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3870X2 with my motherboard?

kylew

kylew

kylew

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I'm possibly getting myself a 3870X2, I need to know if I can use it with my P5K Deluxe? I've got all sata ports full and my 2900 looks really close to touching them, I don't know if a 3870X2 will block them off. Does anyone with a 3870X2 have any ideas? If I can't get an X2 I'll most probably be getting 2 3850 512MBs. It's £235 for an X2 vs £220 for 2 3850s. Decisions decisions :confused: :D
 
Hi

It fits my PK5 (not deluxe) fine . I would think its more your case that would be the problem and not the mother board ?

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Hey, Thanks for your reply :). My case is itself is fine (i've got a silverstone tj07) there's more than enough room for it to fit. loads of space left in it :D. The problem is it possibly covering the sata ports on my board, Do you have any photos of your 3870X2 in your PC you could show?
 
It covers 4 of the SATA ports on my P5K-E/WiFi (the ones directly under the PCI-E slot).

However there is enough space to use right-angled SATA cables.
 
Actually I had a look at my board and all 4 SATA ports are to the left of the card so they are not blocked , but the P5K Deluxe might be different (sounds like it is by the rest of the posts)

I tried taking a few pics but the quality was ***** (PC is under desk and too dark even with lights on / flash)
 
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