So I recently purchased parts to build a computer, everything is new, except I reused my old case. This is only the second time I've done this, the first time was many years ago. The problem I ran into was that my video card (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130433&Tpk=EVGA%20896-P3-1257-AR%20GeForce%20GTX%20260%20Core%20216) won't fit into my case. It needs to fit into the PCI Express 16x slot, but the face plate takes up what looks like two expansion slots on the back of my case (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811171055). More than that, the outputs on the card just don't line up very well with the slots. Unfortunately, it looks like there's nothing that I can do short of cutting up the back of my case to make this card fit in. My question is this: is the size of the face plate on this video card pretty standard for decent cards nowadays? I'm not super attached to this card, so I'd be willing to exchange it for something that does fit into this case. The card is definitely better than what I need, so I'd be willing to downgrade (a little bit). On the other hand, I'm also not really attached to this case. It's nice and durable, and cool, but if it's going to be hard for me to find a video card (of any quality) that fits into it, maybe I'm better off just investing in a new one.
Let me know what you guys think or if you need a better explanation . Like I said, this is only the second time that I've done this, and so maybe I've done something really dumb to make this card not fit. Any advice is much appreciated.
Let me know what you guys think or if you need a better explanation . Like I said, this is only the second time that I've done this, and so maybe I've done something really dumb to make this card not fit. Any advice is much appreciated.
