High temp gpu when adding a gpu sag-mount

[Dash1104]

Hey guys, it's kinda strange when I add a GPU mount, my temps go high to 90°C - 97°C, and when I remove it, it goes back to normal. I'm curious if what's the problem here and the sag is kinda bothering me. I have a ROG Strix GTX 1060 6gb btw.

[Blasty Blosty]

Can we get a picture / video with it on vs. off?

 

Is it blocking a fan or anything?

[Dash1104]

I would love to record it but fortunately i removed the gpu mount and its working fine but the problem is the gpu is sagging. Here's a picture of it. The power cable is the one keeping it in place. 

[Eigenvektor]

Maybe the sag caused things to slightly shift/twist over time. When removed it now causes the cooler to no longer make proper contact? Would be my hypothesis at least.

[Dash1104]

I think so. When i removed the mount the  cooling are all good now. I was playing The last of us 2 with the gpu mount and the temps goes 90-98 degrees and when i removed it the temps goes 78-80 degrees max. 

[Dash1104]

But still im kinda bothered about the sag. Only the power connector is holding the gpu.  Is that fine?

[PDifolco]

38 minutes ago, Dash1104 said:

But still im kinda bothered about the sag. Only the power connector is holding the gpu.  Is that fine?

What's the antisag stuff looking like ? It may be because of how/where you've placed it, or maybe another type of mount would work better (some are just sticks, others have "forks"...)

[Pusbucket]

the free and no-brainer solution is to lay the case on its side so the mobo is laying horizontal and the gpu is oriented vertically, the way these components were originally designed to be installed.

(I duck and cover in anticipation of the responses I'm gonna get)

Never understood why tower cases have dominated when they are literally the wrong orientation based on the design of the hardware.

Tower cases were originally used for small server applications (80's-early 90's) because you didn't need a 6 pound GPU and 3 pound cpu heatsink and you could pack a lot of hard drives into them. 

Never intended to replace desktop design for average users.

All my systems have been "desktop" orientation for over 25 years and I've never had any issues with sagging GPU's, warped MOBO's, etc.

 

 

[Mark Kaine]

On 5/1/2025 at 9:48 AM, Dash1104 said:

I have a ROG Strix GTX 1060 6gb btw.

And why does this gpu need a "sag mount"?

 

Here's a much larger 3070, there's no sag...?

 

 

 

Here's a video that may help, because I'm pretty sure a 1060 doesn't need a "sag mount"

 

 

 

 

On 5/1/2025 at 11:37 AM, PDifolco said:

What's the antisag stuff looking like ?

This... I bet it's blocking one or several fans...