Will Dual MSI GTX 480 Twin frozr fit in Rampage iii Gene?

[chank0]

Hello,
I was going to purchase a GTX580 to go in my new gaming system when a friend offered me 2 x MSI GTX480 Twin Frozr for under $400. I took him up on his offer but now i have to rethink my case and motherboard because these cards a massive.

will these cards fit in a Rampage 3 Gene or is there obviously a better choice out there for me?

proposed system; i7 960, rampage 3 Gene, 6gig triple channel Kingston ram at 2000mhz, dual MSI GTX480's Twin Frozr,

Please help me

 

[rolli59]

The cards are though only a dual slot card and should fit the motherboard just fine, better make sure you have a roomy case.
If you have not bought the system and you are doing this for gaming can I suggest looking into a LGA1155 system which outperforms LGA1366 unless you have a I7 980x or 990x.

 

[chank0]

Thanks for your reply,

The standard GTX480 will fit fine I'm sure but the MSI twin frozr has after market cooling and from what I have seen on a UD7 mother board the card hangs over the 2nd PCI Express slot.
When running in SLI you need the 1st card in the PCI Express slot 1 and the 2nd card in slot 3.

I will keep the LGA1155 in mind but I feel I need a motherboard that has 3 PCI Express slots of 2 that are well spaced.

 

[rolli59]

Looking at the pictures here the card is dual slot and should not interfere with the second slot. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ImageGallery.aspx?CurImage=14-127-526-Z02&SpinSet=14-127-526-RS&ISList=14-127-526-Z01%2c14-127-526-Z02%2c14-127-526-Z03%2c14-127-526-Z04%2c14-127-526-Z05%2c14-127-526-Z06&S7ImageFlag=1&Item=N82E16814127526&Depa=0&WaterMark=1&Description=MSI%20N480GTX%20Twin%20Frozr%20II%20GeForce%20GTX%20480%20%28Fermi%29%201536MB%20384-bit%20GDDR5%20PCI%20Express%202.0%20x16%20HDCP%20Ready%20SLI%20Support%20Video%20Card