My friend recently upgraded his graphics card to an Asus Strix R9 380, and ran into an unfortunate issue. The plate of the cooling solution hangs down and bumps a neighboring pci slot, making the card get "pushed" upwards a bit. It still works without issue as far as running the card itself, however it did create an inconvenience. With the card pushed upwards, the hdmi slot is right on the edge of where the case is. Plugging an HDMI cable results in it not being able to push in all the way, from the fat block around the actual connector.
Does anyone know of a thin HDMI cable? By thin, I don't mean the actual cable itself - but the aforementioned "block" at the end, right before the actual connector comes out.
http://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-10-2Gbps-Performance-RedMere%C2%AE-Technology/dp/B008PYOMG6 this was the thinnest I've been able to come across so far, but would prefer to find thinner if possible just to be on the safe side. Also price would probably have to be sub 20, the cheaper the better. Name brand isn't important at all, just the "thin" aspect is all that really matters in this situation. Thanks.
Is the GPU screwed into the back cooling bracket? It shouldn't be having that issue at all, otherwise, 15 foot cable, 5 bucks, not thin I guess, but you should just fix that instead of buying a new cable
Yeah, it's screwed in. It had to be pushed down a little bit, but I've ran multiple stress tests and used it in general for a few weeks to make sure it didn't have any issues. Just looking for an HDMI cable with as small a block at the end of it as possible...
I've never seen one. Just get a thick cable and sand one side a few millimeters until it fits. You might break the cable in the process if you sand it too much, but you'll get your thin cable if you don't.