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Will the asus strix 980 ti fit in the corsair carbide air 240?

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The listed GPU max length of 290mm is incorrect, there's no point in reeling off product specs if you don't actually know what you're talking about. As anyone with a G1 970/980/980Ti in this case will be able to tell you - the card is easily longer than that -at 310mm- and fits inside the case with room to spare.

The problem is the height of cards, which is why the MSI Twin Frozr cards, Asus Strix etc. can't fit in them and close the side panel.

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What the title says, thanks :)

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What the title says, thanks :)

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Think so.

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Are you sure? Cause I really don't want to send anything back because I don't have much time to be honest

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Are you sure? Cause I really don't want to send anything back because I don't have much time to be honest

Nevermind, it seems just a tad too long. Max for the case is 290mm and the card is 305mm. Glad I caught that.

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Why not look up the length and height of the card, then compare it to what's stated on the Corsair website?

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Length probably. Height is the biggest issue with this case.

My Msi gtx 970 won't fit cause of the heat pipes.

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I have the Strix 980 Ti - it can fit lengthwise as long as your front fans aren't super thick.

On the other hand if you want to close the side panel - no it doesn't. It's far too tall, and this is one of the major drawbacks in what's an otherwise good case.

This also affects the better CPU aircoolers, including dual-tower models, which can't fit either. This is slightly ironic given the name of the case.

Should be Carbide Loop 240.

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The listed GPU max length of 290mm is incorrect, there's no point in reeling off product specs if you don't actually know what you're talking about. As anyone with a G1 970/980/980Ti in this case will be able to tell you - the card is easily longer than that -at 310mm- and fits inside the case with room to spare.

The problem is the height of cards, which is why the MSI Twin Frozr cards, Asus Strix etc. can't fit in them and close the side panel.

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The listed GPU max length of 290mm is incorrect, there's no point in reeling off product specs if you don't actually know what you're talking about. As anyone with a G1 970/980/980Ti in this case will be able to tell you - the card is easily longer than that -at 310mm- and fits inside the case with room to spare.

The problem is the height of cards, which is why the MSI Twin Frozr cards, Asus Strix etc. can't fit in them and close the side panel.

Hmm, okay would the evga sc+ cooler fit tho?

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It will also fit the EVGA FTW 980 Ti - if they stock that in your area, it's a good one.

 

I only found the ACX SC+ one, which I guess I'll just get then, thanks a bunch :) 

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If you can, do they have th ACX+ SC+ ? This one comes with a backplate whch helps cooling a little and protects the back of the card.

If not then yeah, you will be fine with it, EVGA are a good brand.

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If you can, do they have th ACX+ SC+ ? This one comes with a backplate whch helps cooling a little and protects the back of the card.

If not then yeah, you will be fine with it, EVGA are a good brand.

 

I don't think EVGA's backplate makes proper contact with the PCB.

 

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/69713-evga-gtx-980-ti-superclocked-acx-2-0-review-4.html

 

"Throughout our testing the EVGA GTX 980 Ti Superclocked+ didn’t exhibit any worrying thermal spikes on the front side. However, we did see some extremely hot areas between the EVGA letters on the backplate. This points towards the backplate being all show and no go since it doesn’t seem to be dissipating any heat. It sure looks pretty but EVGA hasn’t added any thermal pads to conduct head away from the PCB in at least one key area."

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I don't think EVGA's backplate makes proper contact with the PCB.

 

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/69713-evga-gtx-980-ti-superclocked-acx-2-0-review-4.html

 

"Throughout our testing the EVGA GTX 980 Ti Superclocked+ didn’t exhibit any worrying thermal spikes on the front side. However, we did see some extremely hot areas between the EVGA letters on the backplate. This points towards the backplate being all show and no go since it doesn’t seem to be dissipating any heat. It sure looks pretty but EVGA hasn’t added any thermal pads to conduct head away from the PCB in at least one key area."

Yikes that's slightly concerning.

Most of the reviews I've read are similar to this:

http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/evga-geforce-gtx-980-ti-superclocked-acx-2-0/17/

"EVGA have added a backplate to this card and temperatures on the rear of the PCB are much more evenly distributed than the reference board. The hottest part is the reverse side of the GPU core area. We managed to increase temperatures to 73.5c in this area after 30 minutes of Furmark. This is strictly a worst case scenario. This is around 10c lower than the Nvidia reference card and will help improve the life span of the hardware."

Bad review sample perhaps?

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If you can, do they have th ACX+ SC+ ? This one comes with a backplate whch helps cooling a little and protects the back of the card.

If not then yeah, you will be fine with it, EVGA are a good brand.

Yeah the one with the backplate

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Yikes that's slightly concerning.

Most of the reviews I've read are similar to this:

http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/evga-geforce-gtx-980-ti-superclocked-acx-2-0/17/

"EVGA have added a backplate to this card and temperatures on the rear of the PCB are much more evenly distributed than the reference board. The hottest part is the reverse side of the GPU core area. We managed to increase temperatures to 73.5c in this area after 30 minutes of Furmark. This is strictly a worst case scenario. This is around 10c lower than the Nvidia reference card and will help improve the life span of the hardware."

Bad review sample perhaps?

 

Yeah maybe

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OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH this is the 240!!!! Not the 540!

Shit I read the title wrong. Its the smaller case.

 

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