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I ziptied my 24 MB cable and the PCIe Power cable together like this to increase the tension and it's working great - the Strix is a heavy card also

 

Another method is to use fishing line, fixing it to the end of the card and the top of the case. I didn't have any fishing line at home so I just did this and it works.

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How do I go about solving this? (Something that's subtle)

 

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TrinityFX


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I ziptied my 24 MB cable and the PCIe Power cable together like this to increase the tension and it's working great - the Strix is a heavy card also

 

Another method is to use fishing line, fixing it to the end of the card and the top of the case. I didn't have any fishing line at home so I just did this and it works.

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theres an easy fix, fishing line through the roof


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I ziptied my 24 MB cable and the PCIe Power cable together like this to increase the tension and it's working great - the Strix is a heavy card also

 

Another method is to use fishing line, fixing it to the end of the card and the top of the case. I didn't have any fishing line at home so I just did this and it works.

I'll try this one out. 

Thanks everyone!

TrinityFX


CPU: i5-4440 @ 3.1Ghz RAM: Crucial 1 x 4GB @ 1.6Ghz  MOTHERBOARD: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate GPU: PCS+ HD 7870 Ghz Edition | CASE: NZXT Source 210 Window | HDD #1: Toshiba 3.5" 500GB HDD #2: Toshiba 2.5" 500GB PSU: Cougar SL500 OS: Windows 8.1 Pro 


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2 best ways of solving it:

 

a) i routed my psu cables through a higher grommet on my case and that put enough upward pull on my DCU2 770 to make it basically stop sagging completely

 

or) http://www.pugetsystems.com/store/item.php?cat=Case+Mods&id=10588&com=d41d8cd9

 

im eventually going to buy one or two of those things, for future needs and sli stuff

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