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I bought a Gigabyte gtx 980 windforce x3 about 4 months ago and it's a pretty heavy card. I noticed for awhile, but recently it's been bothering me; that it's starting to weigh down on the inside of the case, the graphics card no longer being straight on the motherboard, and being slanted.

 

Is there any sort of brace you can buy for that? I know I seen some but can't find any now

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I'll look into this, although my gpu is 12.5 and this doesn't look long enough

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I'll look into this, although my gpu is 12.5 and this doesn't look long enough

It's not designed to be as long as the card if that's what you're saying.

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It's not designed to be as long as the card if that's what you're saying.

 

I figured, just wondering if it would be enough to support one that long

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that is genius

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Whoa, I've never seen that before. It's pretty cool :D

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There are push rods you could Jerry rig in there without any issue.

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