How to vertically mount your GPU in the Corsair 5000D Airflow (does it get too hot?)
1,791This is a video on the Corsair 5000D Airflow and specifically how to mount your graphics card vertically in it so you can see it in all its glory. But is that a good idea?
I previously did a video on how to mount your GPU vertically in the 4000D Airflow (https://youtu.be/PMr3alCeM78) but in that case I had a front mounted 360mm all in one cooler, so there was a question of whether that was negatively impacting airflow and thus partly to blame for the poor vertical mounting results.
This time, I'm running the 5000D with 6 fans up front pulling air in and 6 more on top exhausting air out with a push/pull config to keep it running nicely. So will the results be superior?
For reference, the parts used here:
MSI RTX 3080 Suprim - https://youtu.be/5pwB_8s8GAo
Corsair 5000D Airflow https://youtu.be/L2ervXeVk0o
Corsair H150i Elite Cappelix - https://youtu.be/VYgWCVMOQfE
Corsair extension lead - https://www.corsair.com/uk/en/Categories/Products/Accessories-%7C-Parts/PC-Components/Power-Supplies/Premium-PCIe-3-0-x16-Extension-Cable-300mm/p/CC-8900243
US link
https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Accessories-%7C-Parts/PC-Components/Power-Supplies/Premium-PCIe-3-0-x16-Extension-Cable-300mm/p/CC-8900419
If you're interested, the spec of this build is as follows:
Motherboard - MSI Meg Z490 Godlike
CPU - Intel Core i9-10900K
RAM - Corsair Dominator DDR4 64GB RGB 3466Mhz https://youtu.be/HDQhxH6ALQs
M.2 NVMe drives - Samsung 970 Evo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzTLXOPrT7Y
M.2 NVMe drives - WD_Black SN750 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIrIPviU96w
SSD - Samsung Evo 860 Pro SSD 1TB
PSU - Corsair RM850x 850 watt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxW6yFZavS8
GPU - MSI RTX 3080 Suprim
Vertical GPU mounting - how to, why and should you? (featuring the Corsair Airflow 4000D) https://youtu.be/PMr3alCeM78
How to vertically mount your graphics card easily | Corsair PCIe riser cable https://youtu.be/eg_Dw0vSA5Y
The results are in. And these are the benchmarks to support them:
Standard mounting:
PC Mark - https://www.3dmark.com/pcm10/56995805?
Time Spy Extreme Stress Test - https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/56997984?
Time Spy Extreme benchmark - https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/56998661
Fire Strike Ultra - https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/57000011
Fire Strike Extreme - https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/57000881
Port Royal https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/57003673
Vertically mounted:
Time Spy Extreme Stress Test - https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/57344135?
Time Spy Extreme benchmark - https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/57344543
Fire Strike Ultra - https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/57344890?
Fire Strike Extreme - https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/57345200?
Port Royale - https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/57366873?
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