I'm worried about the GPU not fitting.

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I'm really worrying about my GPU not fitting. Its a ASUS GTX 760

GPU:ASUS GTX 760
Motherboard:MSI fm2-a55m-e35
Psu:Corsair CX750M
CPU:AMD A8 6600K
Case:CiT Vantage

I know the card will fit in length but im worried about the motherboard obstructing its fit, I know its got a PCI-e x16 slot but thats not what worries me. Its the location of the caps and wires from the HDD that plug in to the mobo alittle under. If anyone wants pictures on how mine is set up, (Only real way of having it set up) then just let me know and I could email the picture if needed.
I have a week before it is dispatched so hopefully someone can tell me good news. (Or bad but hopefully it would fit and I'm just worrying too much.)
 
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I have the MSI FM2 A55m E33 card in my parents computer, and that has a two slot AMD 6850 Windforce in it, I just can't remember right now if I can use all the connectors or not. I'll be over there in a couple days, but will probably forget by then, I'm also on some pretty heavy medications right now. When I looked up the E35 motherboard, the pic had six SATA connectors, two banks of three. I know that my parents' E33 only has the two banks of two. EITHER WAY, the card will fit on there, and some if not all of the connectors will be fine. The part I'm not sure on is the card. I use AMD cards in my builds. From the pics of the video card it looks like the fan shroud is closer to the PCB in the bottom right of the card where the...
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Well, here's the skinny, it's a two slot video card, so it will fit the board, it looks like it *might* not let you use the top three SATA slots, but the bottom three would be usable. When you get it though, it looks like there's a cutaway area on the bottom right portion of the card, so you may be able to use those top slots, have to wait to find out, unless some one reads this who has this set up and answers. :)
 
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I have the MSI FM2 A55m E33 card in my parents computer, and that has a two slot AMD 6850 Windforce in it, I just can't remember right now if I can use all the connectors or not. I'll be over there in a couple days, but will probably forget by then, I'm also on some pretty heavy medications right now. When I looked up the E35 motherboard, the pic had six SATA connectors, two banks of three. I know that my parents' E33 only has the two banks of two. EITHER WAY, the card will fit on there, and some if not all of the connectors will be fine. The part I'm not sure on is the card. I use AMD cards in my builds. From the pics of the video card it looks like the fan shroud is closer to the PCB in the bottom right of the card where the connectors would be near, you don't need a lot of room, it's close, and the connectors don't need a lotta room. You may just have to buy round cables with stubby connectors to make it work on all of the SATA connectors.
 
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Thanks man, at the end of the day. new motherboard wont cost too much, its more of the problem caused by it. Thanks alot. I really hope it fits since the card is 8.6 inches long and will hang right over the SATA connecters
 
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I know the feeling, on my motherboard, I can use the top three connectors regardless of the video card (ASUS P8P68 LE motherboard), but the bottom four SATAs are blocked by longer cards, I had a 7870 Powercolor that would have blocked them, and a 7970 Reference that would have blocked them, but then I got a XFX 7970 that was short enough for me to use them, and a 7870 GHZ that was short enough, it sucks having to worry about it, in the future I'm sticking to boards where the connectors face sideways so I don't have to worry about it. I have 2 HDD, a SSD, and an ODD, so I could really use one of those four connectors. To use my DvD burner, I need to take out my second card and plug the burner in.
 
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have you got a SATA cable with as small sized connectors as possible link laying around? all the ones I see look the same sized. Cable management is not a problem but more of the SATA pins. flush to the MOBO as possible would be great. Can't wait to move from the HD 8570 to full HD 1080p with this great GPU for the money.
 
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Sorry, no links, all the ones I've seen are blocky things, nothing really elegant. I know they make round cables, but the connectors are probably the same, you could try a 90 degree connector, or, if you plan on keeping the card, go ahead and modify it.
 
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