A real vertical GPU

[FitzLeloup]

I always hated how the GPU covers up the bottom of the motherboard and there is a huge empty space on the right side of it so ... I fixed it ! Thoughts ? 

[LukeSavenije]

are you on reddit?

 

otherwise you stole this from there

 

btw, I wouldn't do it, i would just do it normal or normal vertical

[Fasauceome]

That's a pretty great use of the empty space of a case. Wouldn't work with my GPU, being a blower.

[NumLock21]

Great now you can't even use the rest of the PCIe slots.

And how are you suppose to connect your monitors?

[FitzLeloup]

14 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

are you on reddit?

 

otherwise you stole this from there

 

btw, I wouldn't do it, i would just do it normal or normal vertical

I am . Same guy . 

[RobbinM]

Now on LinusTechFlips

[FitzLeloup]

8 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Great now you can't even use the rest of the PCIe slots.

And how are you suppose to connect your monitors?

You're right . I put a graphics card in my case that I can't use. You caught me. 

 

Yeah. I had to sacrifice my sweet sound card for the look . 

[NumLock21]

6 minutes ago, FitzLeloup said:

You're right . I put a graphics card in my case that I can't use. You caught me. 

 

Yeah. I had to sacrifice my sweet sound card for the look . 

Maybe can buy another pcie cable extension and use that for your sound card. And I see how the cable for the monitor is routed. will be a pain to remove, unless it's connect via a extension cable.

[FitzLeloup]

2 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Maybe can buy another pcie cable extension and use that for your sound card. And I see how the cable for the monitor is routed. will be a pain to remove, unless it's connect via a extension cable.

It is, they are connected outside the case so I can just unplug it if I need to . There is a hole under the GPU for the cable connection and to screw the GPU in so it doesn't fall. 

[Zanakinz]

I like the aesthetics.  Wonder how performance is.

[Constantin]

The air flow of that case is....... of the worst 

Income hot air from the radiator, straight on the gpu.....

[Ravendarat]

So my first impression is I hate it, but honestly I think thats partly because I know its not supposed to be there lol, also the fact that its not sitting straight up and down is causing my OCD to freak out lol. More important than any of that though is what I think doesnt matter. Good on you for trying something different and if you like it then stick with it. I too have that empty space in my case and thats honestly one reason I am going to be doing water cooling, to make use of that space.

[unsungheroist]

technically he could use the bottom pcie slot. there's been many test showing 8X vs 16x performance is within the 0-2% which is within margin of error

[FitzLeloup]

2 hours ago, Constantin said:

The air flow of that case is....... of the worst 

Income hot air from the radiator, straight on the gpu.....

instead of ...... the hot air just moving a few inches to the left and being... ice cold?

[FitzLeloup]

22 minutes ago, Ravendarat said:

So my first impression is I hate it, but honestly I think thats partly because I know its not supposed to be there lol, also the fact that its not sitting straight up and down is causing my OCD to freak out lol. More important than any of that though is what I think doesnt matter. Good on you for trying something different and if you like it then stick with it. I too have that empty space in my case and thats honestly one reason I am going to be doing water cooling, to make use of that space.

Hey thanks so much for something actually positive! I'm just showing off something I thought looked good in my case.

 

Really, thanks.

[Ravendarat]

36 minutes ago, FitzLeloup said:

Hey thanks so much for something actually positive! I'm just showing off something I thought looked good in my case.

 

Really, thanks.

Like I said, I like people trying something different, might not always be my thing but good on you for being creative. And in all honesty I could see how this could be developed into something marketable. If a real bracket was created for a case where the a monitor cable could be fed through the power supply shroud and out to a couplet on the back panel where you could plug a monitor into it I could see it being feasible. I would also thing a different PCI extension cable would need to be created to not block all the other spots.

[thrasher_565]

 

updated it

[thrasher_565]

[Speakerator]

That looks pretty sweet!

 

I don't really get why people are so pi§§ed of in here. How are the thermals? I'd figure they may even be a bit better than with the traditional orientation, as the card can eject air both 'top' and 'bottom' of the PCB - whereas the 'bottom' usually is blocked of by the motherboard.

 

Where did you route the extensions for the video outputs to? Is there still space next to the PSU?

[myselfolli]

I love it!

 

How'd you attatch the GPU to the case?

[FitzLeloup]

11 hours ago, myselfolli said:

I love it!

 

How'd you attatch the GPU to the case?

Just cut a hole in the PSU shroud and then screwed it in underneath 

[FitzLeloup]

12 hours ago, Speakerator said:

That looks pretty sweet!

 

I don't really get why people are so pi§§ed of in here. How are the thermals? I'd figure they may even be a bit better than with the traditional orientation, as the card can eject air both 'top' and 'bottom' of the PCB - whereas the 'bottom' usually is blocked of by the motherboard.

 

Where did you route the extensions for the video outputs to? Is there still space next to the PSU?

You can see the cables come out the back of the case where the graphics card would normally be mounted.