Video card sagging?

[Erthok]

Hello! I'm new to the forum! In my personal rig I have an Asus Maximus VII Gene motherboard along with an Asus Strix R9 390x. I realize the card is heavy due to its massive heatpipes and cooler but my card is sagging to some extent. I plan on putting another in soon but I was wondering if there's a flaw in my motherboard or if this is somewhat usual for cards of this size and weight.

[Samfisher]

Hello! I'm new to the forum! In my personal rig I have an Asus Maximus VII Gene motherboard along with an Asus Strix R9 390x. I realize the card is heavy due to its massive heatpipes and cooler but my card is sagging to some extent. I plan on putting another in soon but I was wondering if there's a flaw in my motherboard or if this is somewhat usual for cards of this size and weight.

It's a pretty common thing, unless it's sagging really badly which could damage both the mobo and card.  Regular GPU sag is very normal.

[AnnoyedShelf]

Hello! I'm new to the forum! In my personal rig I have an Asus Maximus VII Gene motherboard along with an Asus Strix R9 390x. I realize the card is heavy due to its massive heatpipes and cooler but my card is sagging to some extent. I plan on putting another in soon but I was wondering if there's a flaw in my motherboard or if this is somewhat usual for cards of this size and weight.

This is extremely usual.  You can buy support braces for gpu's, but they're rather ugly, and honestly unless the sag has gotten insanely bad, I wouldn't worry too much.

[ThinkWithPortals]

Hello! I'm new to the forum! In my personal rig I have an Asus Maximus VII Gene motherboard along with an Asus Strix R9 390x. I realize the card is heavy due to its massive heatpipes and cooler but my card is sagging to some extent. I plan on putting another in soon but I was wondering if there's a flaw in my motherboard or if this is somewhat usual for cards of this size and weight.

GPU sag is normal, especially for such big cards as that 390X.

[thatguyyouknow75]

This is completely normal. you can use fishing wire to help support it

[Guest]

Sagging is completely normal, if you are really concerned you can buy a support brace

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

[Dabasepc]

[Erthok]

Last question guys.. The board only supports two PCIE slots. Am I good to toss another 390x in there? They'll be right against eachother but from what people have told me I should be good.

[Erthok]

Wanna make the jump to 4K or 1440

[Coaxialgamer]

Last question guys.. The board only supports two PCIE slots. Am I good to toss another 390x in there? They'll be right against eachother but from what people have told me I should be good.

If your board has two pcie 16x slots and your psu can power it (i would recommend a 1000w psu), you should be fine

[Erthok]

I'm going for an ax1200i just to be safe lol

[The_Stig]

I'm going for an ax1200i just to be safe lol

You could three-way crossfire 390xs with that

[MageTank]

Hello! I'm new to the forum! In my personal rig I have an Asus Maximus VII Gene motherboard along with an Asus Strix R9 390x. I realize the card is heavy due to its massive heatpipes and cooler but my card is sagging to some extent. I plan on putting another in soon but I was wondering if there's a flaw in my motherboard or if this is somewhat usual for cards of this size and weight.

This fix is old but gold

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I've also seen people use lego's and other toys to support their cards. Gigabyte has been fortifying their PCIE slots in an attempt to combat sag too.