my gtx 970 won't quite fit in my case, please help.

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TayWh1te

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Hi guys this is my first post here, I just purchased an MSI gtx 970 and this is the first major upgrade to my computer since I got it almost 2.5years ago now.

I started to try and fit it after all the prior measuring up which led me to belive it would fit but now that I've bought it it doesn't quite seem to.
I would very much appreciate any advice. It seems to be the brackets holding my hard drive that are blocking it ever so slightly.
 
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All you need is a 6-8inch hacksaw blade mate - you don't even need the handle - that steel is 2mm thick, I could cut 2 notches in less than 20 seconds honestly.

It will work , just cut it a little bigger than you need & make sure to miss the little hard drive holder plates on the inside of the drive bay which you will not be able to cut through.

& I wouldn't feel bad , the MSI card is plain better than any of the mini ones for the sake of 5 minutes worth of bay butchering ;-)
As you look at the board with the PC upright you want the case cables makes p+/p- (or power +/- )plugged into the 3rd & 4th pins from the bottom left of the front panel connector.
Those are the only cables required to boot - once you have those right the rest are easy.
 
Well I'm on my way to college right now so I'll probably just take it to a store in town later on, I'm guessing one of two things will happen:
1) I've cooked up the wiring and it should only cost a couple of quid to get that done and tidy.
2) If something else's broken then at least it's already in the place with the best chance of it getting fixed