PCIe cable

[tender ore]

I’m just upgrading my 3080 to a 4090. I have a spare PCIe cable to use but looking at the connector, it looks like it’s missing a small piece. Is this normal?

[karmic hare]

Normal

Justa ground I thiiink I don't know

Whatever the case is its a okay

[brazen maple]

Yeah there is always a ground pin,

don't worry

[karmic hare]

These bent?

Cause of the angle or are they?

[tender ore]

Cool

Don’t think they are bent. It’s never been used

[karmic hare]

All good then

Don't worry about it HOWEVER! make sure that 16pin is in good

I'll send over a video

[tender ore]

Sweet, thanks

[karmic hare]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCzXdG4MX5Y&t

Don't want no melty bois

[tender ore]

Ha yea I watched that yesterday!

[karmic hare]

Awesome!

[tender ore]

It’s going to be tight for space

[karmic hare]

Whats your case of choice?

[karmic hare]

Hm

[tender ore]

It’s a big case, Corsair 680x

[karmic hare]

oooo you have one of em!

What PSU?

[tender ore]

RM850x

[karmic hare]

Hmmmmmmmmm

Cutting it close there

[tender ore]

I know it’s on the edge but I have a stock 5900x so should be ok. Prob upgrade to something beefier

[karmic hare]

I think you are okay

Just those spikes I am worried about

You got the type 4 12vhpwr native?

[tender ore]

No idea on that….

[karmic hare]

Its probably okay

just less connections is betterr imho

[tender ore]

The CPUK cable management guy had a bad day when they built mine

It’s a birds nest in there

[karmic hare]

Can you blame em 😂

Looks like hell to build in

[brazen maple]

what the hell

[tender ore]

That’s why I’ve never sorted it 😂 plus I’m always scared of breaking stuff

[karmic hare]

If it fits it works

uhhh

[brazen maple]

That makes me feel better about mine

[karmic hare]

It doesn't matter

if the front pretty its pretty

[tender ore]

When you were asking about the bent looking part…

One end of the cable is 6+2

Is that right?

But looks like an 8pin. Then it forks off into an actual 6+2

[brazen maple]

Not too sure about that graphics card in particular, but the 8 pin (6+2) is the power cable for the GPU

[karmic hare]

Thats normal 🙂

Just to differentiate 6 pin cards + 8 pin cards so kinda genius if you ask me

[tender ore]

Alright, I’m ready to go. Just need Amazon to get a move on

[karmic hare]

😂

They should be fast shouldnt they

[tender ore]

It doesn’t fit!!

The front fans are in the way!

[karmic hare]

Oh noo

argh thats annoying!

[tender ore]

What do I do?! Are there slimmer fans than the LL120?

I could mount fans to the bottom maybe?

[brazen maple]

What case are you using? Trying to think of options for you

[karmic hare]

Yeah

[tender ore]

Corsair 680x

It’s a huge case, I actually hate it cos it’s so big 😂

[brazen maple]

Jeez and a 4090 doesn't fit in it?

[karmic hare]

Unlucky 😭

New case time!

[brazen maple]

If you bought the GPU and still able to return it, you could alternatively get one of those AIO GPUs

[karmic hare]

Pricey

A Lancool 216 is cheaper

[brazen maple]

pricey, but its an option

[karmic hare]

😂 ooooo noo

[brazen maple]

or.. fun fact, Phanteks NV7 supports up to 450mm GPU clearance 😉

tryna convert people to that beauty

[tender ore]

New case is gonna be cheaper. It means I’ll have to rebuild the whole thing, something I’ve never done before 😬

[karmic hare]

Cyberpower system yes?

5 years of support/labour you got

[tender ore]

Yea

[brazen maple]

*Then I believe you could send it to Cyberpower and they'd do it for you **potentially ***

[karmic hare]

potentially...

Nah they will do it

just gotta ship it to them

If its under 2 years you get £10 + VAT in charge (insurance too)

For delivery

[brazen maple]

I'm not too glued up on them yet, but yeah from what I've heard they'll be able to do it for you

[karmic hare]

Mudkip 😂

[brazen maple]

hey

[tender ore]

It’s 3 years old now. Got it at 3080 launch. I’m sure they’ll love me sending it to them 😂

[karmic hare]

I am the worst customer for sure

[tender ore]

Gotta learn to build it at some point I guess

[brazen maple]

Honestly, taking parts from one case to another, it's not as difficult as, lets say, building a PC from scratch, as the parts are all "prepared" you just gotta put them in

[karmic hare]

Putting them in is the nightmare

[brazen maple]

and the cable management...

[karmic hare]

The preperation is the easiest

[tender ore]

That’s what I’m thinking. Cpu, motherboard is already done….

[brazen maple]

its just like a big lego

[karmic hare]

Except...

[brazen maple]

Oh no here he goes...

[tender ore]

First thing is to try and mount the fans to the bottom of the case

[karmic hare]

Could work

CPU temps might be a bit iffy

[tender ore]

Yea it won’t be ideal but might see me through until I can get another case. I wish we had something like microcentre, I could pick up a case tomorrow

[brazen maple]

I never thought a massive case like the 680x would... run out of room

[tender ore]

Tell me about it

[karmic hare]

Older cases never thought the day would come when GPUs would become longer than 250mm

[brazen maple]

I guess all that extra room is for "hiding the power supply"

[tender ore]

This!

[brazen maple]

Wait... all that extra room... and they didn't cable manage correctly?

[tender ore]

Nope

[brazen maple]

You could fit an entire computer back there!

[karmic hare]

Some builders don't care and I don't either

if it works stable who gives

[brazen maple]

but...

[tender ore]

Tbh I never checked it. Only last year I opened it up and was like, OH.

[karmic hare]

Erase it from memory 😂

[karmic hare]

Was this about the sata cables?

I think you made a thread here a while ago

[tender ore]

I’d opened it up before that but yea the sata was me. Legend for helping on that

[karmic hare]

Ah 🙏 No worries

[tender ore]

As you know I’m a bit of a noob when it comes to the actual build stuff

[karmic hare]

Its fine

Most people here are so thats why they buy prebuilts

not everyone likes wasting hours on trying to solve stuff

[tender ore]

100%, I’d rather pay the money and have the pros do it

[brazen maple]

I'm here because I'd rather not have leaking water loops on my own hands 💀

[karmic hare]

^ And they also are very helpful

wrong reply

wahtever

[tender ore]

I upgraded my GPU on my last rig - 2060 > 1080ti but that was easy. Switched it out and done

[karmic hare]

2060 to 1080ti is an odd choice

Missing out on some eye candy/ streamer stuff

[tender ore]

2060 was crap

[karmic hare]

Hmm

[tender ore]

Ray tracing was so new it didn’t really matter and the 1080ti was a monster

I do some 3D stuff so I need vram