GPU doesn't fit?

Energize · 26 Mar 2011 at 16:36

So I bought the Coolermaster Storm Scout Gaming Case, and on trying to build it today my Asus ATI Radeon HD 6950 doesn't fit in it, has anyone else had this problem? How can OCUK advertise this product as a gaming case when the most popular graphics cards don't fit in it? That's not fit for purpose.

davieg · 26 Mar 2011 at 16:52

Think theres a few threads around about that, can you not pop the HDD cage out or are you using it a great deal?

Energize · 26 Mar 2011 at 17:03

The problem is the 5.25" bay is blocking the 1st gpu slot, not the hdd bay.

davieg · 26 Mar 2011 at 17:06

Ah ok, bit of a sickener when your run into things like this, am out of ideas then, hope you get sorted ok.

Dave.

Energize · 26 Mar 2011 at 17:14

I'll probably return it to ocuk under the sale of goods act for not being fit for purpose.

King Damager · 26 Mar 2011 at 17:23

There have been quite a few topics on this. Fairly simple really, as far as I'm aware it's a mix between motherboard placement for their PCI-E slots, and ATI making massively long graphics cards...

kd

Number_25 · 26 Mar 2011 at 17:32

Bummer.

Yesterday I had to cut out my 3.5" Slot so I could fit my Sapphire AMD Radeon 6950..

233 · 26 Mar 2011 at 17:33

trim a couple of inches off the card?

Raikiri · 26 Mar 2011 at 17:46

Energize said:
I'll probably return it to ocuk under the sale of goods act for not being fit for purpose.

I'd say it's perfectly fit for purpose, they don't claim it will fit a 6950.

There's plenty of information out there, like most of us you're perfectly capable of doing a few minutes research before parting with your cash.

First result on Google for '6950 storm scout' shows that it doesn't fit without some modification.

Energize · 26 Mar 2011 at 19:31

Raikiri said:
I'd say it's perfectly fit for purpose, they don't claim it will fit a 6950.

There's plenty of information out there, like most of us you're perfectly capable of doing a few minutes research before parting with your cash.

First result on Google for '6950 storm scout' shows that it doesn't fit without some modification.

The retailer of a product has a responsibility to advertise the product correctly, when a product is advertised as being a gamers case for "gaming hardware" one expects it to fit in common graphics cards given that some £20 cases will fit it in. The retailer knows of this issue and should have issued a statement to that effect on the product page, OCUK do not even list the product dimensions so one cannot check whether it will fit in on their site. It is not the buyers responsibility to look for exceptions to their product specification.

Secondly it will not fit even with the stated modification because of the pci-e slot position, so I couldn't have known it wouldn't fit anyway.

EniGmA1981 · 26 Mar 2011 at 19:53

I think there's something called Distance Selling Regs (DSR) where you can return something you bought mail order on the grounds that you couldn't measure up or test for fit before purchase.