Thermaltake Core P8 Riser Cable

[downinthemorgue]

So I bought a thermaltake core p8 case and I was wondering if anyone knows if the riser cable that comes with it is compatible with a rx 7900xtx or if I should buy a new one? If so any recommendations for a riser that fits in the thermaltake core p8? Thanks!

[GamerDude]

Not my personal experience with GPU risers from Tt and others, but I was recommended to get Linkup GPU riser for my RX 7900 XTX, which I'd gotten some 15 months back. I was told using generic or other brands, especially generic ones, will result in BSOD, WHEA errors and such, so I'd had to pick the expensive alternative below.

 

It's been about 15 months now since I'd gotten it for my main rig, and it's working perfectly fine, no issue with games and benchmarks. Instead of going through the trouble of having issues with generic or meh GPU risers, not to mention the time and effort (and money) spent on risers that do not work, might as well bite the bullet and get a good quality, albeit expensive riser.

 

Still, that riser that cable that came with your case might just work, I dunno for sure, give it a try and see what happens.....

[DoctorNick]

4 hours ago, downinthemorgue said:

So I bought a thermaltake core p8 case and I was wondering if anyone knows if the riser cable that comes with it is compatible with a rx 7900xtx or if I should buy a new one? If so any recommendations for a riser that fits in the thermaltake core p8? Thanks!

Can't see any specs on the riser cable, but why wouldn't it work? Might only be PCI-e 3.0, but that wouldn't make much difference with 7900XTX anyway

[GamerDude]

52 minutes ago, DoctorNick said:

Can't see any specs on the riser cable, but why wouldn't it work? Might only be PCI-e 3.0, but that wouldn't make much difference with 7900XTX anyway

It should work, you might initially get a display when you power on, but best way to check is to run HWInfo, GPUZ to check if the GPU is running as spec'ed.....that is, IF the mobo is PCIe 3.0x16/PCIe 4.0x16, that the card is running at that spec, and not PCIe 1.0/1.1 or whatever the case may be. When I was looking for a GPU riser, I'd read that the Linkup riser I'd gotten was the only one guaranteed to work at PCIe4.0 x16, and it did, still does. Again, nothing wrong with trying out the GPU riser cable that came with the case.....tech might have improved since last year when I got mine that just about any riser works perfectly, who knows?!

[downinthemorgue]

3 hours ago, GamerDude said:

It should work, you might initially get a display when you power on, but best way to check is to run HWInfo, GPUZ to check if the GPU is running as spec'ed.....that is, IF the mobo is PCIe 3.0x16/PCIe 4.0x16, that the card is running at that spec, and not PCIe 1.0/1.1 or whatever the case may be. When I was looking for a GPU riser, I'd read that the Linkup riser I'd gotten was the only one guaranteed to work at PCIe4.0 x16, and it did, still does. Again, nothing wrong with trying out the GPU riser cable that came with the case.....tech might have improved since last year when I got mine that just about any riser works perfectly, who knows?!

I'll certainly give it a shot, hopefully even if it's pcie 3 my frames don't dip too hard. Thx for the advice!!

[tkitch]

PCIE is stupidly fast.  Even gen 3 is fast enough for damned near anything you can throw at it.  

 

You may need to change the GPU Slot in BIOS to Gen 3 to avoid headaches. 

[downinthemorgue]

Unfortunately, the riser that came with the case was PCIE2, Guess I have to buy a new one. Thanks to everyone who replied, Have a great Day!

[tkitch]

3 hours ago, downinthemorgue said:

Unfortunately, the riser that came with the case was PCIE2, Guess I have to buy a new one. Thanks to everyone who replied, Have a great Day!

That would be surprising...  PCIE Gen 2 went out of style with 4th/5th gen cpu's?

[tkitch]

it should be PCIe 3 if it's the one for the case: