Is sag an issue with refrence cards?

[jonfunko]

So I'm at the point where im about to buy a new case as part of an platform upgrade, but i cant decide, if i should go with a horizontal mother board mount or a vertical mother board mount, as im re using a gpu ive had for a little over a year, Its a RX 580,  with reference cooler from acer, is this something im over thinking, or should i actually be concerned about, presently ive been using it in a horizontal case for most of my time owning it, and was debating a thermaltake core v21 if i should go horizontal or a Corsair 280x if that helps with if i should worry or not, Sorry for being an idiot, , Thanks, 

[SnowyMus]

I'm pretty sure It'll be fine. The reference cards aren't that heavy.

[RainingTacco]

3 minutes ago, jonfunko said:

So I'm at the point where im about to buy a new case as part of an platform upgrade, but i cant decide, if i should go with a horizontal mother board mount or a vertical mother board mount, as im re using a gpu ive had for a little over a year, Its a RX 580,  with reference cooler from acer, is this something im over thinking, or should i actually be concerned about, presently ive been using it in a horizontal case for most of my time owning it, and was debating a thermaltake core v21 if i should go horizontal or a Corsair 280x if that helps with if i should worry or not, Sorry for being an idiot, , Thanks, 

No its not.

Here's a video

 

[jonfunko]

1 minute ago, RainingTacco said:

No its not.

Here's a video

 

so even tho thats for a Nvidia card it still applies to my AMD card?

[RainingTacco]

1 minute ago, jonfunko said:

so even tho thats for a Nvidia card it still applies to my AMD card?

It applies to every PCIe slot. They are designed for that. 

[driftz240]

16 minutes ago, RainingTacco said:

It applies to every PCIe slot. They are designed for that. 

Idk man, while i dont think that it's gonna be a huge problem, ive seen some pretty macked up pcie slots from graphics cards breaking off in them.

[RainingTacco]

2 minutes ago, driftz240 said:

Idk man, while i dont think that it's gonna be a huge problem, ive seen some pretty macked up pcie slots from graphics cards breaking off in them.

Ive never seen a GPU break pcie slot out of mobo. We are not speaking about someone abusing the pcie by pressing on gpu, or accidentaly hitting it with great force, hence why gpu sag is completely harmless. 

[driftz240]

1 minute ago, RainingTacco said:

Ive never seen a GPU break pcie slot out of mobo. We are not speaking about someone abusing the pcie by pressing on gpu, or accidentaly hitting it with great force, hence why gpu sag is completely harmless. 

Oh yeah gpu sag will be totally fine. I was just referring to the video where they were shakin the system like it was a goddamn paint can lol.

[RainingTacco]

Just now, driftz240 said:

Oh yeah gpu sag will be totally fine. I was just referring to the video where they were shakin the system like it was a goddamn paint can lol.

Generally speaking the PCB in GPU is pretty flexible so thats why this test didnt cause any harm. But i wouldnt recommend dropping your pc like that, even without hard drives inside

[Jurrunio]

Imo it's not a problem because blower coolers weigh much less with their smaller heatsink.