Where do you put your HD7950's?

[csdrafting]

Hi this might seem like a dumb question but I recently bought two HD7950s second hand. I'm using them for GPU passthrough with ESXI as the hypervisor. They work great and don't have any glaring problems except for one thing... I bought them thinking they would use up 2 PCI dots each but they're actually taking up 3 and now I don't have any expansion slots for raid etc. Is there mini cooler I can bolt onto the PCB to make the cards smaller and free up more PCI slots?

 

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Hi this might seem like a dumb question but I recently bought two HD7950s second hand. I'm using them for GPU passthrough with ESXI as the hypervisor. They work great and don't have any glaring problems except for one thing... I bought them thinking they would use up 2 PCI dots each but they're actually taking up 3 and now I don't have any expansion slots for raid etc. Is there mini cooler I can bolt onto the PCB to make the cards smaller and free up more PCI slots?

I've seen a Hyper 212x on a GPU PCB so the opposite, a smaller cooler, is ofcoruse possible. I wouldn't recommend it though as the stock cooler is probably just enough for the cards, unless you have exceptionally good air flow from elsewhere. What you could do is get one of these which from what i've heard work a treat although i haven't used one myself so don't take my word for it.

 

[maxalge]

Hi this might seem like a dumb question but I recently bought two HD7950s second hand. I'm using them for GPU passthrough with ESXI as the hypervisor. They work great and don't have any glaring problems except for one thing... I bought them thinking they would use up 2 PCI dots each but they're actually taking up 3 and now I don't have any expansion slots for raid etc. Is there mini cooler I can bolt onto the PCB to make the cards smaller and free up more PCI slots?

get pcie risers

 

[huvik]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA76H2GT8096

What about something like that?