PCIe Riser Question

[Jonbeez]

This could be a completely stupid and null point, but would it be possible to use a PCIe Riser card to make my GPU stand upright and therefore have the fans facing the side panel of my case? 

It would be useful to me as my stupid motherboard (Gigabyte H97-HD3) has restricted access to a number of SATA ports as they're right under where my GPU sits, and if I could have it facing upwards, that would create loads more space and access to the ports.

Also I reckon it would look rad.

[Silverer]

Assuming you have a method to stop the GPU falling onto the motherboard theres absolutely no problem with this.

[Jonbeez]

Stop the card falling onto the motherboard? Sorry, it's just really hard to visualise the whole thing without actually doing it haha

[EposVox]

Yeah, generally speaking you need a case that actually has vertical PCIe slots, but it can work.

[Kyuubixchidori]

This could be a completely stupid and null point, but would it be possible to use a PCIe Riser card to make my GPU stand upright and therefore have the fans facing the side panel of my case? 

It would be useful to me as my stupid motherboard (Gigabyte H97-HD3) has restricted access to a number of SATA ports as they're right under where my GPU sits, and if I could have it facing upwards, that would create loads more space and access to the ports.

Also I reckon it would look rad.

as long as you have a way to support it, and buy a 16x riser, will work just fine

[W-L]

This could be a completely stupid and null point, but would it be possible to use a PCIe Riser card to make my GPU stand upright and therefore have the fans facing the side panel of my case? 

It would be useful to me as my stupid motherboard (Gigabyte H97-HD3) has restricted access to a number of SATA ports as they're right under where my GPU sits, and if I could have it facing upwards, that would create loads more space and access to the ports.

Also I reckon it would look rad.

 

Yes it can be done I've seen it before but you will need to modify the case and see if it has enough room to mount a dial slot PCI-E slots vertically.

http://www.mountainmods.com/pci-modular-io-bracket-p-701.html

[Glenwing]

Technically yes, however...

1. Most riser cards will orient the card such that it faces directly against the motherboard, the opposite of what you want. You will need either a fairly long riser cable rather than a solid PCB riser card, or if you can find a reverse riser card you can use that, but you'd have to use it in a motherboard with an x16 slot on the very bottom, and usually those slots aren't equipped with more than PCIe 2.0 x4 which will limit your performance. If you use a reverse riser on anything above slot 7 (bottom slot) then the GPU will hit the RAM slots. And if your GPU has a PCB that extends wider than a standard PCIe bracket, forget it

2. Even if you orient your graphics card vertically, all the PCIe cutouts on your case will still be horizontal, which is kind of a problem. If you don't have a case designed to be used with riser cards, this is unlikely to be possible.