Silly question : Does a powered riser totally bypass the motherboard, to draw current usually going through the PCI-E port by drawing current from an additional PCI-E 6 pins ?
Silly question : Does a powered riser totally bypass the motherboard, to draw current usually going through the PCI-E port by drawing current from an additional PCI-E 6 pins ?
Yes, but rather than draw from the card drawing from a PEG connector, a powered riser will usually have a SATA or Molex connector on the riser itself to provide bus power in place of the motherboard.
Any feedback on the Thermaltake TT Premium PCI-E 3.0 Extender?
I've seen it mentionned earlier here but it is not listed in the OP, is there a reason why?
(I failed at finding any related topic on sffwiki.net)
I seem to recall a lot of complaints about the thermal take riser, not sure if they addressed what the problems were. It is $70 USD though, so for a little more you could get the 3m riser which I have only seen praise for.
I've just read the first and last 2 sites of this thread...
First time i heard of powered risers...
But i understood it like the higher end cards dont need a powered riser..
So does someone have a ranking of the risers..
Or did i just skip it in my lazyness?
3M is like Apple: pricey, and it just works. Everything else YMMV, but some people have done amazing things with aluminum tape for ghetto shielding to get their cheaper riser to work adequately.
I RAISE THE DEAD ELDERS FOR ANSWERS oh uhh hrm ._.
Are there risers that are short at the teeth? I'm thinking to riser out the last slot, but the GPU would go in the way, and I'm not sure how many of them would bend that sharply and so close to the solder points ._.
I seem to recall a lot of complaints about the thermal take riser, not sure if they addressed what the problems were. It is $70 USD though, so for a little more you could get the 3m riser which I have only seen praise for.
Reviving this dead thread... have there been any new products that happen to have better airflow from top to bottom? I was thinking something like a split cable design but one that had rounded cables would allow air to pass though much easier than the flat ribbon.
Personally it is clear that these ADT branded risers are all fantastic. But what about configurations where the 16x cable is too big? Where can I buy a riser like in this video (one that uses flexible cables and a PCB with connectors)