Ok. Thanks for the videos... Very helpful.
My problem was I was trying to have my cake and eat it too, I wanted to keep playing games with either one card mining and one card playing, or to switch back in forth between gaming and mining; hence, I kept envisioning my 1080's still plugged into the x16 slots. I was trying to figure out how to use the risers with the cards smothering them. Looks like I need to make a decision.
Might I still be able to do this with these?
https://www.amazon.com/EZDIY-FAB-Express-PCIe3-0-Flexible-Extension/dp/B01CEKN5VO/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1520695470&sr=1-3&keywords=pcie+x16+riser
My concerns then would be cable length and stability.
Though the more I see, the more it looks like it'll be one or the other...
Just buy a few risers like the others suggested, then pull your cards out of your case for extra ventilation. That way, you can also add more GPUs, taking advantage of your x1 slots. You can even add 4 GPUs into x1 slot by using a similar adapter (http://www.sybausa.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=968). Although, if you are planning to use your computer for anything else apart from mining, performance is severely worse using risers, mining performance is not affected. (Gaming for example). My problem was I was trying to have my cake and eat it too, I wanted to keep playing games with either one card mining and one card playing, or to switch back in forth between gaming and mining; hence, I kept envisioning my 1080's still plugged into the x16 slots. I was trying to figure out how to use the risers with the cards smothering them. Looks like I need to make a decision.
Might I still be able to do this with these?
https://www.amazon.com/EZDIY-FAB-Express-PCIe3-0-Flexible-Extension/dp/B01CEKN5VO/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1520695470&sr=1-3&keywords=pcie+x16+riser
My concerns then would be cable length and stability.
Though the more I see, the more it looks like it'll be one or the other...
