Is my PCI-e wireless adapter too close to my GPU? Will it cause any long-term effects?

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Sean Kizzee

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Is my PCI-e wireless adapter too close to my GPU? Will it cause any long-term effects?

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Not in a million years. Good question though. At least if we're referring to wireless frequencies. If that heatsink touches it, it can cause devastating and permanent damage. Make sure you screw that thing down hard, and I would recommend putting a rubber spacer of some sort between the GPU and the card on a non-thermal generating area. Namely between the top right edge of the Wireless card and the GPU. Unless the system is NEVER touched, never moved while powered on, you wont run into an issue. However, you bump it, go to move it to plug in a USB or video connector, that card could have just enough momentum to bounce into the GPU while running and cross two of the wrong pins.

What MB do you have? Maybe I can tell you more from here.
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Not in a million years. Good question though. At least if we're referring to wireless frequencies. If that heatsink touches it, it can cause devastating and permanent damage. Make sure you screw that thing down hard, and I would recommend putting a rubber spacer of some sort between the GPU and the card on a non-thermal generating area. Namely between the top right edge of the Wireless card and the GPU. Unless the system is NEVER touched, never moved while powered on, you wont run into an issue. However, you bump it, go to move it to plug in a USB or video connector, that card could have just enough momentum to bounce into the GPU while running and cross two of the wrong pins.

What MB do you have? Maybe I can tell you more from here.
 
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That's what I was going to say. I wanted to know if he has another X16 slot there because if there is, there is no sensible reason for it to be there.
 
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Place the Wireless card in the X16 slot at the far end. It should work fine there. Surprised I did notice that before.
 
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Well maybe when you do that you can either get a smaller networking card or an external one. For now I would highly recommend placing it at the end.
 
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Yea. I moved the GPU to the bottom. My PSU blocks one of my fans on my GPU, but there is still a gap. I knew the netcard was going to be thick, but I didn't think it would be THAT close to the back of my GPU lol
 
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