My new Radeon HD5770 is TOO BIG! Heeelp!

I just buoght myself a Club 3d Radeon HD5770 1Gb.

I got home and tried to install it onmy motherboard, But i couldn't fit it into my PCI-E slot, because a heatsink is in the way D: (My current motherboard is an ECS HT2000)

No problem... I needed a new motherboard anyways... But there is one problem:

The only motherboards i can find (wich is cheap) got the PCIE slot directly above an AGP slot. I have seen that the AGP slots are higher that PCI, so i could imagine that the AGP would the 5770 uninstallable. (The 5770 is "two story" btw. It's insertet in a PCI, and then filling the hole of the cabinet underneath it too). So: Will it fit over the AGP port, or is there any motherboards wich canhold the 5770 without any space problems?

I want a micro-ATX by the way, since my cabinet is that size. DDR2 RAM, and AM2 socket (Athlon 64x2 :P)

Any great solutions? :P

Cut out the heatsink.

I just buoght myself a Club 3d Radeon HD5770 1Gb.

I got home and tried to install it onmy motherboard, But i couldn't fit it into my PCI-E slot, because a heatsink is in the way D: (My current motherboard is an ECS HT2000)

No problem... I needed a new motherboard anyways... But there is one problem:

The only motherboards i can find (wich is cheap) got the PCIE slot directly above an AGP slot. I have seen that the AGP slots are higher that PCI, so i could imagine that the AGP would the 5770 uninstallable. (The 5770 is "two story" btw. It's insertet in a PCI, and then filling the hole of the cabinet underneath it too). So: Will it fit over the AGP port, or is there any motherboards wich canhold the 5770 without any space problems?

I want a micro-ATX by the way, since my cabinet is that size. DDR2 RAM, and AM2 socket (Athlon 64x2 :P)

Any great solutions? :P

danielbj

AMD Athlon 64 with an AM2 socket for cheap that will fit the 5770? Lets see what we can come up with.

Take a look here at this link. It's got a list of Micro-ATX boards. Since I haven't seen exactly what the spacing issues can be with that card maybe this can give you a good start.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010200022%201070947010%201075707619&bop=And&ShowDeactivatedMark=False&ActiveSearchResult=True&Order=PRICE

Any of these look good for fit factor?

EDIT: after doing some reading looks like a guy got a 4850(which is a large card)to fit into this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128342it's a Gigabyte board so it's going to be pretty good.

If the card will fit over the AGP port (when inserted in the PCI above) then most of them looks perfect :D The 5770 is almost as long as the motherboard is wide, and it takes the space of two ports (only connected to one). so no components may be higher than the PCI port in that area :)

Ok I went and checked what the 5770 looks like and it is a bit fatter than I expected. I thought it would be similar in size to the 4870 that I'm using or so. Dang you're really going to be cramped for space in there aren't you lol.

Ok well just make sure that the board you pick out supports your CPU, and keep in mind the things your card will be blocking. Other than that good luck on your purchase :)

Thx dude :D Still need help with the AGP-problem though :Pdanielbj

What are you using the AGP slot for exactly? Not a lot of things plug into those anymore.

I just buoght myself a Club 3d Radeon HD5770 1Gb.

I got home and tried to install it onmy motherboard, But i couldn't fit it into my PCI-E slot, because a heatsink is in the way D: (My current motherboard is an ECS HT2000)

No problem... I needed a new motherboard anyways... But there is one problem:

The only motherboards i can find (wich is cheap) got the PCIE slot directly above an AGP slot. I have seen that the AGP slots are higher that PCI, so i could imagine that the AGP would the 5770 uninstallable. (The 5770 is "two story" btw. It's insertet in a PCI, and then filling the hole of the cabinet underneath it too). So: Will it fit over the AGP port, or is there any motherboards wich canhold the 5770 without any space problems?

I want a micro-ATX by the way, since my cabinet is that size. DDR2 RAM, and AM2 socket (Athlon 64x2 :P)

Any great solutions? :P

danielbj