Will HD6870 fit?

[BenVerdon]

After having my PC repaired, the store replaced my motherboard with a Gigabyte H61M-USB3v motherboard but I'm wondering if my HD6870 will literally fit on the board. There is a SATA port (that's a mounted one, for some reason) that may get in the way of the card fitting in there (I haven't bought the card yet, so I can and am willing to change the card I buy).
The width of the card is 3.6cm but I don't know the distance of the x16 slot and the SATA port as mentioned above. Thanks.

 

[lonewolf7]

MB Form Factor Micro ATX Form Factor; 22.6cm x 17.4cm

The Radeon HD 6870 is a dual slot graphics card with a length of 24.8 cm (9.8"), making it slightly longer than the width of a standard ATX motherboard

So I think the card will not fit in.

 

[BenVerdon]

MB Form Factor Micro ATX Form Factor; 22.6cm x 17.4cm

The Radeon HD 6870 is a dual slot graphics card with a length of 24.8 cm (9.8"), making it slightly longer than the width of a standard ATX motherboard

So I think the card will not fit in.

The GPU going off the bored (the fans) won't make a difference, will it?
What I'm concerned with is this.. http://imgur.com/M5L8aYF

See the circled SATA port? The width of the card (the poorly drawn red rectangle) WILL be too wide to fit in, right? THAT'S my concern.

 

[lonewolf7]

Yes that was my concern too (SATA port). I think it will block the way of the card. I have seen that SATA port on the first place, those are SATA 3GB/s ports.

 

[BenVerdon]

Yes that was my concern too (SATA port). I think it will block the way of the card. I have seen that SATA port on the first place, those are SATA 3GB/s ports.

Yeah, thank you for the clarification. I'll go for the GTX650 as it's much more likely to fit. Thank you.

 

[lonewolf7]

I think GTX 650Ti Boost 2GB version will be a better option. And I think it will fit also. Good luck.