Will a Sapphire AMD R9 380 fit on an Asus H97M-PLUS?

[Pvt Baldrick]

Longtime lurker.... (15+ years I think), first time poster.

Upgrading my media gaming PC in an Antec NSK2480 case (Micro-ATX).

Will a Sapphire AMD R9 380 fit on an Asus H97M-PLUS?
The Sapphire goes almost the full width of the motherboard. Specsheet HERE
The horizontal SATA ports however look like they may interfere with a long graphics card. Gallery HERE
Has anyone whos got this board confirm whether these SATA ports might be a problem?

Cheers

Baldrick

 

[Zerk2012]

The R9 380 is about 10 inches long your motherboard is 8.8 inches wide so it would have over a inch overhang, this does not make the SATA ports unusable.

With that said that power supply does not have the power for that video card, the case does not have adequate cooling, I also think it will not fit in the case this is what you have right? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129034
This one would fit on the board but again the heat and PSU are still a problem.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202151

 

[Pvt Baldrick]

Thanks Zerk,

The PSU I can change out, cooling might be an issue but if you look http://www.silentpcreview.com/article591-page3.html the entire right hand side of the case is fans and mesh to draw air out. Air comes in from the rear or the top.
I'm sure the card can fit in the case (the tape measure says so) but I'm not sure if the horizontal SATA ports on the mobo will prevent the GFX card from being seated properly in the slot if it projects over them. I don't need to use the ports.

Baldrick

 

[mlga91]

You can use long cards with that motherboard, you shoud not have any problems:

http://pcpartpicker.com/b/Bj4CmG