Re: Sorry girls, no tips this month, in love with a new mode
I got the card...and it doesn't fucking fit..physically...

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Dunno what kind of retards (well Dell actually) design a mainboard pci-e 2.1 slot literally 1 inch from the bottom of the case.
The card takes up 2.5 slots, I have 4 available so I thought no problem..wrong...the pci-e pins are at the chipset at the "top" of the card, with another 2.5 slots worth of fans, copper piping and heat sinks underslung.
I dunno why I'm surprised by any of this, it always happens - all I wanted was a new video card (spent $350)
Spent an extra $139 on a psu to support it, now I'm going to have to get either a new mainboard ($250+) and/or a new case ($150)...it's almost making a whole new computer jesus...
Because even if I get a new case there's still no guarantee I can fit it, since the idiots not only put the pci-e slot right at the bottom of all the possible slots, under that at the very bottom are the jacks for the front USB hub and sd card/firewire ports.
And even if I manage to get a return on the card, any other current generation card is at least 2 slots and that close to the bottom of the case there will be no airflow...

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The only good thing out of all this is the PSU is great, even if it's eerily quiet..