LINKUP - AVA5 PCIE 5.0 Riser Cable | RTX5090 RX9070 GPU Ready | x16 128GB/s Speed | Compatible with PCIe 4.0 | Designed for ITX | Single Reverse Straight, Black 23cm (Total Length 27.5cm)

This is my second riser cable from LinkUp, the first was a longer double reverse in my old sandwich style build - which couldn't be reused for this one.So far so good in my new build - I installed the 5cm riser for my fat boi Astral 5090 in my Ncase M2. Even at 5cm, there is a bend in the cable, so I'm glad I didn't have to go with a longer one. Originally I ordered a 10cm, but Amazon returns made it easy to swap that out for the 5cm once I had the card in hand and realized it would be longer than I needed. I have the '3rd gen', which really doesn't matter since I don't have the cable attached to the case. Connection between the motherboard and the GPU is solid. Because of the right angle, I was able to place a slim fan underneath the GPU at the rear of the case. Some people don't like the red accents on the gen 1 and gen 3, it doesn't really matter to me. I guess I like the smaller board on the Gen 3 because it blocks less air flow from the fan, but that probably doesn't matter.No errors or black screens, it appears that I am getting full 5.0 without any degradation or need to lower the specs in the BIOS. What else can I say? It does what it's supposed to and lets me use this card in this case. I don't usually write reviews but I gather from Reddit that Linkup is a smaller company and listens to feedback from customers, so I wanted to give them props where it is due.

Worked great for my lian li a4-h20, replaced the stock riser cable which was defective out of the box. This was the perfect length, and ran at gen 5 speeds immediately!

I have been vertically mounting GPU's for awhile, I upgraded to a 3090 RTX card when available and had to switch back to horizontal mounting. Why? Because the vertical mounting kit I was previously using had a riser cable that simply did not work with Nvidia 3000 series GPU's.Ordered this cable and it works now, back to vertical mounting! I ordered the 20cm, my case is a Lian Li 011 XL. To be honest it is a tiny bit long, I think I could have gotten by with the 15cm cable, but it would have been a close fit.With newer cards like the 3080 etc I would even suggest vertical mounting is functionally a better choice too in a large case. I saw the temps on my RAM and various other system points go down anywhere from 2-5 celcius after switching back to vertical. This is because the horizontal mount blocked the intake from the fans at the bottom of my case, and placed the GPU much much closer to the other components on the mobo. Meanwhile the GPU itself under full load basically hit the same max temp regardless of mounting orientation.UPDATED NOTES: I am seeing the same questions asked constantly and relentlessly, which cable should I buy, what length, etc etc etc. The answers are almost always the same, so read on if you want to know which one you should buy or if you even should buy one.1: Right angle or Straight?Answer - Is your case an ITX case? If not, the answer is Right Angle, the end. Doesn't matter if it is full tower, mid tower, or what vertical mounting adapter you are using. Unless your case is an ITX case you want the Right Angle version. If you ARE using an ITX or Mini ITX case you want the Straight angle.2: Will it work with my motherboard XYZ into infinity? Answer - Is the primary PCI Express slot of your motherboard PCI-E 3.0 or higher compliant? If the answer is yes, then yes, this cable will work with your motherboard.3: Which length should I buy?Answer 1 - If your case is a ATX Mid Tower or Full Tower case you are almost guaranteed to be fine with the 20cm length. If anything it will probably be slightly long. You may even be okay with the 15 cm length, for example with the Phanteks P500A case (which I have used in computer builds) the 15cm version will be long enough though it will be a little snug. Any less than 15 I probably wouldn't risk it unless you are vertically mounting the GPU in the highest possible position. For reference both of the riser cables included with the old Phanteks vertical mount kit and the new EKWB kits are around 18cm.Answer 2 - But what if I have an ITX case? Then you probably already had a riser cable included with the case. You need to remove that riser cable, measure it, and order accordingly. I am sorry but doing anything else is just rolling the dice unless you have specific manufacturer documentation stating the required length.4: The question you should ask but probably don't... Do I even need this cable?Answer - That depends. Do you need to replace your existing riser cable for some reason? Maybe it went bad or there was a recall on it? If so than this cable is a good choice. Alternatively, are you in my situation where you upgraded to a newer card like a RXT 3080 or Ryzen 6800XT and your new GPU wouldn't work with your old riser cable? Then yes, this cable is a great buy.However if you are buying this cable for no reason other than "PCI-E 4.0!!!!!!" You absolutely do not need, and should not buy this cable. You are extremely unlikely to get true PCI-E 4.0 speed over a riser cable, even this one. Also extensive tests have been done by many trusted tech groups and reviewers that have proven forced PCI-E 4.0 has extremely minimal performance gain over 3.0. Most often less than 5% gain, sometimes as little as 1%. A theoretical maybe gain of a couple percent (which translates generally to only 1-3 frames) is not worth 70 dollars.The thing that makes this cable good is that it has been factory tested with all modern graphics cards and is guaranteed to work with them. No other riser cable on the market that I know of, and certainly no included riser cable that comes with a kit, can claim the same. The PCI-E 4.0 compatibility is a cool marketing spiel, but it is not a reason to buy this riser cable. 4.0 compliance does not mean 4.0 speeds.

Extremely well made, high quality feel, and build. I would go to say this is made of better materials than the motherboard slot itself. If you want a riser cable, get the best, get linkup AVA. Now I just need to get a 20cm double reverse, and two 5cm right angle ones. **Maybe they will send them to me for "testing" ;) if I ask nice enough. lol**

Edit::PC started freezing after a week. Thought it was everything else until I tried without the riser. Ordered a replacement and received one that was obviously used and/or damaged. Don't waste your money.Very good quality, perfect fit, easy to work with, and worked perfectly fine out of the box. Was having issues with new AM5 board and 50 series card using a 4.0 riser. This solved all the issues. I use the Lian Li vertical GPU mount and it paired great with it with 0 issues.

The media could not be loaded. If anyone has ever heard the term glass cannon and knows what it means you will understand what this thing is. It is not to be tinkered or fk'd with. Look at the instructions, figure out which hole set it yours, install it, and leave it alone! Make sure you anchor your card down properly with the screws into the vertical mount, do not let the weight of the card rest on the riser without that support.Well, when I connected the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 32GB GDDR7 PCI Express 5.0 ATX Graphics Card GV-N5090AORUSM ICE-32GD to the GIGABYTE X870E AORUS PRO ICE AM5 motherboard it was glitching because I have a Gen 5 NVME in slot 1 and a gen 4 NVME in slot SB. Technically that should have left me 16 Gen 5 lanes for the GPU but I couldn't get it to work. Then I plugged in this riser and BAM Instant fix on all devices and all lanes! Be careful the device and the cable is delicate but damn it hauls data!! THIS THING FCKING SCREAMS ON DATA SPEED! But, please for the love of all things digital, please exercise some critical thinking on installation. We DO NOT HAVE a lot of gen 5 riser options out there and despite this thing being delicate it has the flexibility and versatility to do what most of need while actually giving us a full 16 lanes of gen 5! Yes, they need to make it more durable but lets not frack this up for everyone else. We need access to riser cables like this!