What is a riser card?
Promo card for a printed circuit, where additional fields are added. The difference is that the direction of these expansion slots is straightforward, rather than vertical. This allows the use of standard size cards. But on a computer chassis of a smaller size than usual.
For example, it is very common to see that they are used in 1U or 2U rounds servers These types of racks do not support the use of standard mounting cards. However, with these mounting cards, the user can insert the cards, usually, they could not be inserted inside.
As we've mentioned before, these types of devices are also used in some HTPC boxes. But their size is so small that a standard size card can't be placed.
In this particular case, it is often used to help i graphics card
Card types go up
There are two types from card up:
- Solid model: is a PCB that connects directly to the expansion structure on the motherboard.
- A flexible model: Contains an attachment that attaches to the motherboard extension. There comes the data cable, which reaches the card we want to connect. This allows for better management of the space available to make card interactions.
In fact, this last type of riser card is widely used during cryptocurrency mining mode. Since motherboards didn't have the space to install all the graphics cards that users needed.
