Will my video card fit?

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#1 Toribor
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Here is the board I am thinking about buying (advice on this is great if anyone wants to)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128359

Here is the case:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146025

Here is the card:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121284

I'm mostly just worried if the card will fit into the board/case. Any advice on any of the other parts would be great too. I think it's a pretty good trio so far.

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#2 kaitanuvax
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I have no doubts that the video card will fit into the motherboard and case, as they seem to have plenty of space.

However, are you sure you want to waste $189.99 on a 9800GTX+? You can get a HD4870 with that money.

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#3 JSDempsey
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I have no doubts that the video card will fit into the motherboard and case, as they seem to have plenty of space.

However, are you sure you want to waste $189.99 on a 9800GTX+? You can get a HD4870 with that money.

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Yep. Card will fit, but get the 4870

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#4 Toribor
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Alright thank you. I'll look into the HD4870. Any particular brand? (I'm perusing Newegg as we speak)
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#5 kaitanuvax
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Alright thank you. I'll look into the HD4870. Any particular brand? (I'm perusing Newegg as we speak)Toribor

Sapphire 512MB. Cheapest and probably has the best cooler.

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#6 Toribor
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Awesome, thats the exact one I was looking at. One thing I noticed though is that the memory clock is 900 MHz, where every other card I've been looking at is in the 1800-3600 MHz range... Is there something I'm missing? Is that a problem?
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Yes i was also looking at that and noticed the same, i hope someone gives a answer to that :)
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#8 Toribor
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Yeah, I'd hate to spend the money on a card like that and then realize I could have paid half that and had a much faster card.

Here is a link to the card in question for anyone who needs it:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102810

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#9 kaitanuvax
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Awesome, thats the exact one I was looking at. One thing I noticed though is that the memory clock is 900 MHz, where every other card I've been looking at is in the 1800-3600 MHz range... Is there something I'm missing? Is that a problem?Toribor

Its 900MHz of GDDR5 memory, which is the equivalent of 3600MHz of GDDR3.

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#10 Toribor
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Aha! I knew there had to be some sort of tradeoff that would explain the lack in MHz. Thanks!
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#11 killik_123
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I have no doubts that the video card will fit into the motherboard and case, as they seem to have plenty of space.

However, are you sure you want to waste $189.99 on a 9800GTX+? You can get a HD4870 with that money.

kaitanuvax
ya a 4870 would be a better choice