Antec Eleven Hundred v2 case and vertical gpu mount

[Speedy1971]

Hi,

 

Anyone was thinking about putting vertical gpu mount in Antec's Eleven Hundred V2 case in place between extension slots and front case? Cutting its way into vents where two water cooling gromets are?

 

I have replaced original front acrylic with plain one - without cooling fan mounts - and I think there's enough space to mount it far away from front panel to allow for air flow, but actually far enough from extension ports to have them completely available as well..

 

Any thoughts?

 

Thanks in addvance

 

[TVwazhere]

6 hours ago, Speedy1971 said:

Hi,

 

Anyone was thinking about putting vertical gpu mount in Antec's Eleven Hundred V2 case in place between extension slots and front case? Cutting its way into vents where two water cooling gromets are?

 

I have replaced original front acrylic with plain one - without cooling fan mounts - and I think there's enough space to mount it far away from front panel to allow for air flow, but actually far enough from extension ports to have them completely available as well..

 

Any thoughts?

 

Thanks in addvance

The cutout would not be far enough away from the acrylic to allow the fans to breathe sadly. 

 

You could always use something like Cablemod's Vertical GPU riser which uses 7 PCI-E slots, but you'd have to use a CPI-E extender for your gigabit card at the bottom, aand im not sure if you'll have room because the bracket adds about an inch to the total length of the GPU (since it offsets it)

 

[Speedy1971]

What I had in mind is to cut into this square mesh vent place - it's 1mm thick metal. Card is 2 slot wide, mesh is pretty much 2 inch wide, I should get around 1,5cm to side acrylic. Just tested original side panel - it has 2x 120mm fan originally embedded into it. They  probably would go little higher than card, but only for than an inch max..

PCI-E extender would not cover any of remaining ports, only drawback would be that card would hang on bracket itself, unless I come with any support fastened to case..

 

What do you think?

 

 

[Speedy1971]

Sorry for second post, was supposed to edit previous one..

Edited November 3, 2018 by Speedy1971
uploaded pictures to wrong place

[TVwazhere]

On 11/3/2018 at 12:48 PM, Speedy1971 said:

What I had in mind is to cut into this square mesh vent place - it's 1mm thick metal. Card is 2 slot wide, mesh is pretty much 2 inch wide, I should get around 1,5cm to side acrylic. Just tested original side panel - it has 2x 120mm fan originally embedded into it. They  probably would go little higher than card, but only for than an inch max..

PCI-E extender would not cover any of remaining ports, only drawback would be that card would hang on bracket itself, unless I come with any support fastened to case..

 

What do you think?

Since your original Acrylic side panel has vents in it, your GPU shouldn't thermal throttle even if they're not totally lined up. 

 

@Mnpctech has a bracket for this kinda thing

https://mnpctech.com/case-mods-gaming-pc-liquid-modding-custom-computer-mnpctech-overclock-cooling-fan-grills/mnpctech-small-vertical-video-card-gpu-mounting-bracket-black-requires-cutting.html

[Speedy1971]

Yes, got this already snooping around from last link..Will think about it - Black Friday coming and I hope to snatch 1080ti for reasonable price and then will se how thick card will be..

 

Thanks for help..

[Mnpctech]

the black small vertical mounts sold out fast, should have more made by end of month