Thermaltake AC-045-CN1OTN-C1 TT Premium PCI-E x16 3.0 Extender Riser Cable 300mm Graphic Cards Black

_Well, so far this Premium cable is working and not causing any issues.The build quality is quite nice, particularly where the cable meets the PCB boards. The EZDIY cable has two separate pieces there which flex easily and make a rather worrying noise._Price is a little on the high side, but @ $61 at time of purchase, it is quite a bit cheaper than the Lian Li & 3M cables. Perhaps those are better, I can't say. Maybe a touch longer than I'd like for the Core P3 case. Works fine, but it has to be folded a little tighter than I'd personally prefer. They do advertise that it can be bent over... though I wouldn't trust doing that. If you're able to mount the PSU with the fan facing out in your setup, you shouldn't have to bend it like I do._Note that the reviews for this premium cable & the other cable are being combined._Installed the Premium 300mm version in my system on 8/3/17.Will be sure to update this if I have issues later, I know many fellow Thermaltake Core owners in particular are having trouble.

I saw a 40-50% increase in frames in almost all my games after installing this cable. It is a huge improvement over the crap one that came with the Core P3 Case. Overwatch ran at 45-85 fps in the old cable and 145-175 on the new cable. The build quality is phenomenal, the best available in my opinion. The black strands running cable consist of a quality rubber and can be bent and twisted as needed without you worrying about it. I needed to move the GPU slightly further away form the chassis as I originally had it configured (you can see my finger is pointing towards the old screw location). This was because the cable is slightly hard to bend towards the top and bottom and keeping the GPU in its original location would uncomfortably push on the cable where it connects to the mobo. But no worries, simply moving the GPU forwards solved the pushing issue. Thermaltake thought through the cable design and included a nice ThermalTake logo in locations where the cable is visible in their "P" model cases. Very well done and highly highly recommended if you are seeing lag when using the crap cable included in their Core P3 case. The 300mm cable is a boss.

Cable passes the PCI-E GEN 3.0 Test Video Performance is Good, but does have weak EMF Shielding that allows some Buzzing in the Audio during a benchmark.

This cable is the best one for anyone wanting to mount their GPU horizontally. The other ones that are 200mm are *barely* able to reach from the socket to the GPU and when it does, it's bending the cable at an angle that could hinder the connection. The 300mm is just long enough to give soft curves in the cable and not hard bends. Also, it has been going around the internet that riser cables diminish the FPS from the GPU. For this particular cable, that is NOT TRUE. I've tested it with several games and I'm getting the same FPS that I did before mounting the GPU horizontally. I don't know about the other cables, but on this one, it is not an issue. The cable is good quality and exercising a little patience when mounting gives very little bending or creasing.

I highly suggest cutting a string or cord to whatever mm length you need for your application. Extra cord can be a pain, but not enough is also a problem. The cord works well and flexes easily. Component quality seems great. After clocking, I see no reduction in performance. Although i'm sure the connectivity performance went down, the added air circulation and cooling that was gained by moving my card away from the motherboard seems to have increased performance. I have the 300mm cable. I can not speak to the quality of other lengths, but assume that they work just as well.

The outside packaging looking fine but the anti-static packaging for the card itself was ripped open and not resealed? So this looks like a flipped return to me. The cable looked ok overall its a nice really nice cable and the cover for the fingers was in place so I just went with it. But given the price, I expect a discount for a used item and will be reaching out.

If you've read about the issues with the cable included with the Core P5 and P3, you know a replacement is the way to go. This one from ThermalTake is a bit pricy but works perfectly. I have mine connected to an EVGA GTX 1800 Ti KingPin water cooled card (does some pretty impressive performance) and I've never had an issue with corrupted images, video artifacts, freezes or stuttering. If you're going to spend the money for a P5/P3 and want your graphics card vertical, buy this at the same time.

Great company , I Bought this to try to display my graphics card and all the LED on it.. However the stand i bought to use this with didn't fit and i had to return the product. I will say this , i did a lot of research into these PCI cables and this one had the best reviews by far out of all the brands.. I wanted a cable that would lose its speed or cause overheating and this is the one if your having to go distances. Linus Tech even has a video attaching several feet and not loosing speed on data. Any who they let me return the product and was fast on the return.. I will always keep them in mind for future business and i feel safe with them.