I may of miscalculated..

Shwat · 1 Aug 2015 at 14:03

Oops.

MSI 980ti
Gigabyte Z97MX-Gaming 5
Corsair Carbide Air 240

pastymuncher · 1 Aug 2015 at 14:30

It's about time psu's came with right angled connectors. it would make things much easier and neater when cable routing. In your case it looks like the heatpipes are in the way as well.

Shwat · 1 Aug 2015 at 14:34

Yea just a little bit. Gonna have to return it and get a EVGA SC I guess

Teuton · 1 Aug 2015 at 16:06

Ouch, a lovely little case (I've contemplated getting one), shame it limits the size of graphics card.

Steveocee · 1 Aug 2015 at 16:13

Dremel?

Shwat · 1 Aug 2015 at 16:17

Its very nice, made up with it

Owners Club - Some decent info about other peoples builds here. Info on what GPU will fit aswell. EVGA and Gigabyte seem to be ok, just a shame about the MSI

Shwat · 1 Aug 2015 at 16:17

Dont have a Dremel, and I wouldnt like to butcher my brand new case anyway :')

Steveocee · 1 Aug 2015 at 16:22

Shwat said:
Dont have a Dremel, and I wouldnt like to butcher my brand new case anyway :')

Don't think of it as butchering.... think of it as uniquely modifying it for superior performance.

Grimley · 1 Aug 2015 at 16:24

pastymuncher said:
It's about time psu's came with right angled connectors.

Or the GC manufacturer needs to put the PSU connectors on the back of the card. The MSIHD7850 I have in my encoding rig has that, but the MSI R9 280x I have on soak test at the moment, its my nephews BD present (Looks identical to the OP's card) won't fit in my LC17 unless I take the case brace out. So if & when I decide to upgrade or keep the card in there, I'll have to look for a card with rear connectors.

Shwat · 1 Aug 2015 at 18:33

I dont think I could use rear connectors either to be honest. There is about 15-20mm of room between the GPU and my H105i.

Lots of fun with the small form factor :')

tep1981 · 1 Aug 2015 at 20:13

I had exactly the same issue with an MSI R9 270x, fortunately the Sapphire variant had side mounted power connectors and hidden heatpipes which did fit

AthlonXP1800 · 1 Aug 2015 at 23:52

Oh dear what a shwat!

You would not miscalculated it if you had asked MSI GPU owners like me with MSI GTX 970 Gaming to gave you nearly accurate measurement of heatpipe height on top of card then you would not bought it and went with EVGA SC.

Brian18741 · 2 Aug 2015 at 00:10

Stick a waterblock on it!

spoffle · 2 Aug 2015 at 00:15

Of?

I second the waterblock motion

Shwat · 2 Aug 2015 at 00:46

AthlonXP1800 said:
You would not miscalculated it if you had asked MSI GPU owners like me with MSI GTX 970 Gaming to gave you nearly accurate measurement of heatpipe height on top of card then you would not bought it and went with EVGA SC.

Yes that is what I should have done :rolleyes:

Ordered the EVGA now anyway so all good

Shwat · 3 Aug 2015 at 00:58

pastymuncher said:
It's about time psu's came with right angled connectors.

Does anyone have any leads on this? Depending on the new GPU Ive ordered, I may still have an issue with this long cable. Can you get 90 degree PCI-E cables on this side of the pond?

Akagi · 3 Aug 2015 at 01:07

I'm sure a few of us have been there...

I once did this:

Shwat · 3 Aug 2015 at 03:17

Looks like heatpipes and cables

Chugz · 3 Aug 2015 at 03:22

Dem heatpipes. Still one of the best 980 Tis in the market, you should keep it.

Qitarah · 3 Aug 2015 at 05:08

Doh :X that's pretty annoying. Get cutting!?