looking for high end mini gpu's

kainobean · February 7, 2021

ok so im going to be water cooling the gpu so the size of the cooler doesnt matter but im looking for more options than just nvidias founders cards to have a mini sized pcb... i been looking at any card i see that comes in stock and checking the pcb size and so far having difficulty finding any in the size im looking for... the pcb cant be any longer than 210mm and height is about 140mm... all the founders pcbs seem to fit that spec but having an option for other cards would be nice. my local microcenter had a few 3080's and 3090's come in and i was excited but nope all the pcbs are way to large for my needs so i was sad again. v.v

any help or resources that could point me to other options would be nice. thank you.

Jurrunio · February 7, 2021

~~The length of the reference PCB for GA102 (which is rectangular) is I think 220mm, so I dont think you have any other option but the founders card.~~

Length of the Asus 3090 EKWB and 3080 EKWB is 216mm with no overhang whatsoever, I doubt you can get anything on or below 210mm.

kainobean · February 7, 2021

yeah i saw those and was excited but they will interfere with some fittings by like 2mm. maybe i could shave the end of the block on that card to make it in there but i really dont want to risk it. but im not apposed to the idea. it could be fun. the founders cards are nice cause they basicly have a big cutout were the fan goes that gives me tons of clearance and i can just mount a cpu waterblock to it and get some heatsinks for ram and vrms and call it good. but i wouldnt mind having another option since founders cards are next to impossible to get unless you fork out double its asking price on ebay.