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upgrader_padawan   12-05-2008 at 07:37:13 AM

Hi there,

I recently bought a BFG GeForce 8800 GTS 512mb. My motherboard has a PCIe x16 slot; however, it is placed in such an awkward position that it does not utilize the full space of my pc case. In other words, due to bad foresight by me, and bad architecture and assembly by Dell and co., my video card cannot fit into my case while plugged into the only x16 port present.

I have plenty of space near the bottom of my case - all I need is some sort of PCIe x16 extender cable to help shift the video card 2 cm downwards.

Will something of the sort help me out:

PCIe x16 riser from orbitmicro

Are there any limitations to such a cable?
Is the data flow rate reduced in any way?
Would there be any other way I could hook up my video card?

Thanks in advance!

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nukemaster   12-09-2008 at 02:37:48 PM
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Such a riser will work, but how are you going to mount it and your card to keep everything solid. In normal use this would be on the bottom with the card sitting on it and a support frame in the case.

 

If you do not mind a little modding(most finding a way to hold your video card solid since you can not just move it down as the card will not line up with the case pre drilled holes anymore and there will be other slots in the way preventing it from lining up) there is no reason it should not work(but its a expensive thing to experiment with). There should not be too much if any data speed decrease from the cable.

 

If you have a X8 slot you may be able to use that if it is open ended to use the card. There will be a performance hit, but you may or may not notice it.


Message edited by nukemaster on 12-09-2008 at 02:40:14 PM
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upgrader_padawan   12-09-2008 at 04:50:50 PM
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Thank you sir, it will be my task to come up with a holding device.

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danielklejnstrup   11-06-2009 at 07:42:52 PM
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Have you tried the flexi riser?

I've bought an MSI X58M + MSI N280GTX and these risers:

http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=10881
http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=11462

I can boot, and enter BIOS, but if I let it try to startup Windows XP, it freezes (have tested it about 10 times with and without the riser) Every time the riser is used, windows can't start.

Would it work with that other riser?

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