What Riser Cable Do I Need?

[Syntaxx]

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Country: USA

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Let's assume I am looking to get a 3080ti eventually. I am looking to get a riser cable to show it off better in my case. Do I need one that is PCI-e 3.0 or 4.0? and does it matter?

 

Use this card as reference: https://www.newegg.com/msi-geforce-rtx-3080-ti-rtx-3080-ti-ventus-3x-12g-oc/p/N82E16814137651

 

Paired with this riser cable: https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16812229002?Item=N82E16812229002

 

Using it in this case: H500p Mesh: https://www.newegg.com/gun-metal-cooler-master-mastercase-h500p-mesh-atx-mid-tower/p/N82E16811119353?Description=h500p&cm_re=h500p-_-11-119-353-_-Product&quicklink=true

 

Any recommendations for riser cables would be amazing! Help me out please!

 

[KKLawrence]

30 minutes ago, Syntaxx said:

Let's assume I am looking to get a 3080ti eventually. I am looking to get a riser cable to show it off better in my case. Do I need one that is PCI-e 3.0 or 4.0? and does it matter?

 

Use this card as reference: https://www.newegg.com/msi-geforce-rtx-3080-ti-rtx-3080-ti-ventus-3x-12g-oc/p/N82E16814137651

 

Paired with this riser cable: https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16812229002?Item=N82E16812229002

 

Any recommendations for riser cables would be amazing! Help me out please!

So if you want to get a PCIe Gen4 Card, then you need a Gen4 cable. Thats unfortunately how it is, even if the data rate would not even saturate only PCIe Gen3.

But if you want to insert a Gen3 card first, I actually don't know if you'll be good with the Gen4 cable or if you may need an older Gen3 cable.

 

LINKUP - Ultra PCIe 4.0 X16 Riser-Kabel Geschirmte Vertikale Gaming-PCI-Express-Gen4-Montage┃Universal 90-Grad-Buchse {20cm} 3.0 Gen3-Kompatibel: Amazon.de: Computer & Zubehör

 

This one sounds solid, but if you only need 20cm, you can save a few bucks. Check out a few reviews.

[jj9987]

Does your motherboard have PCI Express gen 4? If not, then there's no point getting a gen 4 riser cable, you will just pay extra.

[Syntaxx]

1 hour ago, jj9987 said:

Does your motherboard have PCI Express gen 4?

Yup! The one I'm getting is Gen 4, thank you!

 

1 hour ago, KKLawrence said:

So if you want to get a PCIe Gen4 Card, then you need a Gen4 cable.

Thanks! I'll be getting this one I believe! I need the 90 degree

 

https://www.newegg.com/p/1W7-00BS-00015?Item=9SIAFSTD028881