GTX 980 Windforce Sagging

[dogeiman]

I've noticed my GTX 980 is sagging. I know its common for modern cards to sag a bit but I have been getting mixed answers from google and forums. I was wondering,will this will damage the card or the motherboard?
Note: my GPU has a backplate.

 

[Gam3r01]

That depends on how much its sagging. Attach a pic?

 

[jhall18]

The Gigabyte variations are especially prone to this considering how heavy they are. All you can really do is try to tighten the screws in the case.

 

[dogeiman]

That depends on how much its sagging. Attach a pic?

Sorry for the bad camera quality.

 

[Gam3r01]

That is a bit more than I would recommend.
How taught are those PCIe cables? They could be pulling down on top of the weight of the card.
You have a few options that I have seen done, lego towers, cut chopsticks, etc to hold up the card, or a piece of string or ziptie chain to hold it up.

 

[dogeiman]

That is a bit more than I would recommend.
How taught are those PCIe cables? They could be pulling down on top of the weight of the card.
You have a few options that I have seen done, lego towers, cut chopsticks, etc to hold up the card, or a piece of string or ziptie chain to hold it up.

It wasn't the PCIe cables, those were quite loose, It was the natural weight off the cooling block. I found a nice long zip tie and hitched it to a solid piece of my frame and the backplate. card is perfectly level now.

 

[Gam3r01]

Looks good!
I couldnt even see the ziptie at first.

 

[dogeiman]

Looks good!
I couldnt even see the ziptie at first.

You think the back plate will be okay with the weight resting on it? I'm pretty sure the plate is screwed into the cooler through the PCB so I don't think it would be an issue, but i'm no expert.
What do you think?

 

[Non-Euclidean]

Zip ties are proof that God loves us. And beer.

 

[Gam3r01]

The backplate should be fine, after all it is steel and the weight is being spread across it (and into the case), its not much force so I would call it good.

 

[Non-Euclidean]

I am going to look at a ziptie for my new MSI GTX-970. It doesnt play nice with my Storm Sniper case snaps for securing the card where back plate/ports are. So it is just secured now by the PCI-E slot., mostly.