My gpu is bending?!

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MrRockyboxer
It's not bending, it's called "sagging" I'm surprised no one told you that yet :L

As card coolers are getting beefer, and beefer, the coolers tend to be heavy, and it causes the card to sag, because of the weight. My EVGA 770 does it as well. ASUS cards are pretty known to sag, because how heavy the cards are now becoming.

Don't worry about it, it won't damage the card. It'll look bad only, but it'll be fine. If you're really worried about it, if you have lego laying around, just build a tall stack of them, and put it where it'll hold the card for you.
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Not that hard to see. It's definitely not ok.

The thing is that most materials become more malleable when heated; so my hunch is that the PCB of your video card will curve even more as time goes by given the temps that it will have and the fact that the cooler is clearly pulling the PCB downwards. In essence it's not bad as long as the curve doesn't increase; if it increases/ spreads the you risk bending the VRAM or connectors or anything in between and then you'll burn out your card.

Use a metallic rod/ stick/ pole/ etc and push the leaning side upwards until it's leveled. Once it's leveled leave it like that a week. Then you can use the compartment to the right side of the card (where it seems the card is entering) and put there a smaller support system to keep it leveled.
 
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It looks a lot better now! Great job!

Although keep in mind that you're using a cardboard tube, so vibration from the fans or you accidentally wobbling the case might cause it to dislodge from that spot.

I'd still go with a sturdy metallic rod, but as you said this is a good temporary solution 😀.
 
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I didn't find such GPU support as a distinctive item for sale; it will be very difficult anyway to make an universal one.

Your solution is OK; I am using for my GTX570 DirectCU a wooden stick 😀.
 
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I've had this issue as well with my MSI GTX 970. What I did was rerouting the PCIe power cables in such a way that they pull the hanging side of the graphics upwards until it hangs perfectly horizontally.
 
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Alright, I'll try to describe it.

I first unplugged the cable from my graphics card. Then I pulled the cable back through the grommet leading to the cable space in the monitor (basically so that it goes directly to the PSU without anything around it).
Then I put the cable through the top grommet, and plugged it back into the card.
Then, from the other side (the case's cable space) I pulled the cable backwards until the side of the graphics card that hangs downwards straightens out, and put a zip tie around it somewhere in such a way that the tension on the cable can't fall back down with the bending graphics card.

In short: the side of the graphics card that hangs will be sort of suspended on the cable that powers it; make the cable pull the card up!
 
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Yes, exactly!
 
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generally a bad idea. the power connector's solder points on the board are being stressed, and may crack and separate over time.

but using something to pull the board up is a valid idea. shoelaces are quire common and cheap, and can be tied around a lot of bits.
 
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The stress put on the cable is actually quite minimal. Also, I would think these sort of cables are kinda supposed to handle a bit of tension on them...
 
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cable? maybe. 8 18AWG wires can take a bit of pull without issue.
solder joint on GPU connector? unlikely. local heat and vibration just adds to the stress.

it might be fine for a while, but there's other options that place zero physical stress on parts. they cost a dollar more than the cable that's already there, though...
 
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a shoelace? tie one end onto something rigid on the graphics card, tie the other end somewhere along the top of the case. for safety, keep the toilet paper tube in place. as long as it doesn't get wet, it should hold fine. avoid plastic tubes - you don't want static. avoid metal tubes - you don't want anything to short accidentally.

or buy a proper case 😛
 
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Wow...never seen something like this before!

Loving the toilet paper role holding the £400+ piece of equipment in place.

Tying down a card with a shoelace or "recycling toilet paper does not seem a reasonable solution long term though, as people have stated.
 
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other option is just to lay your case on its side. is that an option? it costs nothing, but takes up a bit more space.

i think with the modern expensive cards, it's a crime for case manufacturers NOT to provide some sort of bracket or support scheme. and there are far too few case options for horizontal boards (i use a cooler master haf xb evo)
 
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