Small doubt about GPU and Motherboard compatibility.

[MoscQUetier]

I am considering buying a GTX950. As fast as I know, my motherboard ASUS P8H61-M LX3 R2.0 has the necessary PCIe 3.0 port necessary, but even then, I have a small doubt about if it'll fit.

Mostly because as far as I can see, the audio conections of the motherboard would be in the way of the GPU. Tho I don't know if maybe it's just my perception, but from what I get, this GPU is a lot bigger than the GT610 I had plugged, tho that one did fit with no problem.

I guess my question is, will the audio conections be in the way, and can they be moved? I was considering moving everything to a Thermaltake a21, I don't know if that would solve some problems.

 

[Tradesman1]

Looks like it should be OK

 

[FD2Raptor]

Look ok to me too.

You can just avoid any GTX950 with backplate and go with more vanilla one like say the Gigabyte GTX950 WF2OC or ASUS GTX 950 OC if you're that worried about the card manage to fit or not.

In term of fitting, I think you should probably consider that some SATA ports will be blocked by the graphic card rather than the audio connectors back panel.

 

[MoscQUetier]

If the GPU blocks the Sata ports, I could just get angled cables, right?

 

[Tradesman1]

Yes