Pressure on Sata Cable

[Heroi]

Ok I have two questions, the first one is I have a new graphics card (EVGA GTX 960 4GB) that takes up a good amount more space than my old card. When I put it in it is putting a pretty decent amount of pressure on the sata cable that connects my hard drive to the mobo. I was wondering if this is ok at all and if there might be anything I can do to take off the pressure off the cable. Second off, when I got this new card I thought that a Eps12v cable was an 8 pin and I bought a EPS 12V 8-Pin male to PCI Express 6+2 female adapter off amazon. I think that adapter is the solution to my problem as I need an 8pin connector to power that GPU. So the question i'm asking is the adapter I bought the appropriate one for what I need? Thank you.

 

[Guest]

 

Ok I have two questions, the first one is I have a new graphics card (EVGA GTX 960 4GB) that takes up a good amount more space than my old card. When I put it in it is putting a pretty decent amount of pressure on the sata cable that connects my hard drive to the mobo. I was wondering if this is ok at all and if there might be anything I can do to take off the pressure off the cable. Second off, when I got this new card I thought that a Eps12v cable was an 8 pin and I bought a EPS 12V 8-Pin male to PCI Express 6+2 female adapter off amazon. I think that adapter is the solution to my problem as I need an 8pin connector to power that GPU. So the question i'm asking is the adapter I bought the appropriate one for what I need? Thank you.

 

 

Can you post a picture of the pressure being applied to the cable?

[Heroi]

Preview attachment IMG_0580.JPGIMG_0580.JPG1.8 MB Thats the picture.

[turkey3_scratch]

EPS 12V is for the CPU, not the GPU. What PSU do you own? And we can't see that image.

[watts300]

Ok I have two questions, the first one is I have a new graphics card (EVGA GTX 960 4GB) that takes up a good amount more space than my old card. When I put it in it is putting a pretty decent amount of pressure on the sata cable that connects my hard drive to the mobo. I was wondering if this is ok at all and if there might be anything I can do to take off the pressure off the cable. Second off, when I got this new card I thought that a Eps12v cable was an 8 pin and I bought a EPS 12V 8-Pin male to PCI Express 6+2 female adapter off amazon. I think that adapter is the solution to my problem as I need an 8pin connector to power that GPU. So the question i'm asking is the adapter I bought the appropriate one for what I need? Thank you.

GPU brace.

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

I bought two of them for two different computers. One of them for the exact same reason.

It works, and looks pretty sweet, too. Click to see:

It's an outdated picture -- I've replaced that CPU cooler. But everything else is the same.

I might need to buy a third to hold up my 980ti.

[Heroi]

EPS 12V is for the CPU, not the GPU. What PSU do you own? And we can't see that image.

I have an ULTRA LS 500w PSU. Also here is the picture. http://imgur.com/AWgaJw6.

[Heroi]

GPU brace.

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

I bought two of them for two different computers. One of them for the exact same reason.

It works, and looks pretty sweet, too. Click to see:

It's an outdated picture -- I've replaced that CPU cooler. But everything else is the same.

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I might need to buy a third to hold up my 980ti.

I dont't think I have the same problem, it pushes against the sata cable even if its not stood upright.

[MourningSouls]

Something like this may help: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4TZ2SP1510&cm_re=silverstone_sata-_-12-162-042-_-Product

 

As for the adapter, it should work if you have two EPS cables coming from your PSU. But I will never recommend adapters for such a use case. I also wouldn't recommend any Ultra branded products for anything.

[Heroi]

Something like this may help: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4TZ2SP1510&cm_re=silverstone_sata-_-12-162-042-_-Product

 

As for the adapter, it should work if you have two EPS cables coming from your PSU. But I will never recommend adapters for such a use case. I also wouldn't recommend any Ultra branded products for anything.

I think that cable will work fine thank you. Also could you elaborate more on why I need two EPS cables?

[MourningSouls]

I think that cable will work fine thank you. Also could you elaborate more on why I need two EPS cables?

Well you need one to power your CPU, and another to plug into the adapter.

[Heroi]

Well you need one to power your CPU, and another to plug into the adapter.

Oh my cpu is already powered without it. I have an EXTRA eps cable.