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this video is brought to you by Squarespace whether it's a domain website or online store you need be sure to make your next move with Squarespace by the way use the link in the video description that's also right here in the video to get 10% off your first purchase who wants a graphics card mounted vertically in a case that doesn't natively support vertical graphics card mounting this guy look what he did and it costs $0 and 0 cents so I had a lot of fun with trying to get this GPU mounted vertically and as I said in this video it won't cost you a dime assuming you have the one tool that is required for altering the case a bit that one tool a pair of diagonal cutters something you would use to cut wire or thin metal in this case just plastic and aluminum are what comprise the chassis and so it wasn't that difficult to use these to cut through the aluminum in the grille at the back of the case now that's the only other thing you're gonna need other than a graphics card that's actually gonna fit if you have especially large CPU cooler installed is a bat grill with some open holes that you can use to kind of wedge your graphics card in there and that's why this is a tool estab racket or anything else at least not for this particular case any case really that has these small little holes at the back should be good enough for mounting the graphics card the way that I have in this case so to get things started I suggest lining up your affix card roughly where you expect it to be when it's all said and done so you want to have enough space underneath the card for the riser card over that's what's gonna connect the graphics card to the motherboard self you do need that with a vertically mounted card so you have to have one of those on hand but the actual mod itself is not going to cost to anything at all so when you have it lined up roughly where you think it's gonna be I suggest cutting out two slots in the back grille that are gonna be good for those little metal feet on the back of the graphics card cut out just enough room for those legs to squeeze through that's really all you need to do at the base of the grille now up top you've got that 90-degree hinge that you usually use to secure the graphics card to a case that just has native horizontal graphics card mounting you're going to use those to kind of keep the card upright so you're gonna use the 90 degree bend to let the card hang on the chassis the trick though is finding a way to mount that 90 degree bracket and keep it on the grill it's gonna want to fall this way right if you don't have anything locking that hinge in place so what I did was I cut the grille out and I cut it in such a way that I allowed the grille to be wrapped around some of those small little areas that were cut into that hinge so you can see how I bent to areas in this grille I ran them both one through the central hole where one of the screws would go and then also one at the top where the second screw would go so I'm using those to prevent the card from falling this way and if you've got the feet properly secured at the base this card really shouldn't go anywhere it's pretty sturdy as is and you can see it's really retaining its original position it just wants to be level and flat if you find that the card is slightly hanging then you can kind of just bend the grille a little bit this this thing really isn't going anywhere connect your 8 pin 6 pin VGA cables whatever you have up top and remember to connect the riser card which is really the only purchase necessary but the actual mod like I said is free you can do this with one tool and then your card should be working fine oh and don't forget to cut out a few slots at the back for your HDMI or DisplayPort connections those obviously needed as well just to take those diagonal cutters cut a few slots out and voila there you go a vertical graphics card mount and the mod itself costs literally nothing now if you're wondering about temperatures this is a blower style card so all the air is pulled in through this opening here and it's being forced out the back of the card now with the front panel being literally about two or so centimeters from the opening and the graphics card you might be wondering how temperatures are faring this way versus if you just mounted it horizontally and this graph here shows you the Delta so between the two actually had a two degree increase for the GPU temperature with the card mounted vertically not you know super substantial I don't think that it's going to deter anyone from wanting to do this keep in mind that this is a blower style card like I said so if you have a car that's you know cooled with three fans it's an aib card then temperatures may vary slightly but this isn't gonna absolutely choke your graphics card that's not what's gonna happen here in fact with fans in the front you're still gonna have pretty solid air flow moving through the card anyway even if these fans up the front aren't getting much air so maybe overcompensate with the front fans and you should be fine now at this point you might be thinking to yourself Greg I don't know if I want to take the risk here I mean you cut it and it looks fine with the card there but if I cut mine and it doesn't turn out well and my car doesn't mount the way that you mounted yours I'm just gonna have an ugly hole at the back of my case and yeah that's the risk that you're incurring here but I would say I mean you're gonna be looking at your case either from the side or from the and you can't really tell how I cuts up and from the back it looks pretty rough not gonna lie I didn't bother shaving the edges the sharp metal edges there but it doesn't look bad from the front and I'd say that yeah I would do this again for sure in a case that I knew was compatible with this method look sure you can go out and buy a proper two slot graphics card bracket to mount vertically you could Dremel through your case and make it look nice and pretty but you can't really see the dirt from the back of the case unless you're at the back of the case which would be a weird orientation anyway most people look at the case from the front and from the side and from both I think it looks pretty good and this mod only took me about ten minutes so if you're looking for a quick and dirty solution I say this is the way to go assuming you have a case that supports this cutting method here you gotta have some kind of mesh metal grille at the back of your case and you should be able to pull off something like this with a simple tool if you at least like the effort or like the idea be sure to let me know by giving this video a thumbs up I do appreciate that also click the subscribe button for more content like this on the channel and stay tuned for a few reviews that I have lined up when we do a laptop head-to-head mashup and a review of the one plus five coming here soon this is sign studio thanks for modding with us you