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Riser cables?

Kitsan
By Kitsan
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I was hoping someone could tell me a little about riser cables, I did a search for best riser cables...etc but I didn't really find what I was looking for. Which is a round up of riser cables and if there's a real world difference between an expensive/branded..etc cable vs a Chinese low end cable?

 

Example:

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PCI-E-X16-Express-Riser-Card-Extender-Extension-Port-Adapter-Cable-15cm-Length/302968954767?hash=item468a5b5f8f:g:KS8AAOSwBgZb92LJ:rk:42:pf:0

 

vs 

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/200mm-Thermaltake-Gaming-V2-PCI-E-3-0-X16-Riser-Cable-FREE-DELIVERY/183625617364?epid=4017166574&hash=item2ac0f08fd4:g:63UAAOSwQ5pcM-Pi:rk:34:pf:0

 

 

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Check this video out by JayZTwoCents:

Spoiler

 

As far as I understand, you can get a cheap non-shielded cable and be fine as long as it's not touching anything.

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27 minutes ago, remus243 said:

riser cables

The Thermaltake AC-053-CN1OTN-C1 200mm works great no loss in fps.

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What length would you recommend?

 

I've seen 10cm cables but it seems a bit short ?

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7 minutes ago, remus243 said:

What length would you recommend?

 

I've seen 10cm cables but it seems a bit short ?

What's your use case? If you use it in a case that has a vertical bracket then, you probably won't need a long one.

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Yeah it's inside an ATX case

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27 minutes ago, remus243 said:

Yeah it's inside an ATX case

For some cases, the 10Cm is probably enough but, if your case has the GPU right up against the glass then, you might want to get a longer one.

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