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Can running your rig on top of your motherboard box (until the case comes) damage your motherboard?

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I've been patiently waiting for NZXT to restock their H440 Blue/Black edition case for about a month now and have had all my other boards running in a sort of test bench setup but without a test bench. I have the 780ti installed and was wondering if running this on top of the box with a kind of heavy gpu could bend some of the metal on the bottom of the motherboard and if that would be a serious problem or not.

 

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Case: NZXT H440 Blue/Black Special Edition   CPU: i5-4690k @ 4.3GHz    Cpu Cooler: Cryorig H5

Graphics Card:  Gigabyte Windforce GTX 780ti OC 3GB Stock Clock 1020MHz Boost Clock 1085MHz   Motherboard:  Asus Z97-A ATX Motherboard

RAM: 2x8 Crucial Ballistix Sport @ 1600MHz   Storage: 2TB Seagate Barracuda @ 7200rpm, 128GB SanDisk Ultra Plus SSD Audio: Logitech G933 Artemis Spectrum Wireless Gaming Headset  Keyboard: Logitech G910 Orion Spark Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Core

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not really (unless cat)

Thats that. If you need to get in touch chances are you can find someone that knows me that can get in touch.

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Support the GPU with something to stop it leaning on the PCIE bracket and it'll be fine.

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be careful

Don't spill Mountain Dew on it, ok?

Yeah, im not moving it or anything, i was just wondering if the weight of the GPU would maybe hurt something on the bottom of the board.

 

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Case: NZXT H440 Blue/Black Special Edition   CPU: i5-4690k @ 4.3GHz    Cpu Cooler: Cryorig H5

Graphics Card:  Gigabyte Windforce GTX 780ti OC 3GB Stock Clock 1020MHz Boost Clock 1085MHz   Motherboard:  Asus Z97-A ATX Motherboard

RAM: 2x8 Crucial Ballistix Sport @ 1600MHz   Storage: 2TB Seagate Barracuda @ 7200rpm, 128GB SanDisk Ultra Plus SSD Audio: Logitech G933 Artemis Spectrum Wireless Gaming Headset  Keyboard: Logitech G910 Orion Spark Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Core

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It'll be fine, I ran my first build without a case because I wanted an ssd more, just gotta be careful

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No problem except dust. Keep it clean and you are good.

| CPU: Intel Core i5 8400 | Motherboard: MSI Z370 PC Pro | CPU Cooler: CM Hyper 212 PLUS | GPU: Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 AMP! Edition | RAM: G.Skill Aegis 16GB DDR4 2400 MHz | PSU: Corsair VS650 | SSD: SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB | HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB | Monitor: Dell S2240L | OS: Windows 10 Pro x64 |

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