build will be a desktop case. I'm sick of this fuck.
>>51988645
>>51985092
Which case is this? I have a Strix 980ti.
>>51987027
>DIRK-TOOTH
>Side-fan aimed as exhaust
>Rest of the case is colored like a kids toys
Oh shit nigger what are you doing I'm laughing so hard right now
>>51990258
Fractal R5 Titanium with window
>>51990454
Nah nugga
>>51981894
I cut up an old pen and wrapped it in tape.
>>51987386
I do this for my crossfire build, a couple of degrees worse than an intake, but WAY less dust.
>>51991661
why two pics?
>>51991397
>>51992209
Don't know, just felt like it. I'd say it's slightly easier for people to just see a picture instead of a link.
>>51987537
is the corsair AIO backplate loose for you? i just got one and its loose as fuck
>>51993778
Not that anon but I also have the same cooler, no it shouldn't be loose.
>>51978931
Mount it correctly you dumb shit
>>51985361
> cables coming out of top of PC
what the fuck?
who thought that is a good idea?
>>51978931
This is a problem? I guess I should be glad that I'm a cheapskate who uses budget entry level GPUs instead of fuckhuge gaymen models.
>>51987537
I really like this style case. Picked one up about a year ago. Easy as hell to switch out any components.
>>51985599
It gets toasty my being idle in a cold spot too.
They're just shit thermally. Look at this.
>>51978931
buy an APU
i have a case where there are fan holes on top, so i used 3 zip ties to make a rope kind of thing for supporting the gpu, some people build lego stands for theirs, but i dont play lego, im not a man child, i play video games now
why don't they make mobos so GPUs can be mounted vertically and not sag like my grandmas tits?
>>51996951
Niqqa LEGO is awesome no matter your age.
>>51996677
Glad it's not just me. I've got the Sapphire 390 and it hovers around 45c as well. I can only imagine what CF temps are going to be.
Although to be fair if you're using stock fan profile the fans turn off until 60c
>>51978931
helium
>>51997311
yeh i was just rustling
>>51993778
op here, no, mine is nice and snug.
>>51983637
Bio
>>51978931
BRA
