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I am designing a scratch build and am going to be using a riser card for the GPU, but the case I am designing is extremely unforgiving of errors in measurements.
A watercooling fitting will be directly above the PCI-e slot so I need to know how much room for error I have.
The board is the Gigabyte GA-B150N WiFi, if that makes any notable difference?
Ctrl-alt-dlt
Posted 2016-04-22T15:15:26.147
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According to the spec sheet for a Molex PCIe connector, the rise from the mounting surface to the top of the socket is 11.25mm (max.).
Feel free to look up other makes/variations to compare, but it should be standard.
Even better: buy the board you plan on using, and measure the socket height with a caliper. ;)
Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
Posted 2016-04-22T15:15:26.147
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Thank you very much. I am buying the board next month but I was at a point in my design where I couldn't progress without this info. Thanks again. – Ctrl-alt-dlt – 2016-04-22T15:31:31.940
Its the case that limits the height not the board. – Moab – 2016-04-22T16:14:54.137
2Have you.. looked at the specs? – Raystafarian – 2016-04-22T15:18:31.003
Yes, all over the place. I can't find anything. I have been searching for an answer for the last hour. I have no modern motherboards accessible to me otherwise I'd measure one. I imagine that they're standardised. – Ctrl-alt-dlt – 2016-04-22T15:20:02.163
I don't understand the downvote/vote to close. I think it's a perfectly legitimate question. Unless i'm missing something blindingly obvious? Please elaborate. – Ctrl-alt-dlt – 2016-04-22T15:21:31.913
Are you looking for the height of the PCIe connector socket itself? – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2016-04-22T15:22:03.627
Yes, @Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – Ctrl-alt-dlt – 2016-04-22T15:22:35.853
@Raystafarian it is not, I am designing the case around this board. I will be buying this board, I just need to know the height of the pci connector. I am not asking for anything outside the superuser guidelines. – Ctrl-alt-dlt – 2016-04-22T15:24:07.930