New water cooling setup is bending my graphics card (pics)

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MelvinGonzo

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As you can see here http://imgur.com/a/OYFdM my 780 ti is getting bent pretty bad, it's only been that way for about 15 mins now, just posting this really quick in hopes of a permanent solution.

The weight of the waterblock itself was already bending it a little, but it wasn't that bad. But now that I installed the tubing leading from it to my CPU, the pressure from that pushed down even more, I can't really cut the tubing any shorter than what I did either.

What are my best options here? Should I put some sort of wedge below it to push it back up? ANY help at all would be greatly appreciated.
 
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Usually there is a bracket that extends some or all of the length over the motherboard which has adjustable mounts or clamps which would grip the GPU. Definitely can't leave it like that. Anywhere that flexes, especially mid board, places great strain on any component and the fragile solders of the smaller plugs etc.

Depending on your case orientation (normal ATX case?), it would probably be good to put either a non-conduction material pushing up from the base of the case or extending from a drive cage etc or a type of sling with again, a non-conductive material from the upper case.
 
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Yeah I had my eye on it already because it started to bend with only the waterblock, so I immediately put something to push it back up.

This is my temporary solution http://i.imgur.com/pjtRYUB.jpg I'm pretty sure this tubing is non-conductive, but I'll do some searching to make sure (It's PrimoChill LRT)

Yes it is a standard ATX (NZXT H440).
 
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There used to be readily available brackets that had a channel that went perpendicular to your GPU's and then had clamps that screwed onto the channel along with a foot for the top and bottom of the channel, making a full height strut in the case. That tubing is definitely non-conductive, you've totally safe with it.

Not sure if there is a better way, but maybe you could do some light modding and make a clean looking brace that mounts to the inner edge of the drive cage at the end of the GPU / the brace could screw into the drive cage screw holes?

 
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I don't mind having that piece of tube there honestly, so as long as I'm okay with it aesthetically you think it should be fine as a permanent solution?

The most case modding I've done is drilling 2 holes to install my pump/res, so I'm not sure I want to do anything along those lines yet.
 
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