Phanteks PH-VGPUKT_02 – Universal Vertical GPU Bracket with 220mm Flat Line Pci-E X16 Riser Cable Kit

I became a big fan of Phantek due to their awesome T30 120mm fans, so I decided to give their GPU vertical mount kit with PCIe 4.0 cable adapter, and I’m very pleased with their product, but also have a few gripes that need to be said.While I was able to make it fit in my Fractal Meshify 2 Compact, I wasn’t able to use the screw taps that came with it nor with the ones from the case’s IO mesh slot. As you might be able to tell from my pictures, I actually had to use some of the leftover/additional screws that came from my Arctic Freezer II cpu mount adapter kit that were about 12-15mm long, and their rubber washers to use as spacers, in order to hold the GPU vertical bracket in place.A similar issue occurred with the GPU vertical bracket base and the PCIe plate. I had to use spare screws from my AIO kit, and metal washers as spacers to help give additional lift and space between both the bracket base and PCIe plate, even after using two of the foam spacer paddings underneath the bracket base. My GPU wasn’t able to fully click into place into the PCIe adapter slot because there wasn’t enough space between my GPU's IO shield bottom prongs and the bracket adapter's prong slots.As for the PCIe adapter, it’s definitely 4.0, as you can see on the screen shot of my device manager info.TLDR; the kit fits on a Meshify 2 compact, but would be a great QoL improvement if the kit came with additional screws and washers to help with spacing issues. The PCIe adapter is definitely 4.0.

This bracket fits this Lian Li case very well. Its not a hard install, but it can be a bit frustrating, the screw holes are not the easiest to line up but they did with some elbow grease. The bracket itself is pretty flimsy- it needs to be installed sitting on something, either directly on case bottom or on fans- it will not hold up a big card by itself.My set up: I wanted to keep the bottom fans and I also have a very large ROG Ryujin AIO display block. It is a very tight fit for the 4080 Strix (its very close to 6" tall ) and the 3080ti Strix has about 3/8" of space. One of the bottom case fans is 45% blocked, but that doesnt cause any issues really. If I removed the fans, you could fit just about anything in here.. the 4080 card is huge and actually makes the large 3080ti look small. I believe the ROG 4090 is the same size, but not positive.I havent had any issues with the riser cable, it seems to work fine and is the 4.0 version. Overall this mount is far less money than the Lian Li 4.0 version vert mount and Im pleased with it as it made everything I wanted work. Only thing to keep in mind is that the metal is very flimsy and will not hold up a big card without solid footing.

This mount feels pretty solid, but I haven't held any others myself. I wouldn't bet on it holding anything as heavier than a 2-fan card tho, unless they're pretty slim otherwise. Not great for caseses that lay down either due to the lack of side brace.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -What I was using it for:- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -To be clear, what I'm about to say is on me, not the product/distributer. I was just testing if something would fit together cause I haven't found much help out there.I bought this to fit a 1660 Ti graphics card into a Dell OptiPlex 790, but it didn't work out. Even after heavy modding of this piece to fit it into the rear pcie io slots, there is not nearly enough space between where the card would set and the stock cpu cooler. I also didn't account for that I'd have to snip some pcie slot bars to make the io accessible again, which was a no-go as I am trying to preserve the case.I've looked at a few forums on Optiplex modding, and everyone seems to say something to the effect of "Dell stuff is proprietary, so you're on your own for figuring out form factor", so I guess I'll just have to find another way eventually. I did buy a Noctua low profile cpu cooler to test-fit, but it hasn't arrived yet, so we'll have to see about that. Maybe I'll update this if it fits after that.Cheers.

i build gaming systems for a living, and out of the many thousands of rigs ive put together since the late 90s, this is one of the coolest, simplest mods ive seen come down the pipe in a long time. i ordered this for my personal gaming rig, which is housed in a white Lian Li PC011 Dynamic, and my graphics card is a fat and heavy MSI Gaming X GTX 1080. once installed, it holds that gpu pretty well, tho i wouldnt want to ship it installed like that. installation in my case, with the rest of my entire system still installed, only took a few minutes. i simply removed my gpu, any extra pci slot covers and screws. then i screwed the REALLY NICE pci-e ribbon extension to the base of the mount, slotted the mount into the back of the case, and screwed in the BOTTOM thumb screw. i did that for a reason. next i slotted my big heavy graphics card into the base, and i let the whole assembly sag a little (swiveling on that bottom thumb screw) so that i could put the 2 screws in to secure my gpu. once those were tightened in, i slid it all up into place and tightened the other 2 thumb screws, and BAM, vertical gpu. it looks excellent, and really changes the whole look of my case. do take note however, if your case has ribs in between the pci slot openings in the back, about 4 or 5 of them will need to be cut out so that it is a fully open hole. my case didnt need that, so it went in super quick. id say from start to finish, it was about 15 minutes total. and now im typing this review on that system.overall, big thumbs up for Phanteks for this simple and fairly cheap mod. they are really becoming one of the better companies to offer pc customization parts, and without breaking the bank. well done