I was looking at the RTX 5090 listings on NewEgg and the last picture (7/7) on this MSI card is a thing I don't recognize. Anyone know what it is?
I was looking at the RTX 5090 listings on NewEgg and the last picture (7/7) on this MSI card is a thing I don't recognize. Anyone know what it is?
20 Comments
NarrativeBear@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 1y
GPU support pillar. This is what it looks like extended. These really help with GPU sag and remove some pressure off the PCI slot.
daddybutter@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Nice, where'd you find the pic? I briefly looked to confirm my hunch but didn't find it.
Klaymore@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
Couldn't you just put your PC case horizontally to avoid GPU sag as well? I have a horizontal case and I'm not sure why it's so uncommon.
Maalus@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
It's uncommon because people like to see the inside of their pcs, especially on an enthusiast level.
daddybutter@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1y
Probably the GPU support. Top piece screws into the body for height adjustment.
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Dang, those get FANCY!
https://www.newegg.com/p/1DW-00KE-00027?item=9SIB7VEKCK4789
sgibson5150@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 1y
Oh wow that's neat. I saw where some of the new cards have fan connectors. Must plug into that.
Edit: My bad, this is incorrect. Just saw image 3/7. You may be able to use fan header on card but doesn't appear designed to do so.
NarrativeBear@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
I myself prefer these slightly minimalist ones. They can be found on Temu for cheaper.
https://a.co/d/f2sBzzy
Also the Lian Li GB 001 brackets are great in my opinion if you want something a little more hidden. They attach directly to your motherboards mount points.
https://a.co/d/6juITP1
You can also use both of these at the same time.
sgibson5150@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 1y
Thanks for bringing this bracket to my attention. I've got an Antec C8 case with fans in the bottom, so a support pillar wouldn't work for me.
sgibson5150@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 1y
I didn't realize this was a thing. Card must be really heavy! My 3080 came with a sort of bracket to prevent sagging but this is next level. @edgemaster72@lemmy.world
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 9 pts · 1y
When your GPU is so fancy it comes with a matching pepper grinder.
sgibson5150@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 1y
Smokeydope@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
Computerized butt plugs are getting really fancy these days. Those suprim models are supposed to have a custom mini 5090 card for text to speech LLM inferencing. Even has CUDA support but I hear that gets painful.
sgibson5150@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 1y
edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Kinda looks like a GPU support pillar like this one but it doesn't quite seem to be cylindrical so idk
kusivittula@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
a nuclear reactor for the GPU
sgibson5150@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 1y
A mere 575W TDP LMAO
m1dnight@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 1y
Looks like a gpu support. It's to fix sag cuz 5090s are massive and they're rly likely to sag
nothing@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
A guess: a USB drive for updating firmware? Never seen this for a GPU though. Only used for motherboard BIOS that I know of. Trinket USB drive for no reason?
sgibson5150@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 1y