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I'm a believer in making PC bill to look as good as they perform I treat my builds like forms of art and as such try my best to keep clean cable manage things and maintain them as best I can no bill that's truly perfect but it doesn't mean that we shouldn't strive for it and one of the ways in which I like to make my builds pop make them look different than the traditional PC build is with a vertical graphics card bracket so you've seen a few videos on the channel dedicated to the specific topic there are trade-offs associated with this config in general and we'll discuss those shortly but I want you to know that you have a few options out there especially now with the new cable mod vertical bracket going back on sale none of these solutions by the way are perfect some are more perfect than others though and that's why I want to highlight this particular kit in this video because cable mod comes pretty darn close so you've probably seen this kit before it went on sale for a period of time before it was removed over issues concerning the DisplayPort cables included in the kit since it doesn't require you to cut into your case in any way special cables need to be used to ensure proper fitment and cable mod isn't sure that these things will work this time around the include cables have been rebuilt to correct any potential issue and the new kit is now back online so what makes this thing any different well I stated it doesn't require any case cutting that's probably the cable mod kits best selling point the competing riser from Coolermaster requires that you remove PCIe brackets and those little slot covers spanning the case from the back since these natively block rear display out on cards so k-11 solution is to position the bracket about an inch away from these rear a little slot covers creating enough space for special angled display cables to connect to the card hence the reason why they had to go back and revise these and make sure they worked out of the box the bracket is held in place with your cases own thumb screws and smaller ones to assemble the kit itself are also on the box you'll also find a riser cable included and that makes sense obviously you can't use a vertical kit without a riser cable otherwise your cards just gonna sit there and look pretty so I'm glad to see that that's included also it doesn't look too different from other manufacturer designs I've seen before so don't expect too many issues with this particular riser cable is very well built but this is usually where quality control issues rear their ugly heads so just bear in mind that this could be a potential bottleneck and later on down the line the two kids I was sent you'll good frame rates within the margin of error using a stock direct graphics card connection with the motherboard has a baseline again this isn't same much lip exam reviewer and they probably tested these beforehand but it is something you could test yourself to verify if your eyes are cables in fact working properly so if you notice your framerate on average has dropped considerably or if you notice in frequency during your riser cable will likely need a replacement that or your display cable that's probably more of a screen issue if your screens flickering or something along those lines you can by the way use any third-party PCIe riser if you're willing to cut some corners but the cable on version of course can be secured directly to the included bracket like so for a guaranteed fit so at this point you might be thinking well this is literally a better Coolermaster vertical riser kit why would I buy this when the cable market just seems better all around there are a few cons I want to highlight here the first is that this kit will literally slide your graphics card a full inch closer to the front of your case meaning if you're sporting something similar in size to the fractal design mesh fic you may have difficulty fitting your card inside in my case an AIO would not fit with this config and fans barely do cards any longer than this will not fit either so if you're willing to go this route and make sure your card will fit again this is about an inch to an inch and a quarter you can translate that it's about two and a half to three centimeters worth of space that you're going to lose when using the vertical kit from cable mod so now let's move on to installation the kit comes in two parts what I call the bracket and the base the bracket is a section it slides into your PCI slot covers you'll need a case with at least seven PCI slots of course but this will work with anything larger as well the base holds of the riser cable in place I suggest connecting these two first then slide the base onto the bracket from below and secure it with two of the included thumb screws install the card like normal threading the rear feet through the small opening between the bracket and the base below the graphics card can now be secured by threading two included screws up top make sure the card clicks by the way into the riser just below depending on how many monitors you plan to use connect the necessary number of DisplayPort and/or HDMI cables to the card this stuff will be more difficult to do with the bracket fully installed in the case I'll recommend you to do it right now you'll see why in a second with the card and bracket now set up and prepare your case by removing seven continuous screws and slot covers in your case if your case only has seven slots and you'll be removing all of them just a heads up there make sure you thread the display cables you connected earlier through any slot frames and connect the opposite end of the riser cable to the motherboard that I recommend the uppermost 16-lane PCIe slot by the way use your cases own thumb screws to lock the entire assembly and you should be able to kind of straighten things up if you notice any sag there isn't much love this kit and that's good and that's honestly all there is to it so much more convenient than cutting into cases for the same effect cable mod does sell two separate vertical kits by the way the only difference being the types of display cables included so one kit includes like I said before two custom angled DisplayPort cables you'll need to use these or things similar to these because again you're not going to fit those cables through those rear brackets and the other includes one custom DisplayPort cable along with a custom HDMI cable so you've got a bit of play depending on your monitor setup and I like the options here I ran some temperature tests before and after in this config the cable mock it places the card slightly more forward or closer to the left side panel then the cooler master kit which explains the slight temperature Delta between the two but to be completely honest this isn't too bad much better than any native vertical slotting a case may include which almost always places the card directly against the glass or the left side panel the result there is restricted airflow and spiking low temperatures a small benefit however with the card being slightly further from the motherboard as it users can now pair or Ram modules with larger heat sinks with their vertical kits my cooler master kits occasionally have this problem especially if the cards are dense and the modules themselves are huge you could also fit slightly larger a iOS and CPU coolers the air coolers with the cable mod kit so it's a little more compatible with respect to the rest of your system and that's also a good thing about this kit so there really are a few trade-offs here slightly higher temps with the cable mod kit for more vertical Headroom and no cutting into your case at the expense of limited dimensional compatibility so remember this bracket does push your card closer to the front longer cards may not fit in your current case but all-in-all I like this bracket a lot and assuming these riser tables hold up which it appears like they are right now I'll be using these things a lot more in the future I just I love vertical graphics card mounts I think they look so cool so unique I've linked cable mod kits down below along with cool master counterparts so if you're interested in some internal testing in comparison you could certainly do that I think both kits are great and the Kula master kit is a little cheaper but you get custom cables included with your cable mod purchase and you don't have to ruin your case in the process so again there's a give and take there but if I had to choose it be the kaepa mod kit for now so let me know you guys think in the comments below give this video a thumbs up fellas cool thumbs down for the opposite feeling you know you know what to do come on the subscribe button is there if you want to click that you can also become a member if you want to feel special about yourself and get cool badges unique icons and the works especially for livestream in the comments section stay tuned for the next video this is 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