Is GTS 450 with DDR3 ok??

[kev h]

Hi

Found this card at good price and is one of 2 shorter length cards which i am limited too.

http://www.palit.biz/palit/vgapro.php?id=1658

Only disadvantage i can see is DDr3 ram instead of the usual DDr5 will this make much differance on my older dell 531 and 19" wide Lcd?

Cheers Kev


(PS my other option is http://www.kfa2.com/gts450standard.html

But still havent heard back from them or Galaxy to confirm Dimensions ! )

 

[rolli59]

It is going to be a little bit slower than a DDR5 card but should work just fine.

 

[kev h]

Thanks again Rolli

I assume it will still be a lot better than Gt440 as twice the cuda cores.

I 'll make up my mind soon and make a decision!

Cheers Kev

 

[jyjjy]

If the ddr5 card is an option why not get it instead? Ram speed matters on a 128-bit bus like the GTS 450 has.

 

[kev h]

The KFA2 DDR5 is £16 more which would be fine but i cannot for the life of me get the overall dimensions of the card from anywhere at all !!??

Cheers Kev

 

[jyjjy]

They are pretty clearly the same size from the pics IMO. The PCI-E slot is a certain length. You should be able to get a very good idea of how large these cards are from how much it extends past the slot.
Why do you need such a short card? The pics I'm seeing of the Dell Inspirion 531 show no need for cards this short.

 

[kev h]

Scaling it was how i came down to these 2 cards but images arent always correct from what i've found . It is very close to the bank of sata ports and can only be 190mm max and not too big a fan either.

How do you attach a photo to this forum as i have a pic of it ??


Cheers Kev

 

[jyjjy]

All of the information I am seeing about the motherboard in your computer does not agree with the numbers you are giving. The bank of sata ports is several inches beyond the PCIe x16 slot while you seem to be fretting about the exact measurements of cards that obviously won't even come close to being near them from the pictures.
This is supposedly your motherboard

I doubt the cards you are looking at would even make it to underneath the RAM slots, much less be an issue for the SATA ports on the other side of them.

 

[kev h]

How do i post a pic on this forum??

 

[jyjjy]

Just link it

 

[kev h]

I have jpeg on desktop how do you link it ? or does it have to be a web page? Usually just insert image on most forums .

Thats the board anyway with the group of sata connectors at the end of the card.

Cheers Kev

 

[jyjjy]

There are sites to upload images like tinypic or imgur but it doesn't matter if that is your motherboard. As I said the cards you are looking at will not even come close to the SATA ports. You can in fact use even longer cards.

 

[kev h]

Do these work?

 

[rolli59]

A simple answer to SATA connections like that is often a right angle SATA cable http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812189196&cm_re=sata_cable-_-12-189-196-_-Product

 

[kev h]

Got the imge thing sussed even if it wasnt a thumbnail first try!!

I assume the right angled sata cables come in left and right.

Also HDs overhang which doesnt help either.

Thanks both of you for your help.

Cheers Kev

 

[jyjjy]

I do believe the cards you are looking at are actually shorter than the one you already have installed. All of this does not matter however because as rolli points out there are SATA cables with right angle connectors that should make this a non-issue. This one is half the price however;
http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-18-Inch-Right-Angle-SATARA18/dp/B0001Y7PPI
I think you should only need one.