Turning a graphics card 90 degrees?

I am a bus driver. I am in need of a laptop, but I really do not want a laptop. I need to bring my development projects with me on the road, and some of them require more power than any laptop I can afford would give.

What I would like to do is a little more bold. I want to design a case that is just big enough for the components and design a folding lid for the guts of my 23" monitor. Basically, it would be a thick laptop, sans keyboard and trackpad, with a full desktop system inside.

I know this sounds crazy, but when I am traveling, I am the one making the vehicle move, so I can only use the computer at the hotel. Size is not too big of an issue, but I still do not want a full size case.

Anyway, I would like to keep the GTX 260 I am currently using. However, it is too tall for the case I have in mind. What I need is a card that plugs into the PCI Express slot and redirects it 90 degrees. I know things like this exist, but I have no idea where to find one.

Any ideas? I could design this card myself, but the connector is hard to find and that is a hell of a lot of pins to solder...

I believe you could find said item by looking on server retail sites as they are often used in 1 and 2u racks. I would also check/post in the case modding sub-forum. I have seen a thread with someone who had this item (IIRC it was project: rackmount overkill).

Edit: It's not rackmount overkill, but I'll keep looking.

Edit edit: Couldn't find the thread, but found this. Pm him to find out where he got his.

Edit edit edit: Sigh. Looked at that and it's AGP. Maybe you should just try the server sites.

ChanceCoats123 said:

I believe you could find said item by looking on server retail sites as they are often used in 1 and 2u racks. I would also check/post in the case modding sub-forum. I have seen a thread with someone who had this item (IIRC it was project: rackmount overkill).

Edit: It's not rackmount overkill, but I'll keep looking.

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Awesome! Now that I knew where to look, I was able to find it on NewEgg. Never thought to look in the server section.

Thanks!

Glad you got it worked out! haha

Be aware server chassis are loud and use non-standard power supplies.
2U Rackmount cases can fit 80mm fans and a variety of CPU heatsinks, make sure to get one that will allow for a riser instead of just low-profile.

However... if you don't need a multi-processor supercomputer on the road, you can make an ITX system, not much bigger than a game console and lots of power, you could have a quadcore and high-end graphics card(or GTX 260).