Sapphire 5770

[thethinker189]

I recently assembled a new rig.I have Gigabyte H61M-DS2 motherboard. By looks of it its a pretty small motherboard. Also the pci slot is near the sata cable slot. I was wondering whether I will be able to attach Sapphire 5770 to the motherboard? Will there be a free port left for my hard disk.I cant return the card back once i buy it.So I want to be 100% sure.Any help would be appreciated.

 

[truegenius]

i think your 2 ports will suffer, or maybe heat sink of chipset may block the way

i think vapourX version will be good
http://www.nedsgadgets.com/p/Sapphire-Radeon-Hd5770-Vapor-x-1-Gb-Ddr5-2dvi-Hdmi-Displayport-1089453.html
normal
http://www.nedsgadgets.com/p/Sapphire-Radeon-Hd-5770-1-Gb-Ddr5-2dvi-Hdmi-Displayport-Pci-express-1086680.html

to be 100% sure, you need atleast 1.5" gap between sata and pciex16 (based on hd6770 which is re-branded 5770)

 

[thethinker189]

So if I have a 1.5" gap between sata and pciex16, will the 5770 fit?Do you know the actual thickness of 5770?

 

[truegenius]

i think this is your card
http://www.nedsgadgets.com/p/Sapph [...] 86680.html
it yes then it have 1.5" of thickness and thus you need 1.5" of gap, actually 6770 and 5770 is same only name is different
here
http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=2069

 

[mactronix]

You can get low profile 90 degree turned SATA cables like this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-005-SR&groupid=1929&catid=1928&subcat=

Cons: Sata port--
It has four. I bought a radeon 6870 card to go with this, and the card broke my sata ports. My fault, it was my first build... I had to go to the store to buy additional right angled sata connectors so I didn't break the final two. Besides that, the mobo works extremely well and I'm pleased. I only needed the two ports- but I wish I had known about this (or had the tech knowledge to realize the importance of its cruddy location) before I bought it. I really like everything else, but I wanted to point this out

Source: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128527

Mactronix

 

[dummos]

+1 on the right angle sata cables they should give you the space you need. ive worked on one of these boards before i know they are cheap but they really are cramped and fidly imo

 

[amuffin]

right angle everything ftw

 

[thethinker189]

The gap is less then 1.5" so i will have to use right angled sata cables..thanks for the quick reply guys

 

[thethinker189]

Best answer selected by thethinker189.

 

[truegenius]

if you have more than 2 sata disk then you need to use angled cable, otherwise you can use your hdd in the 2 remaining port (farther one)