Problem fitting a gfx card

I've just bought a used 9800GTX+ card for my son through a forum,
but it's so long and, being of double-width, so thick that it
wouldn't fit in either of my two computers.

The first problem is that it protrudes into the space occupied by
the hard disk rack, but I can deal with that. The second, more
serious one, is that the card sits over the SATA and front USB
headers on my motherboards. I've looked at pictures of several
other motherboards and it seems that many (most?) of them
wouldn't accept the card without blocking something vital.

This problem must have been faced by many others wanting to use
similarly-built cards, but I've never come across any mention of
the problem. Is there a solution other than looking for a
suitable new motherboard? Thanks in advance for any help.

pawihte wrote:
I've just bought a used 9800GTX+ card for my son through a forum,
but it's so long and, being of double-width, so thick that it
wouldn't fit in either of my two computers.

Is there a solution other than looking for a
suitable new motherboard? T

How about looking for/ finding/ a suitably sized/configured gfx card?

--
Mike Easter

On 8/16/2010 9:09 AM, pawihte wrote:
I've just bought a used 9800GTX+ card for my son through a forum,
but it's so long and, being of double-width, so thick that it
wouldn't fit in either of my two computers.

The first problem is that it protrudes into the space occupied by
the hard disk rack, but I can deal with that. The second, more
serious one, is that the card sits over the SATA and front USB
headers on my motherboards. I've looked at pictures of several
other motherboards and it seems that many (most?) of them
wouldn't accept the card without blocking something vital.

This problem must have been faced by many others wanting to use
similarly-built cards, but I've never come across any mention of
the problem. Is there a solution other than looking for a
suitable new motherboard? Thanks in advance for any help.



When deciding to use a large video card it becomes necessary to consider
using a larger gaming case and an SLI/Crossfire compatible motherboard.
The larger cases will accommodate the larger cards without hitting the
drive bays. The newer motherboards position the headers out of the way
of the space that two or more cards will occupy.

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On 8/16/2010 9:09 AM, pawihte wrote:
I've just bought a used 9800GTX+ card for my son through a forum,
but it's so long and, being of double-width, so thick that it
wouldn't fit in either of my two computers.

The first problem is that it protrudes into the space occupied by
the hard disk rack, but I can deal with that. The second, more
serious one, is that the card sits over the SATA and front USB
headers on my motherboards. I've looked at pictures of several
other motherboards and it seems that many (most?) of them
wouldn't accept the card without blocking something vital.

This problem must have been faced by many others wanting to use
similarly-built cards, but I've never come across any mention of
the problem. Is there a solution other than looking for a
suitable new motherboard? Thanks in advance for any help.



When deciding to use a large video card it becomes necessary to consider
using a larger gaming case and an SLI/Crossfire compatible motherboard.
The larger cases will accommodate the larger cards without hitting the
drive bays. The newer motherboards position the headers out of the way
of the space that two or more cards will occupy.

A: I agree

B: Kinda defeats the purpose of buying a cheap second hand graphics
card though.

To the OP: There are smaller cards that will probably fulfill your
needs which you failed to mention, hence the lack of a more
explicit post . They won't be cheap.


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