Hardware & Technical Vertical GPU mount

Asp Explorer

Asp Explorer
Just wondered if anyone has tried mounting their GPU in the vertical case-side orientation as seems popular these days? Good or bad experiences?

I've sold some machines to be picked up this weekend, so will have enough test parts and remnants left over for another rig - so I think I'll give it a try myself :)
 

Morbad

Morbad
Caramel Clown said:
Don't. It's hot. Will this short answer satisfy you?:)
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If the case isn't ventilated on that side and/or the mount is too close to the side of the case, yes.

However, if you have a vent or intake fans, or the GPU is water cooled, it's often easier to cool the rest of the system with the GPU moved away from the board and CPU socket.
 

Caramel Clown

Caramel Clown
Morbad said:
If the case isn't ventilated on that side and/or the mount is too close to the side of the case, yes.

However, if you have a vent or intake fans, or the GPU is water cooled, it's often easier to cool the rest of the system with the GPU moved away from the board and CPU socket.
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Which cases have fans or intakes on the side these days? Also, isn't a whole point of vertically mounted GPU is to show it off? There's barely anything practical in this solution. From what I could gather overall system cooling doesn't benefit much if at all from this type of assembly. Obviously, depending on the case it could vary. Also, I think it is assumed the dilemma is only applicable for air cooled cards. If you cool with liquid it shouldn't make any difference where the card is.
 

Jon flint

Jon flint
Some are fine, like the one that can be added into any case from cablemod here or the one I used in my old case the Thermaltake Core P3, because they're set back a few inches from the side panel. For both those solutions they will run at the same or lower temps than normal mounting and avoid ugly gpu sag issues.

Quite a few cases had vertical mounts built-in that placed the card too close to the glass side panel leading to thermal problems on air cooled cards.

Also all vert mounts will make sli virtually impossible.

As long as you go for either a case with a bracket set back from the side panel or an add-in bracket like the cablemod one it's mostly an aesthetic choice, do you want to show off your cool looking gpu? Done right, you won't loose any performance or cause temperature issues.

Here's a snap of my old case, it sure made the gpu look better compared to normal mounting
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Shadowdancer

Shadowdancer
Why would you put a wonky extension cable on a high-throughput bus? I can see a potential advantage if you're building a portable system, don't trust the case and onboard connectors, and have a really rock solid mechanical solution in the case (you don't trust...). Other than that, all you get is a bit less signal integrity which probably won't be an issue.
 

Asp Explorer

Asp Explorer
That's kind of what I was thinking. It'll be worth a try if for nothing else than the fun of it - but it doesn't seem particularly sensible.

The only real positive I can think of is that it will take the GPU further away from the (considerable) direct heat of the NIC. Having said that - it might make more sense to riser out the NIC :D
 

Morbad

Morbad
Caramel Clown said:
Which cases have fans or intakes on the side these days?
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Enough of them that they aren't terribly difficult to find.

Caramel Clown said:
Also, isn't a whole point of vertically mounted GPU is to show it off?
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I'm sure that's someone's reason, but I don't know what the point of showing it off it. The only case I have with a window has the window facing a wall...I bought it because it was on sale.

Caramel Clown said:
There's barely anything practical in this solution.
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I have to slide a long, thin, screwdriver with tape on the end of into the 4mm wide gap between my CPU heatsink and the back of my video cards on three of my systems if I want to remove their GPUs, which I have to do if I want to remove the CPU heatsink, or even remove the fans to properly clean things.

I've considered putting the GPUs on risers for that reason alone.
 

Caramel Clown

Caramel Clown
Morbad said:
Enough of them that they aren't terribly difficult to find.



I'm sure that's someone's reason, but I don't know what the point of showing it off it. The only case I have with a window has the window facing a wall...I bought it because it was on sale.



I have to slide a long, thin, screwdriver with tape on the end of into the 4mm wide gap between my CPU heatsink and the back of my video cards on three of my systems if I want to remove their GPUs, which I have to do if I want to remove the CPU heatsink, or even remove the fans to properly clean things.

I've considered putting the GPUs on risers for that reason alone.
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I can accept the easier accessibility reasoning. If you are going to swap components often it might be a decent solution. However, I would go with a big case in this situation or even an open/semi-open bench.
Also, how can you ask why would anybody want to show it off... :D The market these days is mostly built on bling. RGB everything. Why would case windows even be a thing? When computers were beige, and grass was greener there was no need for that. All hardware was utilitarian and ugly. Now manufacturers focus on making things look good as much as worrying about performance.
 

Morbad

Morbad
I understand that it's a thing, I just don't really fathom why. Wouldn't be a problem either, if not for the market starting to become saturated with decorative features that actually harm utility, making it ever more difficult to find stuff that actually works.

Memory heatspreaders in particular irk me.

I do appreciate windows though, as long as they don't interfere with cooling or acoustic dampening, as they makes it easier to see if anything is wrong or if anything needs cleaning.
 

Caramel Clown

Caramel Clown
Morbad said:
I understand that it's a thing, I just don't really fathom why. Wouldn't be a problem either, if not for the market starting to become saturated with decorative features that actually harm utility, making it ever more difficult to find stuff that actually works.

Memory heatspreaders in particular irk me.

I do appreciate windows though, as long as they don't interfere with cooling or acoustic dampening, as they makes it easier to see if anything is wrong or if anything needs cleaning.
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With deep sense of regret I must inform you that RGB cables are a thing now. Not even joking. They are about to hit the market, if they didn't already :D Better don't google it, you might have a mental breakdown.
 

Morbad

Morbad
It's not their existence that bothers me...I try not to judge anyone's tastes and I certainly won't judge those that respond to demand for a product.

I just find it annoying that I now have to pay a premium for components that don't include obtrusive fluff.
 
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