I found a review online, they have some pics of it open, just search for Alienware Aurora R5 review, the pics aren't great but it looks like since it's a compact motherboard that the cards are going to be directly under each other in SLI, which means the short bridge option.
Thanks! Yeah that's what I was asking. Or even if you knew the exact measurement in mm but I figured that would be way to hard to get unless you had one sitting in front of you.
I think he was just asking if there is a slot or two between the full length PCIe (graphics card) slots on that model, or if they are directly under each other.
Thanks for the note. Are you using flexible bridge even on dual GTX 1080s. I though only the legacy LED or new HB ones will work with the new pascal chips. Anyway, being medium answers my question, so I'll order one to get here before my Aurora ships.
My only concern is you have a 70mm SLI bridge, and Nvidia standards are 60mm and 80mm for their HB and legacy LED ones. I'm going to assume 60mm but buy both and return the one that doesn't work.
Look forward to the new Aurora, looks like a beautiful machine!
Courtesy TechRadar.com R5 Editor's Review by Kevin Lee
"With the higher-spec PSU, I plugged in a second Nvidia GTX 1080 for my enjoyment … err, I mean, testing. The system ran like a dream with the extra card, but I couldn't close the system up due to Nvidia's stylish SLI bridges being too tall and clipping against the power supply assembly. So, you'll either have to run the system with the door open or look into a different SLI bridge with less flair".
Begin Original Post, a copy/paste from my R5 Buyer Upgrade Guide
As of tonight, the only bridges available for both systems are flexible. 5N9GT = Nvidia flexible Dual-SLI bridge Y87T6 = AMD flexible Dual-CFX bridge
5N9GT Flexible 70mm SLI bridge
You can see from this picture below that the video cards are far enough apart to need the above wider SLI bridge.
The SLI setup in the Studio still above is not a pair of Pascal 1080s. The Maxwell cards above are using dual 8pin power while 1080 FE uses one 8pin power cable. This in & of itself does not excuse the use of a cheap flex-bridge, since designer bridges are available standard on Area-51 for these older cards:
The use of the flex-bridge on Maxwell cards is either an obscene cost-cut, a stand-in product until a designer bridge is available for older (& newer) cards, or worst case scenario:
rigid bridges can not fit in that space between card & power supply frame
we'd have reason to suspect one can, of course
At E3, I saw no dual-1080 setups. The above Live Product World Debut is highly peculiar in that it only shows one 1080? Surely there were dozens of 1080s on hand in order to display a 1080 SLI config, or one could have been produced at any point, either above live or live at E3, & should have been put out on display. As I said, I saw no 1080 SLI at E3, & not due to a lack of cards (or flex-bridges).
The solo-card on display here & at E3 convention; either they did not want to produce an SLI config using a cheap flex-bridge for public viewing (begging the qwestion: where is the new specially designed performance enhancing HB bridge?) or subseqwent media coverage (viewable photos online), or no HB bridges were available at the time, or the fact is an HB bridge can not exist in that physical space. I get the impression that to display 1080 SLI using a flex-bridge was deemed a poor (launch debut press media publicity event) decision, for whatever reason. I could continue but won't.
As you mentioned, there is no dual-1080 config on the sales menu yet: that may be due to simple supply & demand which will cure itself soon. In the meantime, we await word on the HB bridge. It would be unacceptable to purposely not provide & ship an HB bridge, since the flex-bridge is considered a low bandwidth performance robbing part, in a world where the sales page says this:
I would demand the HB bridge
I posted to help resolve the idea that those aren't 1080s pictured & therefore can not inform us about the new bridge. Dual 1080s are not an option yet either. No one I know of would purchase dual-1080s from Aliens.com if the HB bridge was purposely not included. We'd expect a designer bridge as A-51 gets, whether it is for Maxwell or Pascal. Be advised of the numerous implications of the above please. Before 1080s are an option, & before we get our 1st glimpse at an intended as-shipped SLI config, we can't know if the flex-bridge, or the HB bridge is what the customer gets, or if the HB bridge fits the space. I assume it should. I've yet to look into it, but it's possible R5 needs a special-size & NVidia is slow to manufacture them in qwantity yet. I wish I knew. Anyone who purchases a solo-card & buys a second elsewhere, then attempts to install an HB bridge can please post here with a photo, to inform us of the outcome. I would purchase a cheap flex-bridge in the meantime too, in the event the standard NVidia bridge was wrong for this motherboard, due to physical distance between cards.
An inability for R5 buyers for any reason not to be able to use the specially-made performance enhancing HB bridge (either standard NVidia or custom Alienware / EVGA-type) would be a resounding defeat. Clearly. For its world debut, I expected it be shown with 1080 SLI even if a flex-bridge was substituted in the interim & with the caveat an HB bridge was forthcoming due to: reasons
R5 Corporate Slogan
1080s better get an HB bridge or I dare say that slogan would need a serious re-think
they have to confirm or deny, since no one in the public domain yet can
"Luckily, I have two of the NVDIA light-up bridges from 2015 – one for two-way SLI (with one “finger” connector) and one for three-way SLI (with two “finger” connectors – which should more closely mirror the upcoming SLI HB bridge) – is there a performance difference?" ie Maxwell rigid bridge per A-51
the page informs us of the one-finger vs two-finger bridge & performance comparison
from official AlienTube Aurora Tech Talk vid posted June 14
Note: not 1080s, but they are Maxwell cards
Note that customers will receive red video connectors per World Debut video, not black shown above
can a rigid bridge exist in that space? & why only one flex bridge & not two?
They typically charge a little more for SLI configs to account for the cost of the designer bridge, & there are no SLI configs for sale yet. Supply issue? Space Issue? Tight wads?
Stay tuned.
You absolutely need your R5 to come with an HB Bridge or to upgrade to one some day. Period.
HB Bridge ain't the type of fat a person wants meticulously cut from the 1080 1070 owning experience
They are only dell parts. We are talking about first-party NVIDIA rigid bridges though that you can order direct from NVIDIA that are designed for the 1080/1070.
If I had a second video card for my Area 51-R2, for testing, I would purchase the 3 slot 60.96mm SLI HB (High Bandwidth) bridge. The older non-HB bridges are not for the Titan X, GTX 1080, and GTX 1070 video cards.
"With the higher-spec PSU, I plugged in a second Nvidia GTX 1080 for my enjoyment … err, I mean, testing. The system ran like a dream with the extra card, but I couldn't close the system up due to Nvidia's stylish SLI bridges being too tall and clipping against the power supply assembly. So, you'll either have to run the system with the door open or look into a different SLI bridge with less flair"
- oops -
So, you'll either have to run the system with the door open or look into a different SLI bridge with less flair ...
less flair?
In what to me is an overall soft review of the desktop, at least in this instance I love hate how Mr Lee glosses over this incredibly important fact: he means less performance but can not bring himself to say it in order to raise public awareness & stir up public scrutiny over the gaming prowess or lack-there-of in R5, for some peculiar reason
We're asked to focus on the 'stylish' bridge & next told we might settle for one with less flair: clearly we've been asked to focus on aesthetics only, while the word High Bandwidth is never spoken let alone addressed & if he's unaware the HB Bridge increases performance - & that to not use one decreases performance - his skill as reviewer is in doubt, & so are his ethics. I suspect that in going soft on the performance hit by never bringing it up to begin with, he's been allowed to keep the review sample as the benefit of not blowing lid off? It is also relevant to note Alienware shipped him a review sample with only one card: I would be obliged to call that a guilty conscience on their part, lest the sample shipped with its door open
R5 is now in need of a serious revision, given 1080Ti & Titan Next will follow
now you know
my 1st post predicts & addresses the loss of the $40 HB Bridge & what it means to you the buyer & they the company hyping this product as Boundaries Not Included. If you disagree? If you agree? Let your voice be heard
Tell them to go back to the drawing board so the HB Bridge works: Aurora R5.1
The Final Verdict is in whatever ships to customer that ordered SLI
If R5 has a specially designed 'proprietary' HB bridge which no one has seen yet that accounts for space requirements, be advised the standard-issue Nvidia part will not work, à la Mr Lee
edit
Good to know. I have the part number and description of the Aurora-R5/Area 51-R2 Dell rigid SLI bridge. I have not seen any pictures of it yet nor is it "live" in the parts page. Hopefully a customer with dual video cards and the Aurora-R5 or Area 51-R2 can pull their bridge and check the part number. G5V8F = Rigid 3 slot 60.96mm SLI HB bridge
as I said, now the complete loss of the $40 bridge
Typical market value of 2way / 3way bridges are $30 $40. Area-51 R2 3way bridge is an outlandish $140, or priced $100 over its relative value
If Mr M is correct that a proprietary bridge is in the works (at least for A-51), one does wonder what its price will be, given its possibly unique nature: $100. An attempt to capitalize on the psu that will not shut ... how fortuitous ... making lemonade from lemons ... I smell a windfall of those profits we spoke of just the other day Mr M, don't you
EVGA.com has their own HB bridges now ~$30 $40: the public's encouraged to look into their offerings as Mr M encouraged others to look into the $40 NVidia offerings; details are sketchy on all fronts, I have nothing for offerings short of the photo, whose flat upper portion may or may not Goldilox & be or not be the part you're looking for
the cost of G5V8F direct from Dell should publish soon, in this thread where it belongs; pictures should publish here as well
Alienbook has linked to TechRadar's soft review & is using the photo of the HB bridge to stir up publicity: they neither shipped Mr Lee two cards & then failed to publish the glaring photo of their psu that won't shut, to suitably, unequivocally & in no uncertain terms warn the public. The best laugh I had all night, before having this one ...
With digging, I find hate Comments among a good Qwestion posted on Abook page above July 1:
Appraise the situation: it appears the pair of trolling derogatory comments (above) - both posted after the question - have escaped into the wild, were both released from the Facebook viewing filter through direct human (staff) intervention, because they are available for, & as encouraged free public viewing ... open fodder, hand-picked food for thought for open public debate as well
The same human hands & mind that had to decide the merits of the hateful comments & then click a button to release them from the filter out into the open could not respond to the question, passed over the question instead to get to the other more pressing comments; let alone release it into the wild as simply 'asked but unanswered'. What to me seems a thoughtful sensible public inquiry which tries to draw conclusions from the review & HB SLI photo & asks for clarification from those selling the computer itself over the items which will or will not be sold to the public, the curiosities are purposely trapped inside the viewing filter by thoughtful design, quarantined, blocked from free immediate public view or open public debate & shall remain that way so long as it remains unanswered by staff, by design
--> Can you advise the public-at-large <--
the person asks a good question
Alienware has no desire to advise the public: a dumbed-down consumer is preferential
but I certainly can. right here. right now
In a surprising turn of events, the person in charge at the desk of Facebook has subjectively chosen the 'lesser of two evils': to publish two instances of hatred against the company or what they stand for in lieu of a surprisingly fresh, never-before-had open public discussion on what is shipping to buyer's or potential buyers, given today is the 1st real look at both a dual-1080 eqwipped machine with at least some form of HB bridge mounted to it, why it won't close & what they plan to do about it or can not do about it for the customer. Surely they anticipated inquiry over this very thing by virtue of the fact they linked the public to the review to begin with
why have that discussion when one can invoke their right to remain silent & collect a paycheck
- the irony present in all aspects of my post here top to color:#8a659a;">delicious once contemplated -
Good to know. I have the part number and description of the Aurora-R5/Area 51-R2 Dell rigid SLI bridge. I have not seen any pictures of it yet nor is it "live" in the parts page. Hopefully a customer with dual video cards and the Aurora-R5 or Area 51-R2 can pull their bridge and check the part number. G5V8F = Rigid 3 slot 60.96mm SLI HB bridge
Update July 18, due to the cost and non-availability of the rigid HB bridge, we have decided to move away from it and instead use a flexible HB bridge. As of today, I do not have the part number. A reviewer was able to use a rigid Nvidia SLI HB bridge and close the case cover once he flipped the bridge. He had installed it upside down.
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I found a review online, they have some pics of it open, just search for Alienware Aurora R5 review, the pics aren't great but it looks like since it's a compact motherboard that the cards are going to be directly under each other in SLI, which means the short bridge option.
Sooners151
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Thanks! Yeah that's what I was asking. Or even if you knew the exact measurement in mm but I figured that would be way to hard to get unless you had one sitting in front of you.
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We're using use a medium-sized, flexible SLI bridge. The ones on that link are all rigid.
Namol04
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I think he was just asking if there is a slot or two between the full length PCIe (graphics card) slots on that model, or if they are directly under each other.
Sooners151
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Thanks for the note. Are you using flexible bridge even on dual GTX 1080s. I though only the legacy LED or new HB ones will work with the new pascal chips. Anyway, being medium answers my question, so I'll order one to get here before my Aurora ships.
Thanks again.
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5N9GT Flexible 70mm SLI bridge
You can see from this picture below that the video cards are far enough apart to need the above wider SLI bridge.
Sooners151
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Yep, thanks Chris,
My only concern is you have a 70mm SLI bridge, and Nvidia standards are 60mm and 80mm for their HB and legacy LED ones. I'm going to assume 60mm but buy both and return the one that doesn't work.
Look forward to the new Aurora, looks like a beautiful machine!
Namol04
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June 20th, 2016 16:00
Nice pic, that would be the medium size on the fixed bridges then.
I think there is a new type of SLI bridge for the 1080 GTX, so the other ones may not work, not sure.
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7.01.16 HB SLI Bridge spotted
Courtesy TechRadar.com R5 Editor's Review by Kevin Lee
"With the higher-spec PSU, I plugged in a second Nvidia GTX 1080 for my enjoyment … err, I mean, testing. The system ran like a dream with the extra card, but I couldn't close the system up due to Nvidia's stylish SLI bridges being too tall and clipping against the power supply assembly. So, you'll either have to run the system with the door open or look into a different SLI bridge with less flair".
Begin Original Post, a copy/paste from my R5 Buyer Upgrade Guide
The SLI setup in the Studio still above is not a pair of Pascal 1080s. The Maxwell cards above are using dual 8pin power while 1080 FE uses one 8pin power cable. This in & of itself does not excuse the use of a cheap flex-bridge, since designer bridges are available standard on Area-51 for these older cards:The use of the flex-bridge on Maxwell cards is either an obscene cost-cut, a stand-in product until a designer bridge is available for older (& newer) cards, or worst case scenario:
At E3, I saw no dual-1080 setups. The above Live Product World Debut is highly peculiar in that it only shows one 1080? Surely there were dozens of 1080s on hand in order to display a 1080 SLI config, or one could have been produced at any point, either above live or live at E3, & should have been put out on display. As I said, I saw no 1080 SLI at E3, & not due to a lack of cards (or flex-bridges).
The solo-card on display here & at E3 convention; either they did not want to produce an SLI config using a cheap flex-bridge for public viewing (begging the qwestion: where is the new specially designed performance enhancing HB bridge?) or subseqwent media coverage (viewable photos online), or no HB bridges were available at the time, or the fact is an HB bridge can not exist in that physical space. I get the impression that to display 1080 SLI using a flex-bridge was deemed a poor (launch debut press media publicity event) decision, for whatever reason. I could continue but won't.
As you mentioned, there is no dual-1080 config on the sales menu yet: that may be due to simple supply & demand which will cure itself soon. In the meantime, we await word on the HB bridge. It would be unacceptable to purposely not provide & ship an HB bridge, since the flex-bridge is considered a low bandwidth performance robbing part, in a world where the sales page says this:
I would demand the HB bridge
I posted to help resolve the idea that those aren't 1080s pictured & therefore can not inform us about the new bridge. Dual 1080s are not an option yet either. No one I know of would purchase dual-1080s from Aliens.com if the HB bridge was purposely not included. We'd expect a designer bridge as A-51 gets, whether it is for Maxwell or Pascal. Be advised of the numerous implications of the above please. Before 1080s are an option, & before we get our 1st glimpse at an intended as-shipped SLI config, we can't know if the flex-bridge, or the HB bridge is what the customer gets, or if the HB bridge fits the space. I assume it should. I've yet to look into it, but it's possible R5 needs a special-size & NVidia is slow to manufacture them in qwantity yet. I wish I knew. Anyone who purchases a solo-card & buys a second elsewhere, then attempts to install an HB bridge can please post here with a photo, to inform us of the outcome. I would purchase a cheap flex-bridge in the meantime too, in the event the standard NVidia bridge was wrong for this motherboard, due to physical distance between cards.
An inability for R5 buyers for any reason not to be able to use the specially-made performance enhancing HB bridge (either standard NVidia or custom Alienware / EVGA-type) would be a resounding defeat. Clearly. For its world debut, I expected it be shown with 1080 SLI even if a flex-bridge was substituted in the interim & with the caveat an HB bridge was forthcoming due to: reasons
R5 Corporate Slogan
1080s better get an HB bridge or I dare say that slogan would need a serious re-think
they have to confirm or deny, since no one in the public domain yet can
"Luckily, I have two of the NVDIA light-up bridges from 2015 – one for two-way SLI (with one “finger” connector) and one for three-way SLI (with two “finger” connectors – which should more closely mirror the upcoming SLI HB bridge) – is there a performance difference?" ie Maxwell rigid bridge per A-51
the page informs us of the one-finger vs two-finger bridge & performance comparison
from official AlienTube Aurora Tech Talk vid posted June 14
Note: not 1080s, but they are Maxwell cards
Note that customers will receive red video connectors per World Debut video, not black shown above
can a rigid bridge exist in that space? & why only one flex bridge & not two?
They typically charge a little more for SLI configs to account for the cost of the designer bridge, & there are no SLI configs for sale yet. Supply issue? Space Issue? Tight wads?
Stay tuned.
You absolutely need your R5 to come with an HB Bridge or to upgrade to one some day. Period.
HB Bridge ain't the type of fat a person wants meticulously cut from the 1080 1070 owning experience
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As of tonight, the only bridges available for both systems are flexible.
5N9GT = Nvidia flexible Dual-SLI bridge
Y87T6 = AMD flexible Dual-CFX bridge
Namol04
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June 21st, 2016 06:00
They are only dell parts. We are talking about first-party NVIDIA rigid bridges though that you can order direct from NVIDIA that are designed for the 1080/1070.
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www.geforce.com/.../geforce-gtx-1080 hes wondering which one will fit. Id also like to know
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If I had a second video card for my Area 51-R2, for testing, I would purchase the 3 slot 60.96mm SLI HB (High Bandwidth) bridge. The older non-HB bridges are not for the Titan X, GTX 1080, and GTX 1070 video cards.
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1st look at R5 with Nvidia High Bandwidth SLI HB Bridge: performance enhancing part
courtesyTechRadar.com Editor's Reviewby Kevin Lee
"With the higher-spec PSU, I plugged in a second Nvidia GTX 1080 for my enjoyment … err, I mean, testing. The system ran like a dream with the extra card, but I couldn't close the system up due to Nvidia's stylish SLI bridges being too tall and clipping against the power supply assembly. So, you'll either have to run the system with the door open or look into a different SLI bridge with less flair"
- oops -
So, you'll either have to run the system with the door open or look into a different SLI bridge with less flair ...
less flair?
In what to me is an overall soft review of the desktop, at least in this instance I love hate how Mr Lee glosses over this incredibly important fact: he means less performance but can not bring himself to say it in order to raise public awareness & stir up public scrutiny over the gaming prowess or lack-there-of in R5, for some peculiar reason
We're asked to focus on the 'stylish' bridge & next told we might settle for one with less flair: clearly we've been asked to focus on aesthetics only, while the word High Bandwidth is never spoken let alone addressed & if he's unaware the HB Bridge increases performance - & that to not use one decreases performance - his skill as reviewer is in doubt, & so are his ethics. I suspect that in going soft on the performance hit by never bringing it up to begin with, he's been allowed to keep the review sample as the benefit of not blowing lid off? It is also relevant to note Alienware shipped him a review sample with only one card: I would be obliged to call that a guilty conscience on their part, lest the sample shipped with its door open
R5 is now in need of a serious revision, given 1080Ti & Titan Next will follow
now you know
my 1st post predicts & addresses the loss of the $40 HB Bridge & what it means to you the buyer & they the company hyping this product as Boundaries Not Included. If you disagree? If you agree? Let your voice be heard
Tell them to go back to the drawing board so the HB Bridge works: Aurora R5.1
The Final Verdict is in whatever ships to customer that ordered SLI
If R5 has a specially designed 'proprietary' HB bridge which no one has seen yet that accounts for space requirements, be advised the standard-issue Nvidia part will not work, à la Mr Lee
edit
as I said, now the complete loss of the $40 bridge
Typical market value of 2way / 3way bridges are $30 $40. Area-51 R2 3way bridge is an outlandish $140, or priced $100 over its relative value
If Mr M is correct that a proprietary bridge is in the works (at least for A-51), one does wonder what its price will be, given its possibly unique nature: $100. An attempt to capitalize on the psu that will not shut ... how fortuitous ... making lemonade from lemons ... I smell a windfall of those profits we spoke of just the other day Mr M, don't you
![Ea.JPG]()
EVGA.com has their own HB bridges now ~$30 $40: the public's encouraged to look into their offerings as Mr M encouraged others to look into the $40 NVidia offerings; details are sketchy on all fronts, I have nothing for offerings short of the photo, whose flat upper portion may or may not Goldilox & be or not be the part you're looking for
the cost of G5V8F direct from Dell should publish soon, in this thread where it belongs; pictures should publish here as well
Alienbook has linked to TechRadar's soft review & is using the photo of the HB bridge to stir up publicity: they neither shipped Mr Lee two cards & then failed to publish the glaring photo of their psu that won't shut, to suitably, unequivocally & in no uncertain terms warn the public. The best laugh I had all night, before having this one ...
With digging, I find hate Comments among a good Qwestion posted on Abook page above July 1:
Appraise the situation: it appears the pair of trolling derogatory comments (above) - both posted after the question - have escaped into the wild, were both released from the Facebook viewing filter through direct human (staff) intervention, because they are available for, & as encouraged free public viewing ... open fodder, hand-picked food for thought for open public debate as well
The same human hands & mind that had to decide the merits of the hateful comments & then click a button to release them from the filter out into the open could not respond to the question, passed over the question instead to get to the other more pressing comments; let alone release it into the wild as simply 'asked but unanswered'. What to me seems a thoughtful sensible public inquiry which tries to draw conclusions from the review & HB SLI photo & asks for clarification from those selling the computer itself over the items which will or will not be sold to the public, the curiosities are purposely trapped inside the viewing filter by thoughtful design, quarantined, blocked from free immediate public view or open public debate & shall remain that way so long as it remains unanswered by staff, by design
--> Can you advise the public-at-large <--
the person asks a good question
Alienware has no desire to advise the public: a dumbed-down consumer is preferential
but I certainly can. right here. right now
In a surprising turn of events, the person in charge at the desk of Facebook has subjectively chosen the 'lesser of two evils': to publish two instances of hatred against the company or what they stand for in lieu of a surprisingly fresh, never-before-had open public discussion on what is shipping to buyer's or potential buyers, given today is the 1st real look at both a dual-1080 eqwipped machine with at least some form of HB bridge mounted to it, why it won't close & what they plan to do about it or can not do about it for the customer. Surely they anticipated inquiry over this very thing by virtue of the fact they linked the public to the review to begin with
why have that discussion when one can invoke their right to remain silent & collect a paycheck
- the irony present in all aspects of my post here top to color:#8a659a;">delicious once contemplated -
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Good to know. I have the part number and description of the Aurora-R5/Area 51-R2 Dell rigid SLI bridge. I have not seen any pictures of it yet nor is it "live" in the parts page. Hopefully a customer with dual video cards and the Aurora-R5 or Area 51-R2 can pull their bridge and check the part number.
G5V8F = Rigid 3 slot 60.96mm SLI HB bridge
Update July 18, due to the cost and non-availability of the rigid HB bridge, we have decided to move away from it and instead use a flexible HB bridge. As of today, I do not have the part number. A reviewer was able to use a rigid Nvidia SLI HB bridge and close the case cover once he flipped the bridge. He had installed it upside down.