Size of Xonar

[liquidex]

Hi all,

Seems there are a lot of Xonar DX owners out there and was just wondering about the length of the card.

Have an asus p5q pro and am a bit worried about it hitting the ram headers in the first pci-e slot.

Thanks

 

[Chimerical]

Its pretty much guaranteed to hit the RAM headers. (unless someone's willing to confirm otherwise).

Unless you have dual GPU cards, put the Xonar in the black 16x PCI-E slot or just buy a Xonar D2 or D1 instead.

EDIT

Thought you meant the D2X, DX might be shorter...

D2X is 182mm apparently.

The DX is 170mm

http://techreport.com/articles.x/14500/2

However, at 170mm long (roughly six and three quarters inches, if you're an Imperialist), the card will require some open room behind your motherboard's PCI Express x1 slot.

 

[bledd]

i have this board, and my DX doesn't fit becuase of the ram slots and graphics card taking up the other two slots

http://www.mundodigital.info/images/motherboard_productimage_ga-p35-ds3r_2_1_big.jpg


i've chucked mine into my media centre box, and will be getting a D1 (pci) instead for this pc

 

[liquidex]

Thanks

I roughly measured the space around the first pci-e slot and it was around 172mm so its close! Have a three slot cooler on my gpu so the only other option is a d1.

Do they need much airflow as I think the bottom of my case is pretty hot which was why I wanted to try and fit it in the pci-e slot.

 

[Chimerical]

Thanks

I roughly measured the space around the first pci-e slot and it was around 172mm so its close! Have a three slot cooler on my gpu so the only other option is a d1.

Do they need much airflow as I think the bottom of my case is pretty hot which was why I wanted to try and fit it in the pci-e slot.

It shouldn't overheat, I keep my Xonar D2X in a Lian Li V350 case, and thats got pretty ineffective cooling. Buy something like an Antec Spot Cool fan if you're worried about temps.