Cooler Master Vertical Graphics Card Holder Kit

Having made a massive overhaul of my PC a month or so ago, the point of it being virtually a new PC, I decided it was time to go vertical. I have to be honest, though. This wasn't my first choice. I would've liked to have gone with the Cablemod vertical gpu bracket, but it seems they do a limited run and sell quickly--you don't have to modify your case with that. So I was left with either this Cooler Master vertical bracket/mount, Phantek's version, or another which seems like a mass produced/rebranded mount by EASYDIY. The EASYDIY requires no modifications, like the Cablemod, but unfortunately it didn't look like it would work with my case and GPU in terms of length--Phanteks Eclipse P350X, Gigabyte GTX 1080 Windforce OC. In the end, you can gather what I chose by this review, and the verified tag. Installation: Instructions were pretty straight forward, and it was easy enough to install. You will have to modify your case. I had to put in the vertical bracket/mount first, and used masking tape to mark where I needed to cut the PCIe dividers. I first tried to use a portable dremel with a diamond cutting disc, but didn't have much luck...maybe my dremel lacked the RPM. In the end, I grabbed some side-cutters out of my hobby workbench. Job done. Performance: I ran the Assassin's Creed Origins benchmark tool after installing it to see if there would be a performance hit. I unfortunately didn't note down the frame time and latency beforehand, so you'll have to take my word that I believe there was an increase of around 1-2ms latency with the PCIe riser cable. Which without benchmarks, is honestly unnoticeable. Temperatures: Because the GPU isn't up against the side panel like cases with built-in vertical mounts, and more or less positioned in the center of the case, airflow and temperatures are unaffected. Which is a good thing. In conclusion. While again, it wasn't my first choice, it's still a good and well-built product, and I'm still happy with this. I would recommend it for those who want to go vertical.

Worked out great, had to cut the pci slots out at the back but was not difficult a pair of wire snippers and a tiny bit of needle filing and it’s barley noticeable, the bracket fills the Void perfectly. When I had air cooling it gave me plenty of room for the fans to work perfectly and now I have water cooling also plenty of room for the tubes. There is the tiniest bit of sag now I have a water block on the card but it is far far less that what I would have had with the gpu mounted in its normal orientation also this could be mitigated with some tiny shims on the motherboard side of the tabs at the back, the bracket is well made and sturdy enough for the heaviest of graphics cards.

This works as advertised but a couple of points let it down and I removed it from my PC. The riser cable is too short in my opinion and restricted the positioning height in my machine to only one possible slot. Also, the mounting bracket - which actually works quite well in terms of case compatibility - leaves the graphics card mounted close to the mainboard and away from the side window, which doesn’t work well if you have an RGB mainboard. It also leaves the graphic card covering all the spare PCIE slots, preventing any add-in cards from being added in the future. A good quality item worthy of the Coolermaster brand but the original design could be improved.

Easy to assemble Easy to install Easy to improve the look of your build. Installed into a Cooler Master case so no issues found. Materials are good quality. Zero sag. Would advise inserting GPU to mount prior to installing into the case. The screws to secure the GPU to mount can be difficult to access once mount is installed into case. GPU: ROG STRIX 1080Ti OC

Good idea, fits perfectly in a large tower case. Unfortunately the one I received was poorly painted. The other downside with this is that you have to cut your pc tower to suit this bracket. Low profile ram required as it sits quite close to the motherboard. None of the above details given in item description.

Can honestly say the build quality is fantastic and worth every penny. Was a breeze to install and looks great. I particularly like the fact that it mounts the GPU directly to the rear of the case with no offset, some of the brackets i looked at set the GPU further back in the case which this one does not so that was great. Has also dropped the temps on my 2080ti a couple of degrees which is also a huge bonus.

As the cheapest complete solution for vertical Graphics Card mounting i could find it's worked as i expected, on arrival part of the frame was ever so slightly bent but it straightened up easily, unlike some other brands i had to remove the horizontal supports from my computers rear brackets but i expected to have to do that anyway, with a Dremel Tool and a file that was easy enough, PCI-e 16x riser works a treat and its mounting hardware seams solid, takes up 7 slots and has enough room behind it for the included riser and my own 1x riser for my NIC while still providing enough airflow to my motherboard, there are alternate solutions but for price you can't fault it.

I used to run 2 MSI GTX 770's twin frozr OC on my computer. I wanted to make the switch to a single Asus 1070 TI strix and thought it would look nice mounted vertically to show off all the LED's and stuff on the front. I received this and my new 1070 TI on the same day and decided that I would go about installing it all. I installed the 1070 to the vertical mount. Removed the 770's. then installed the 1070 with the vertical mount. pressed the power button and nothing appeared on screen. My motherboard read a post code error 29 meaning low motherboard power. I run a 750 watt power supply which is more than the recommended 500 watts for a normal system. I then powered down and swapped the 1070 with 1 of the original 770's and the same error occurred. I removed this vertical mount and placed the same single 770 directly to the motherboard. Everything booted as normal. I then replaced the 770 with the 1070 and it booted just fine. This leads me to believe that this is a faulty product and am in the process of returning. I highly recommend not purchasing it. Not a good buy.