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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by sgibson5150 to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
 

I was looking at the RTX 5090 listings on NewEgg and the last picture (7/7) on this MSI card is a thing I don't recognize. Anyone know what it is?

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[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

GPU support pillar. This is what it looks like extended. These really help with GPU sag and remove some pressure off the PCI slot.

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[–] daddybutter@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Nice, where'd you find the pic? I briefly looked to confirm my hunch but didn't find it.

[–] Klaymore@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Couldn't you just put your PC case horizontally to avoid GPU sag as well? I have a horizontal case and I'm not sure why it's so uncommon.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

It's uncommon because people like to see the inside of their pcs, especially on an enthusiast level.

[–] daddybutter@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Probably the GPU support. Top piece screws into the body for height adjustment.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] sgibson5150 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Oh wow that's neat. I saw where some of the new cards have fan connectors. Must plug into that.

Edit: My bad, this is incorrect. Just saw image 3/7. You may be able to use fan header on card but doesn't appear designed to do so.

[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I myself prefer these slightly minimalist ones. They can be found on Temu for cheaper.

https://a.co/d/f2sBzzy

Also the Lian Li GB 001 brackets are great in my opinion if you want something a little more hidden. They attach directly to your motherboards mount points.

https://a.co/d/6juITP1

You can also use both of these at the same time.

[–] sgibson5150 1 points 1 week ago

Thanks for bringing this bracket to my attention. I've got an Antec C8 case with fans in the bottom, so a support pillar wouldn't work for me.

[–] sgibson5150 4 points 1 week ago

I didn't realize this was a thing. Card must be really heavy! My 3080 came with a sort of bracket to prevent sagging but this is next level. @edgemaster72@lemmy.world

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

When your GPU is so fancy it comes with a matching pepper grinder.

[–] sgibson5150 3 points 1 week ago
[–] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Computerized butt plugs are getting really fancy these days. Those suprim models are supposed to have a custom mini 5090 card for text to speech LLM inferencing. Even has CUDA support but I hear that gets painful.

[–] sgibson5150 3 points 1 week ago
[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Kinda looks like a GPU support pillar like this one but it doesn't quite seem to be cylindrical so idk

[–] kusivittula@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

a nuclear reactor for the GPU

[–] sgibson5150 2 points 1 week ago

A mere 575W TDP LMAO

[–] nothing@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A guess: a USB drive for updating firmware? Never seen this for a GPU though. Only used for motherboard BIOS that I know of. Trinket USB drive for no reason?

[–] sgibson5150 1 points 1 week ago