Question PCI Express risers for video cards ?

[Markfw]

I found one for $6, but its only 15 cm. I may need a little longer. These EPYC motherboards are not good for using video cards.

@VirtualLarry , I think you have experience with these. What do you recommend ? I think the longest I would need would be 8 inches, maybe 9 or 10.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I think you have experience with these.

Not really, other than what I've read on here, sorry.

 

[Markfw]

Not really, other than what I've read on here, sorry.

I thought you were a miner, and had mining rigs that used them ??
@DrMrLordX , I saw that you were a miner, Any ideas ?

 

[lane42]

Mark are these the ones https://www.microcenter.com/product...i-e-x16-30-extender-riser-cable-200mm---black

 

[Markfw]

Mark are these the ones https://www.microcenter.com/product...i-e-x16-30-extender-riser-cable-200mm---black

Thanks. Newegg had it for $30, and I got one. Its for your 2060 card that I bought. Still not running..

 

[lane42]

just don't buy the cheap ones. A 6 dollar riser cable will not work.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I thought you were a miner, and had mining rigs that used them ??

I just do mining on my DC rigs. I don't use a mining frame, nor mining risers. (Though I did buy both, I haven't really thought about using them yet, and building a dedicated mining rig, instead of just a few arguably "Gaming Rigs", that also do DC and mining.)

(Edit: I'm a pretty small-scale "miner". Just a few rigs, with a couple of video cards each, and a few rigs, with just a lone video card each. Nothing major. Though those cards did cost me a pretty penny last year. Hopefully they'll be paid off by next year. 😛 )

Sorry to disappoint you, Mark, with my lack of experience in that dept. I concur with @lane42 , don't buy the cheapest ones, buy decent ones.

 

[DrMrLordX]

@Markfw

The riser cards I used were all 1x risers (due to the low bandwidth requirements of mining) with SATA or molex power connectors. Those are the "good ones". You won't get jack for video performance over one of those, though. If your application is in any way PCIe bandwidth-constrained, you'll need full-length risers. Mine were powered, but that may have been necessary from using a 1x-to-16c adapter instead of a full 16x adapter (that can carry the max 75W from the slot).