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Cheap riser or expensive riser for vertical GPU mod?

Bananasplit_00
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Well ended up with not getting that riser from the PSU guy but now I have two options:

  1. Buy a new TT 16x riser for €45 Inc shipping
  2. Buy a China riser(one of those grey ones) for €10 Inc shipping

I can get both before Friday but idk which one I should get... If I get the china one and save my money Il probably wrap it in black tape or something to not have it look so bad but im unsure if it's a good choice here :/

 

Thanks for the help

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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13 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

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Go for the proper shielded one if you run into issues with interference it's more of a hassle than it's worth. 

https://mnpctech.com/case-mods-gaming-pc-liquid-modding-custom-computer-mnpctech-overclock-cooling-fan-grills/ezdiy-pci-express-16x-black-flexible-riser-graphics-card-extension-cable.html

https://mnpctech.com/case-mods-gaming-pc-liquid-modding-custom-computer-mnpctech-overclock-cooling-fan-grills/cable-pci-e-riser.html

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10 hours ago, W-L said:

Go for the proper shielded one if you run into issues with interference it's more of a hassle than it's worth. 

https://mnpctech.com/case-mods-gaming-pc-liquid-modding-custom-computer-mnpctech-overclock-cooling-fan-grills/ezdiy-pci-express-16x-black-flexible-riser-graphics-card-extension-cable.html

https://mnpctech.com/case-mods-gaming-pc-liquid-modding-custom-computer-mnpctech-overclock-cooling-fan-grills/cable-pci-e-riser.html

Well the grey one is on its way here, il run some benchmarks once I get it, il swap it out if there are any problems with it. Might also swap it for my birthday in February if it doesn't look good

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

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"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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If you're worried about the aesthetics of the color, just use a black vinyl paint, it's flexible and holds quite well to wires, in my experience.

 

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6 hours ago, zombienerd said:

If you're worried about the aesthetics of the color, just use a black vinyl paint, it's flexible and holds quite well to wires, in my experience.

 

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Probably just going to black it out with tape, but good suggestions if I wasent such a shitty painter xD

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

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"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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Use aluminum tape first for shielding and then a black tape over that.

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10 hours ago, Lynxman said:

Use aluminum tape first for shielding and then a black tape over that.

Would that do much? Doesn't shielding have to be grounded to be any good? 

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

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"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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You're right. It should be grounded in the motherboard end.

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6 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

Would that do much? Doesn't shielding have to be grounded to be any good? 

1 hour ago, Lynxman said:

You're right. It should be grounded in the motherboard end.

In general it doesn't work very well just trying to shield it yourself even with heavy weight copper or aluminum tape if you are experiencing reliability issues due to interference from what I've seen.

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Thank you W-L! 

 

We started selling our custom riser cables a year ago and haven't had seen or heard of any issues from customers to date. 

 

 

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Mnpctech said:

Thank you W-L! 

 

We started selling our custom riser cables a year ago and haven't had seen or heard of any issues from customers to date. 

 

 

 

 

oh, a wild industry affiliate apears, might as well ask you then. what would the shipping cost to Sweden be? Id honestly rather NOT buy anything from TT because they kind of suck at everything. they seem to be sold out entirely at the moment and i should have the cheapo one as soon as i get back home but if i have any problems and so on

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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4 minutes ago, Pangea2017 said:

shieling is much more complex

when dealing with really high frequence signals you have to think about your traces as condenser, same length of traces, induction and more

 

TT presumably did more then just adding Al-foil

Oh yah, I was just wondering if it would do ANYTHING lol

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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On 2017-12-26 at 1:52 AM, W-L said:

Go for the proper shielded one if you run into issues with interference it's more of a hassle than it's worth. 

https://mnpctech.com/case-mods-gaming-pc-liquid-modding-custom-computer-mnpctech-overclock-cooling-fan-grills/ezdiy-pci-express-16x-black-flexible-riser-graphics-card-extension-cable.html

https://mnpctech.com/case-mods-gaming-pc-liquid-modding-custom-computer-mnpctech-overclock-cooling-fan-grills/cable-pci-e-riser.html

pretty sure at least part of the issues im experienceing right now is due to the un shielded cable im using... unreliable boots, extremely stuttery performance, everything is slow and delayed, but i only get these issues once the graphics driver is installed and i get a resolution of over 800x600 or whatever its at without a driver. problem goes away once i move the cable around, but i cant have it more than one way with the GPU vertical. the cable i got was too short anyway so i guess il cough up the €45 for a new sheilded cable :( 

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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10 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

pretty sure at least part of the issues im experienceing right now is due to the un shielded cable im using... unreliable boots, extremely stuttery performance, everything is slow and delayed, but i only get these issues once the graphics driver is installed and i get a resolution of over 800x600 or whatever its at without a driver. problem goes away once i move the cable around, but i cant have it more than one way with the GPU vertical. the cable i got was too short anyway so i guess il cough up the €45 for a new sheilded cable :( 

The shielded should alleviate that, I know if you need really long PCI-E risers the Thermaltake premium and ones made by Liheat are quite good. 

 

 

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Liheat cables are good ones, they have a store on ebay, you can get any length and 3 choices of connector for the vga side (depends on the way you want to mount the card)

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38 minutes ago, MaratM said:

Liheat cables are good ones, they have a store on ebay, you can get any length and 3 choices of connector for the vga side (depends on the way you want to mount the card)

Ebay tends to have 30 day shipping times, I don't think I can stand another month without a computer tbh. Stemmed to be the same price as the one I found in Sweden anyway do il just get that I guess and cry over the price

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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