compromise too risky?

[ddkshah]

My gpu can't fit into my case unless it's slanted a little is this not safe and too risky? Is been working good for about 2 weeks so far!

 

[nurturedhate]

If I understand you completely you mean that it is not perpendicular to the motherboard and that is bad, real bad.

 

[ddkshah]

It's only 2-3 degrees off tilt but Yea I guess so Damn it I need a new case :-( I have a r9 290x in a storm scout case it's only off by a couple of degrees

 

[Techhog]

It's only 2-3 degrees off tilt but Yea I guess so Damn it I need a new case :-( I have a r9 290x in a storm scout case it's only off by a couple of degrees

What motherboard do you have? For that matter, what specific 290X do you have?

 

[NewYorksFinest]

My gpu can't fit into my case unless it's slanted a little is this not safe and too risky? Is been working good for about 2 weeks so far!

Too risky. Thanks for playing, newb :biggrin:.

 

[ddkshah]

It's all good I cut and bent some of the metal from my case blocking the gpu and now it's perfect. #notanewb ;-) didn't think the reference r9 290x would be bigger than my former gtx 570. But it's all good now.

 

[skipsneeky2]

Reminds me of the hack job i did on my old case to fit my 770, a old oem Gateway where i went nuts and bashed the living hell out of the hard drive cage with a hammer till i got it out.Have only a ssd so having that big freaking cage in there was a waste anyways.

Sometimes you need to do what you need to do to get these cards to fit.

 

[TrulyUncouth]

Reminds me of the hack job i did on my old case to fit my 770, a old oem Gateway where i went nuts and bashed the living hell out of the hard drive cage with a hammer till i got it out.Have only a ssd so having that big freaking cage in there was a waste anyways.

Sometimes you need to do what you need to do to get these cards to fit.

Count me down for this option. To fit a card into my case 4-5 years ago I cut into the harddrive cage then used pliers to bend it out of the way... Who needs 25 hard drives anyway?