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Josh9623
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I looking into building a second computer to take on the road and want some ideas as to how to build it in a way that it is rugged enough to have a chance of long term survival. This will be in a truck that is constantly moving across America's "wonderful" roads so SSD only, but here are my questions:

 

1. What are the options for securing the GPU to avoid snapping the card off in the slot (or the slot off the motherboard)?

 

2. What would be the best cooler type given the same requirements (air vs aio water)?

 

Haven't nailed down hardware yet but its for gaming so probably something in the 2070 range with a decent i5 or ryzen equivalent.

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25 minutes ago, Josh9623 said:

I looking into building a second computer to take on the road and want some ideas as to how to build it in a way that it is rugged enough to have a chance of long term survival. This will be in a truck that is constantly moving across America's "wonderful" roads so SSD only, but here are my questions:

 

1. What are the options for securing the GPU to avoid snapping the card off in the slot (or the slot off the motherboard)?

 

2. What would be the best cooler type given the same requirements (air vs aio water)?

 

Haven't nailed down hardware yet but its for gaming so probably something in the 2070 range with a decent i5 or ryzen equivalent.

An AIO would probably be the best, a tower air cooler will probably snap off (There is a recent video by LTT comparing air coolers to AIOs and this is mentioned.

Honestly, without using a low profile card (there is no low profile RTX GPU yet), the only way I know of to secure a GPU would be to use some form of packing filler while its being transported. There are GPU support brackets out there, but make sure that they will fit, and that might be hard

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AIO would be inherently better for the sake of structural integrity. You wont get the same torque force from an AIO that you would from a heatsink. As for the GPU I would honestly just uninstall it and package it separately when you travel. 

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I might be able to DIY a bracket, as for the packing material or removing the GPU these would be less than Ideal as I would like the computer to be able to run while the truck is moving. It will be installed in the truck not just transported. but AIO will be on my list as definite now.

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You will want a gpu with a backplate.

A gpu brace (with some sort of vibration padding if something heat tolerant can be found)  may provide acceptable support. There are some anti-sag brackets available that might do the trick. Otherwise, a custom brace would be necessary.

 

Edit: it occurs to me that you could probably replace the backplate with something that was large enough to anchor somewhere on the case.

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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