Recent content by Eaglespiritz

my expansion slot brackets are riveted in. they're not held in by screw :(

my case doesn't support the vertical mount. id have to snip off all the horizontal ones and give up my sound card

or it could be the sata ports the whole time.. which would be an even bigger problem

my card is not with me right now. But where that Chipset heatsink you can see in your picture. the one which is out of focus next to the pci slot. the heatsink is so big on the auros that i cant push it into the pci slot far enough without the other end of my card hitting it. Also the sata ports...

wouldnt i need to cut bits out of the case for this? i was trying to avoid this due to the fact i also have a sound card installed which i forgot to mention

im so confused bro lol. The r4 case i cant find any mounting solutions. its silly because my case supports the gpu size, its just the stupid chipset heatsink blocking it from fully depressing into the pci slot

So would you recommend mounting the card vertically? does the base just rest ontop of the PSU or do you screw it into something?

I also have a fractal design r4 case which only has 1 vertical slot :(. So i dont think it will hold the card up propely even with a pci riser base

Just picked up an Auros 1080ti and im having an issue installing it into my z87 pro ASUS motherboard. If i use the top slot, the card wont clamp into the slot properly due to the cards heatsink coming in contact with the Mobo Chipset Heatsink. If i use the PCI slot below, its hitting the SATA...