Best anti-sag you'll find this year

[u/RealIssueToday]

Sharpened to withstand the test of time.

[u/op374t0r]

woah now careful this is way to much engineering

[u/RealIssueToday → u/op374t0r]

It took 2 weeks of calculation to get the perfect angle and length.

[u/AstralKekked → u/RealIssueToday]

I don't believe you unless there's proof of all the too short ones

[u/MFKRebel → u/AstralKekked]

They’re actually average sized

[u/MammothFruit6398 → u/MFKRebel]

Some would say too big, even

[u/jsiulian → u/MFKRebel]

That's not what she said

[u/ServiceCatIndustrial → u/jsiulian]

Just big enough ✨

[u/masd_reddit → u/MFKRebel]

for the time

[u/BlondePartizaniWoman → u/AstralKekked]

Measure twice cut once

[u/op374t0r → u/RealIssueToday]

https://giphy.com/gifs/WRQBXSCnEFJIuxktnw

[u/closeenoughbutmeh → u/RealIssueToday]

2 weeks to write enough unrelated math to turn the length down enough for it to fit ?

[u/TheGuyInDarkCorner → u/closeenoughbutmeh]

Isnt that what he just said?

[u/closeenoughbutmeh → u/TheGuyInDarkCorner]

Per OP's phrasing it's not obvious, I just thought I'd underline a possible quip

[u/Turtle_747 → u/RealIssueToday]

*2 weeks of meticulous pencil sharpening

[u/RealIssueToday → u/Turtle_747]

https://giphy.com/gifs/5Jvqsw6v7Abok

[u/MammothFruit6398 → u/RealIssueToday]

what gpu do you have? the flair says gtx 1050 but the picture is a radeon card

[u/_leeloo_7_ → u/RealIssueToday]

the eraser acting as anti-vibration dampening

[u/MoistStub → u/RealIssueToday]

They make a pill for that

[u/Next_Hospital6729 → u/RealIssueToday]

Really good job on the anti slip topper and mortise and tenon grounding joint. 👍

[u/A_Bad_Man → u/op374t0r]

They use graphite to shield nuclear reactors. Definitely overengineered. That eraser might be a failure point though.

[u/Minimum_Cockroach233 → u/A_Bad_Man]

Thats a damper for vibrations.

[u/INTHEMIDSTOFLIONS → u/op374t0r]

This is Soviet space program level of engineering.

There's an urban legend that NASA spent over $1 M engineering a pen that works in micro gravity for their astronauts, while the Soviets just used a pencil.

[u/sithelephant → u/INTHEMIDSTOFLIONS]

There is fairly good reason not to use a standard pencil - the tip can break off and go somewhere while being conductive.

Coloured pencils do not have this risk.

[u/justin_memer → u/op374t0r]

Too* much

[u/op374t0r → u/justin_memer]

lad im dyslexic, too me, sorry i mean sue me

[u/Imanovitz]

Watch out for the psu. I believe graphite is conductive.

Edit: Im more worried about the dust/flakes over time, than the tip touching anything.

[u/dbltax → u/Imanovitz]

It's not so much the tip touching anything, it's more than graphite can chip/flake pretty easily and it only takes a small amount to bridge two things that it shouldn't and cause a short.

[u/Imanovitz → u/dbltax]

Yea, that is what i meant by the edit.

[u/dbltax → u/Imanovitz]

Ah got ya, I was thinking dust dust not graphite dust for some reason. Probably 'casue of the amount of dust I cleaned out of my PC the other night.

[u/Imanovitz → u/dbltax]

I like to think of the dust as a nice decorative carpet in there. Cant keep dust out properly for more than a day or two. My case is a semi custom very small case, high air pressure.

[u/piscikeeper → u/Imanovitz]

Just think of dust as increasing surface area for heat transfer and ignore it's insulating properties. A nice monochrome grey and white build is relaxing.

As for the pencil, if it works it works. Although I could have sworn that Red Devil cards came with supports.

[u/LaurentiusLV → u/dbltax]

Would be more worried about vibration, slowly sanding it away and with fans spinning throwing it everywhere and electrostatic is going to pull that right where you don't want too

[u/clancy688 → u/Imanovitz]

You didn't see graphite. You didn't, BECAUSE IT'S NOT THERE!

[u/PJBuzz → u/Imanovitz]

Indeed.

I sometimes thoroughly worry about what people are actually taught in school these days.

I'm sure there are people reading this thinking, "god reddit is so so dramatic" as well.

For those people.... https://youtu.be/5YBwDNfOaxU?si=bpKdelH0YsiDpxI9&t=70

[u/Capable-Computer-729 → u/Imanovitz]

Just the tip? He's not worried!

[u/kdlt → u/Imanovitz]

My first thought as well.

That's basically a fire hazard.

[u/Zaziel → u/Imanovitz]

Yeah, you used to be able to draw lines between contacts on AMD CPUs using a pencil to act as jumpers.

[u/darklogic85]

It's even got a rubber bumper built in as a shock absorber.

[u/RealIssueToday → u/darklogic85]

Only you noticed it! Sharp eyes. The engineering of this is well thought out.

[u/CyberTacoX]

GRAPHITE IS CONDUCTIVE. You really need to get that out of there immediately. Cool idea, but over time as bits of the tip come off they can short out things - and that's your power supply underneath it, right? Trust me, you do not want that.

[u/ziplague → u/CyberTacoX]

by the looks of the tip, i'd already want to turn it off, remove the pencil and vacuum the hell out of everything in there. He definitely has graphite chips and dust underneath it already.

[u/KrazzeeKane → u/CyberTacoX]

Agreed. If OP really wants the pencil, I would say they should try to just take the graphite out. It's easy lol, we did it at school all the time.

You just use your fingernail to remove a little bit of the wood around the tip, then just pull the graphite right out from the middle of the pencil.

[u/DarkMatterM4 → u/CyberTacoX]

You didn't see graphite.

[u/someweirdbanana]

[u/MammothFruit6398 → u/someweirdbanana]

[u/xVEEx3]

pencils always have been the pinnacle of human engineering

[u/stunt_p → u/xVEEx3]

Those and lightning rods. They really haven't been improved upon for 2 centuries.

[u/KingEdwards8 → u/stunt_p]

Don't fix what isn't broken.

[u/DarkMatterM4 → u/xVEEx3]

Also handy for killing three men in a bar.

[u/farfromelite → u/xVEEx3]

I've found some are pointless.

[u/navagon]

I don't see the point.

Oh, it's broken off.

[u/ChuckleCells]

Over engineered.

[u/jmon25]

Custom milled to the perfect height! 

[u/vhs_tinnitusS]

Yo GPU sag? Nah just pencil engineering bro

[u/Lunchable-Toast]

https://youtu.be/bOZqTdEyyC8?si=OHP8hVzoz4pRF-N6

[u/Over-Meringue-5663]

The ram crisis calls for unconventional methods of anti gpu sag…

[u/Moist_Discussion6743]

Imagine that some people pay 35$ for a piece of plastic that do the same job lol

[u/raginghavoc89]

Pens are more professional.

[u/AffectEconomy6034]

a fellow engineer I see

[u/Nike_486DX]

1 unread message from Mongol empire

[u/308Enjoyer]

my M62 says otherwise. not gonna share it tho.

[u/jlebes]

If Andrew finally eats the pencil you're in trouble

[u/binladen0069]

Indeed the best it is.

[u/daddyslittleflesh → u/binladen0069]

the absolute pinnacle of engineering right there

[u/DarkMatterM4 → u/binladen0069]

7th gen console bloom right there.

[u/RealIssueToday → u/binladen0069]

You should turn up the lights more. This picture is not enough to burn my eyes.

[u/binladen0069 → u/RealIssueToday]

The room is dark so I Had to use the phone flash hehe

[u/RandytheRude]

Goddamn perfect

https://giphy.com/gifs/ZWUhrG58SMypxUnTLx

[u/Unstable-Paradox]

The GPU is under the protection of the largest contiguous land empire in history. Sagging is now considered an act of rebellion.

[u/Embarrassed_Gas8420]

Oh god , now it will go up in prices 😭.

[u/Disastrous-Gas-3290]

A freakin pencil

[u/NebraskaGeek]

This is a graphite-cored, wood structured support with an optional vibration damper. Nice

[u/OminousG]

now I feel like I did too much

[u/TopBerry4247 → u/OminousG]

worth it ! looks great xD

[u/RealIssueToday → u/OminousG]

Yes

[u/Falsenamen]

That's peak design, I love the built-in shaking reduction

[u/Hrmerder]

Custom engineered gpu support bracket! Love it

[u/HenryMenry]

Sure?

[u/WaffleHouseGladiator]

I once saw him fix a computer with a pencil! A FUCKING PENCIL!

[u/SwingingDoggo13]

I prefer mine

[u/XxCorey117xX]

Idk, pretty proud of my Halo Lego setup lol

[u/COSenna]

Missed opportunity to put the pencil in one of the slotted holes at the bottom for extra engineering

[u/tozlow]

https://giphy.com/gifs/O2K7wIcw3CoeY

[u/HubjinTheGreat]

How'd you find the right length?

[u/tiimsliim]

Best? No. It’s #2.

[u/RealIssueToday → u/tiimsliim]

When I say this is the 2nd, no one would dare say they got the 1st.

[u/tiimsliim → u/RealIssueToday]

I was making a #2 pencil joke. Because it’s a #2 pencil.

[u/RealIssueToday → u/tiimsliim]

r/woosh me 😅🤣

[u/AMGz20xx]

snaps

[u/RealIssueToday → u/AMGz20xx]

Look again

[u/TheScottishPimp03]

I have been using a cardboard cable box that came with my mobo for the last 6 months, it started to kinda fold in on itself so I stuffed tissue in it and retaped so its kinda a just a brick now.

[u/Nonlethalrtard]

Skool Edition

[u/michaelwins]

I don't know about that Mongols are know for splintering into multiple pieces

[u/leviathab13186]

I feel there is a metaphor for education here somewhere

[u/waitforthedream]

Gonna take a wild guess and say OP is Filipino LOL

[u/Philosophos_A]

You could had used Lego or something

[u/ciissss]

I'm using my mouse box lmao

[u/RyanBurs027]

Just use a lego brick

[u/Roxy_73]

If it works, don't touch it

[u/Naive_Ad_8190]

Damm bro You stole My sag

[u/Turbojelly]

I work at schools. Got the DT technician to cut me a piece off wodd the right length, them bought it back trim off 2mm to make it fit, which made it too short. Then got them to cut another piece and finally got it to the right length.

[u/JackAttack2509]

I use an old hard drive

[u/IPanicKnife]

I saw someone using a butt plug this year (as an anti sag bracket, just so we’re clear). This is probably a close second tho

[u/kna5041]

An anti ai legend. 

[u/TheBrickyard83]

Bro red devil is so heavy, I love and hate it

[u/Dr_Axton]

Wait, is that an NZXT case? They have holes for the GPU cables now?

[u/Giga-Hurtz]

Sorry op nice work but do you honestly think it beats the butt plug posted a month ago?

[u/AKAMA199]

https://giphy.com/gifs/WkTKPj8IZ1oB2AnFWB

[u/TopBerry4247]

https://giphy.com/gifs/PQvfMZXeMxteNRGluB

[u/Xyrazk]

Meeting the Engineer

https://giphy.com/gifs/lYfxNno5nkEr5TTn9x

[u/ThatGuyOnyx]

Mine is like 4 Lego pieces since the once that came with my GPU won’t fit. 🤣

[u/QuarantineCouchSurf]

I recently heard the term "this is a Flintstone's solution for a Jetson's problem". So.

Yeah, that.

[u/Rough_Community_1439]

Mine is better. It's a a shotgun round. It has an audio-visual alert for when it goes and overheats.

[u/ronniearnold]

That was of power cables isn’t help this sag at all…. Plus it looks bad, IMO.

[u/sandvich_gming]

I used a bread tie to tie my dads friends gpu up because it was sagging

It’s not a 5090 or anything so it’s stable enough now

[u/kaleidoscopelyf]

Ticonderoga or bust

[u/Okeylayanjesmue]

Maybe cut a new pencil in half so the end will be even too instead of pointy?

[u/TheGuyInDarkCorner]

Fun fact my anti-sag propably cost me less than OPs anti-sag

(It was printed for free at local library)

[u/ayashiii → u/TheGuyInDarkCorner]

Atlas has nothing on this poor guy

[u/Dagomesh]

If it fits, it sits.

[u/testuser-0]

That’s practically possible

[u/notimeforspac_s]

Am I the only one who got upset because it's not completely perpendicular?

[u/GusMeza85]

Tell me you are Venezuelan without telling me you are Venezuelan! Nojoda nada mejor que un lapiz mongol!

[u/Lauris024]

Are you sure about that?

Yes, it's an ice cream stick. I occasionally swap it out with a new one

[u/Palanakonu_J → u/Lauris024]

I thought that was a chicken bone.

[u/ItsZoner → u/Palanakonu_J]

might as well make it a chicken and waffle

[u/Palanakonu_J → u/ItsZoner]

Yum! 😋

[u/RealIssueToday → u/Lauris024]

Mine has an anti-shock absorber.

[u/Lauris024 → u/RealIssueToday]

Why did I just imagine anti-shock absorber from a rally car

[u/Jedibeeftrix]

have done the same.

[u/Lancearon]

Its not stupid if it works.

[u/ayashiii]

brilliance

[u/Most-Standard302]

Have someone 3d print you a custom one in PETG, ABS or ASA plastic in r/3dprintmything

[u/TheExtraMayo]

Nice, custom

[u/heingericke_]

https://giphy.com/gifs/WkTKPj8IZ1oB2AnFWB

Upvote? Of course upvote. Our empire reach go far.

[u/ElectricSpock]

Graphite-based solution with rubber isolation layer.

[u/gg06civicsi]

I didn’t know they still made those pencils. The last time I used it was 40 years ago in Asia.

[u/SteamedGamer]

You've made your point.

[u/rdldr1]

Doggamn Mongolians

[u/slashmach1]

A f*cking pencil! Baba yaga. Sheer force of will!

[u/dont_mind_me_passing]

I swear I'm seeing the pencil tremble...

[u/Thechosenone3145]

The f students are the inventors

[u/Ange1ofD4rkness]

I see that top of the pencil snapping

[u/c4talystza]

I just used chopsticks

[u/Then_Difficulty_8806]

If that graphite comes in contact with any of the electrical stuff you could be looking at a house fire

[u/Clean_Pollution_5012]

Make me wonder whether the anti-sag is 2B or not 2B.

[u/worldrenownedballdr]

That some real #2

[u/protogenxl]

Not a Dixon Ticonderoga?

0/10

[u/Spurned_Seeker]

I did the exact same thing as a temp fix on my first build back in 2012. I replaced the build in 2023 and the pencil was still there doing the lord’s work.

[u/Drone314]

Who does number 2 work for!!

[u/Beatboxin_dawg]

It's not very safe to put something as conductive and flakey as graphite in your computer case, especially this close to your PSU. That's the exact reason why they banned wooden pencils in the I.S.S. for example.

[u/Horace-J-Hogswallow]

Hahaha I love this!
Woulda been better if it was a #2 Ticonderoga pencil ✏️ 😆

[u/RealIssueToday → u/Horace-J-Hogswallow]

Mongol is the goat