PCI-E Riser questions

[wildgg]

like said in the title i have a few question about pci-e risers.

i'm planning to buy a gtx 1070 next month and wanna mount it vertically in the fractal design define s case.

i like the looks of a vertical mounted gpu and i'm not planning on switching cases just for that.

 

1. does it impact performance? if yes how much?

2. is using a riser bad for my hardware?

3. does mounting a gpu virtacal impact cooling performance? temps

4. are there any custom pci-e brackets to mount the gpu vertical without me modding the case?

 

the only pci-e riser i could find to buy over here was the ''Hicom PCI-Express x16 Riser'' if anyone has experience with this please let me know!

also i can make some sort of a bracket my self to mount the gpu vertical if there are no custom pci-e bracket available.

 

thx in advance!

 

picture of the one i can buy:

[DELTAprime]

My last two cases have both used PCI-E risers. 1, No performance impact. 2. If it's designed well it shouldn't effect the hardware. 3, Depends on your case design. 4, Both risers were PCB's designed for my cases by the case vendor Alienware X51 R2 and Silverstone RVZ02.

[Hackentosher]

I believe you only have to worry about performance if you get a super long or super duper cheap one. As for the bracket, look at mountainmods, they have PCIE bracket stuff under case parts I believe.

[tecnic08]

Theoretically, No, it will not effect any performance. It just an extension cable. However, with a bad cable and soldering, PCI-E riser may increase resistance and may decrease the performance. 

I can't think of the reason that using a riser will be bad for your hardware.

Mounting GPU vertically does not impact its cooling performance.

[wildgg]

thank you for all the comments i just ordered the pcie riser and should get it within the next 3 days,

today i installed the gpu vertically in the case.

 

if you wanna check it out link: