What's The Max Size Graphics Card That Will Fit In My Case?

Branta

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I have a Dell Inspiron 3000 which is fitted with an Intel i3-4150 and 12GB of RAM. I'm considering getting a mid-level NVIDIA graphics card, but the case is that I'm slightly worried that my case is too small to fit one perfectly. So my question is, what's the max size graphics card that will fit in my case?

picture: https://www.google.com/search?q=dell+inspiron+3000+series+desktop&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiVuOO73fjLAhUJsIMKHfjeCt0Q_AUICCgC&biw=1366&bih=667#imgrc=a8AwqnVI8lPdcM%3A
 
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RULER is definitely the way to go. It's hard to trust online results.

Just measure from the back of the case along the LENGTH the card would fit. Measure along the top "x16" slot the card would fit into. You may have to roughly eyeball the ruler if it won't fit in there but that's close enough.

Other:
Make sure your POWER SUPPLY is good enough (i.e. 300W min or so for GTX750Ti).

You may even want to wait for one of the upcoming cards. AMD Polaris, or NVidia Pascal.
Hit the rulers and measure. You usually don't find these specifications online, but you can try Googling the specs of your computer, and if you can't find it, you'll have to measure manually, how much room you have in terms of both length and width.

It looks like it should fit a normal card.
 
RULER is definitely the way to go. It's hard to trust online results.

Just measure from the back of the case along the LENGTH the card would fit. Measure along the top "x16" slot the card would fit into. You may have to roughly eyeball the ruler if it won't fit in there but that's close enough.

Other:
Make sure your POWER SUPPLY is good enough (i.e. 300W min or so for GTX750Ti).

You may even want to wait for one of the upcoming cards. AMD Polaris, or NVidia Pascal.
 
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