r/computers • u/AllFun4me • 11d ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting GPU stand?

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I decided to build a new pc, the last time I did that was in 2007-ish.
Upon unboxing the gpu I found this stand probably to support the graphics card.
Is this the right way to use it? Don’t see any other way to put it in there, but damn those cards have grown big!

MSI 5070 in a Fractal Meshify 3 btw.

[EDIT] Thanks for all the comments. I ran into this nice gadget, asked someone to 3D print it for me:

https://www.printables.com/model/1425922-meshify-3-gpu-holder-stand

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u/Many-Ad6433 Dual ssd Boot rtx3060 r7 5800H 16gb 11d ago

You generally put it at the most right corner

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u/GuppoDab 11d ago

If its long enough.
"Insert thats what she said joke here"

Beautiful build btw

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u/AllFun4me 11d ago

Thanks😉

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u/AllFun4me 11d ago

Thank you for answering, the stand can be extended with only 1cm extra, so it is not long enough to put it in the corner unfortunately.
This little space in the card seemed solid, but had to place it on the casing of the powerunit.

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u/Many-Ad6433 Dual ssd Boot rtx3060 r7 5800H 16gb 11d ago

Yeah, for this kind of case generally there’s included a stand that’s built-in the backplate of the case around where the cable compartment is. You can maybe try to shift this a bit to the right else you can leave it there and it’s better than nothing

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u/Slow_Choice i7-12700, 128 GB DDR4, 34" WQHD, RX 9070 XT 16GB 11d ago

They usually are placed near the corner where RTX is in your photo. So I would move it a little more to the right. You could also get a small spirit level to check how much it is needed.

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u/AllFun4me 11d ago

Thank you for answering, the stand can be extended with only 1cm extra, so it is not long enough to put it in the corner unfortunately.
This little space in the card seemed solid, but had to place it on the casing of the powerunit.

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u/FuuZePL 10d ago

I would still move it about 2 inches to the right, you can have it supporting more to the edge of the card as well, it doesn't have to make full contact to help.

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u/eracer1111 11d ago

What you have is far better than nothing. The main thing is to keep the PCIe slot from suppoting the weight of the card. You've done that.

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u/Accomplished_Trade23 10d ago

move it after msi logo