Closest GPU installations ever!

[Bhav]

The bottom GPU's front shroud sits right against the USB and button / led headers, while the backplate of the top card barely fit effortlessly in front of the metal cover over the I/O ports.

 

Also I had to install the bottom card first, and by slightly pushing the bottom plugs downwards otherwise they blocked it by probably less than 1 mm!

[McHox]

just as calculated /s

[byalexandr]

I remember when my R9 290 was too long to fit in my SG05. My only options were to cut a hole in the front of the case or just remove the front panel. Instead I made a spacer out of a cutting board so that the front panel was another centimeter or so from the end of the card and then it barely fit

 

Actually I have a picture still:

 

Oh yeah lol and then I watercooled it with some random AIO, the tubing wouldn't bend far enough to put the side panel on so I just cut a hole

 

 

Ran it all on a 400W PSU... Man I miss my 290. I think I'll buy another one. Maybe a 290X.

[Guest]

those cards look thick, what are those? 

[manikyath]

 

i know your pain

[Wingfan]

This was a pretty tight fit. 290X Lightning in an Air 240, H105 in the front......

 

[byalexandr]

7 minutes ago, Medicate said:

those cards look t h i c c ?, what are those? 

FTFY

[Bhav]

21 minutes ago, Medicate said:

those cards look thick, what are those? 

Zotac Amp Omega 980 Tis inside a PC that currently won't boot, I am dying inside right now.

 

The loose SSD sat on top of the cards is going in my new G4400 ITX diagnostic box that I'm building on Monday with cheapo DDR4 ram to test both ram kits in the other system, and also then I'll have something to use if it still isn't working and if it breaks again the future.

[App4that]

Son, you ain't seen shit until you run them this close to each other.

 

 

[Wingfan]

3 minutes ago, App4that said:

Son, you ain't seen shit until you run them this close to each other.

 

 

Dual GPU is so badass, even if the performance gain isnt that great....

 

[Bhav]

4 minutes ago, App4that said:

Son, you ain't seen shit until you run them this close to each other.

 

 

I installed them that close together initially because I thought the bottom one wasnt going to fit in slot 4, so I put in in slot 3.

 

Slot 1 and 4 are double spaced, 2,3,5 single spaced:

 

 

Its actually a fantastic layout because it allows so many options for installing such triple slot cards.

[App4that]

@Bhav I couldn't use the bottom slot because the card was right on the power supply. Tried and the temps went crazy  

[Briggsy]

Nope, the sound card is not going anywhere, even if the Graphic card is taking up 4 slots.   

 

(waddaya mean the sound card is bending against the GPU Cooler? )

 

[Bhav]

Fortunately my motherboard has GODLIKE onboard audio, and it actually sounded better than my Titanium HD soundcard that I then sold. 600 ohm headphone amp and super high SNR ratings and shielded stuff and WTH WONT IT BOOT???? .... Calm down, only the ram left to test on Monday.

[Wingfan]

tight SLI

my first "high-end" GPU.