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I wonder if I can make my own pci-e "riser".

Figure I could salvage a piece of the connector off of a borked GPU and solder wires to a GPU. that should work, right?

@manikyath @Comic_Sans_MS @iamdarkyoshi 

  1. comicsansms

    comicsansms

    I am going to say, "Why the fuck not?"

    If you break anything, it's cheap stuff, if it work, you have done a great bodge job.

  2. You_are_a_cunt

    You_are_a_cunt

    Not really much to break, actually. My soldering is pretty solid in general and the donor card is already pre-broken (bad memory chips).

    I do need to improvise some better cooling for the GPU I'd be using, since right now it's basically a tiny fan taped to a southbridge radiator I pulled off of a Gigabyte mobo.

    That or see if the old 8800 still works <_<

  3. You_are_a_cunt

    You_are_a_cunt

    Also, a new thought: I wonder if I can retrofit an AMD heatsink/fan onto an Intel chip.

    By all measures, it shouldn't work, but I might get lucky/creative

  4. You_are_a_cunt

    You_are_a_cunt

    Quick update:

    The old GT 9500 works, so I'll end up using that.

    Meanwhile, I tried to make my own extension and it turns out it's harder to solder on what is essentially 1mm2 than I first thought (at least with the tips I have on my iron).

    I might sacrifice the x1550 and cut it to fit and I'll just buy a riser. Found them for less than $10 locally

    Spoiler

    160160615_2_1000x700_riser-usb-30-ver-00

    That would let me place the GPU wherever the hell I want (unsure how long the cable is, but that can be extended or replaced)

  5. You_are_a_cunt

    You_are_a_cunt

    I didn't give up because it's hard. Just because it's wonky and way more time consuming than I thought. The case itself will take a shitload of time so I'd rather focus on that

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