this post was submitted on 06 Dec 2024
66 points (90.2% liked)

Ask Lemmy

27487 readers
1175 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions


Rules: (interactive)


1) Be nice and; have funDoxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them


2) All posts must end with a '?'This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?


3) No spamPlease do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.


4) NSFW is okay, within reasonJust remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either [email protected] or [email protected]. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].


5) This is not a support community.
It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email [email protected]. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.


6) No US Politics.
Please don't post about current US Politics. If you need to do this, try [email protected] or [email protected]


Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.

Partnered Communities:

Tech Support

No Stupid Questions

You Should Know

Reddit

Jokes

Ask Ouija


Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

reference image if you have no idea what I'm talking about:

I know this is a minor nitpick, but it's something that annoys me.

I got this graphics card mostly because it was the best deal on Amazon at the time (gpu shortage), and I also thought it looked decent from the images they had. However, when I actually installed it, all I see is the relatively unattractive looking black metal backplate with some white text. The other side is always the side shown in the promotional images too - not a single one of the pictures in the Amazon listing even shows the side that you'll be seeing 99.9% of the time. Do they think everyone hangs their PCs above them from the ceiling, or has open-air testbenches? Why do they never even bother with the other side? I know they want the fans on the bottom so the cooling is better, but the air in front of the CPU shouldn't be that bad, a lot of cheaper GPUs don't need that much cooling, and a ton of people have watercooling now anyways so the CPU radiators just go on the sides.

top 15 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fans are only on the bottom because pci (and then pcie) cards are upside down because they wanted to maintain physical compatibility with ISA cards back in the 90s.

The BTX standard wanted to fix that, but it never took off.

[–] papalonian 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Interesting. I always assumed it was because the pcie slots were below the CPU, and the protocol was designed to avoid dumping hot GPU exhaust air into the CPU heatsink. Shame that BTX never went anywhere, but makes sense given the established market for ATX-variant cases.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

A lot of modern gpus are flow through designs where they dump hot air right in front of the CPU. If the GPU was flipped it would be sucking air away from the CPU.

The up side to ATX pointing the GPUs down is you can make the heatsink as big as you want. With BTX the GPU heatsink will start running into the CPU.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

if you want to showcase the gpu, look for a case with vertical gpu mount option. pics

or one that opens on the other side, where the mainboard sits cpu end down/slots end up. same expansion card orientation as the old failed 'btx' form factor; which i still have a couple of.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Put the side back on your case, and then you don't have to look at it. ;)

[–] makyo 12 points 1 month ago

Yeah I don't get it either. Got this one because it was stupidly blingy. Guess what side this is?

Image

[–] helmet91 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Every hardware is beautiful from every angle.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Is this the "woke" that conservatives are complaining about?

[–] ComradeMiao 2 points 1 month ago

Conservatives have never opened a computer

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My EVGA GTX 1080 Ti was lit up on the back. RIP EVGA as a board partner. 😢

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

And fuck NVidia for implicitly making EVGA quit.

[–] Voyajer 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My GPU has a decorative cover that magnets into the backplate but honestly I prefer seeing the PCB

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The backplate does provide some cooling on higher end cards. I have a water block on a 3080 and it's not recommended to run it without a backplate.

[–] GreenKnight23 1 points 1 month ago

the backplate keeps the board from warping due to excessive heat.

[–] Contramuffin 3 points 1 month ago

Yup, it's always been funny to me. Got a sandwich style ITX case, I like being able to see my GPU