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Question Will the GTX 970 fit in this motherboard ?

LuKaWin10

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Will the GTX 970 fit here. I have ordered this one:
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/asus-strix-gtx-970-directcu-ii-oc.b3049
I bought it but it has not come yet so I wanna knoe if it will fit.

Motherboard pic:
View: https://imgur.com/a/RhfQZe2


(I know my cable managing sucks)

Specs:
Case: DELUX MG760
Mobo: P35-DS3 rev 2.1
CPU: Q9550 oc to 3.67 GHz
PSU: MSI MAG A650BN
RAM: G.Skill F2-6400CL5D 4 GB kit
GPU: GT 730-> GTX 970 Asus STRIX
HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST3250410AS
SSDs: Samsung 870 EVO and ADATA SU650
2 DVD drives: ASUS 1814BL and E616A3
2 Ethernet Cards: one is PCI and one is PCI-E

And yeah
 
Will the GTX 970 fit here.
Measure distance between back of pc case and drive cage.
If distance is below 279mm, then it will fit.

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Measure distance between back of pc case and drive cage.
If distance is below 279mm, then it will fit.
Is it ok if I measured from the bracket (where u screw the Card) to the Drive bay. Because there I have 30 CM of headroom (but with the IDE cable around 27 but I can cable tie it and move it)
 
Measure distance between back of pc case and drive cage.
If distance is below 279mm, then it will fit.

AEgR4sx.jpeg
And do you think that If the IDE cable is the issue do I just get a longer IDE cable? I unfortunately need these DVD drives to read old data and to install certain drivers and features
 
PCIe 1.0 is a bit slower than the GTX 970 would normally be plugged into. Theoretically, it should work.

900 series is fairly safe when it comes to BIOS only systems. I wouldn't go beyond it, certainly.

It is actually up to the card manufacturer what they loaded the vBIOS with. 10 series is where they started excluding legacy BIOS support. Though many of the lower end 1050/1060 cards still supported it.
 
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PCIe 1.0 is a bit slower than the GTX 970 would normally be plugged into. Theoretically, it should work.

900 series is fairly safe when it comes to BIOS only systems. I wouldn't go beyond it, certainly.

It is actually up to the card manufacturer what they loaded the vBIOS with. 10 series is where they started excluding legacy BIOS support. Though many of the lower end 1050/1060 cards still supported it.
Great, I have this GTX 970. https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/asus-strix-gtx-970-directcu-ii-oc.b3049
 
PCIe 1.0 is a bit slower than the GTX 970 would normally be plugged into. Theoretically, it should work.

900 series is fairly safe when it comes to BIOS only systems. I wouldn't go beyond it, certainly.

It is actually up to the card manufacturer what they loaded the vBIOS with. 10 series is where they started excluding legacy BIOS support. Though many of the lower end 1050/1060 cards still supported it.
Well you're right, after the 900 series it is better to stop lol. And this 970 is enough too, good for just using Windows 7, and just playing basic games