Can I take off the side of an expansion slot bay?

[MintyCMS_]

I'm getting a SFF computer, which I will be adding my GTX 1060 to. Sadly, the card is NOT SFF, so I need to cut some holes. Can I do this? I mean the part with the screw and all.

[Kilrah]

No idea what you're talking of.

[LIGISTX]

Need a picture... then we can help. 

[MintyCMS_]

Just now, Kilrah said:

No idea what you're talking of.

 

The rim of it.

[MintyCMS_]

Just now, LIGISTX said:

Need a picture... then we can help. 

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[Kilrah]

Those are PCIe slots, says nothing about the actual problem. 

Card is too long and doesn't fit inside the case?

[MintyCMS_]

1 minute ago, Kilrah said:

Those are PCIe slots, says nothing about the actual problem. 

Card is too long and doesn't fit inside the case?

Yes, and Im thinking of cutting off the side of it with the screwhole.

[Kilrah]

If you mean cutting the case so some of the card sticks out the back, definitely not. On the front yes...

[MintyCMS_]

1 minute ago, Kilrah said:

If you mean cutting the case so some of the card sticks out the back, definitely not. On the front yes...

Not stick out on the back, just the front, but there is I/O on it that part of it would cover up.

[Zando_]

That looks like normal PCIe slots? What's the issue exactly? 

[Kilrah]

2 minutes ago, MintyCMS_ said:

Not stick out on the back, just the front, but there is I/O on it that part of it would cover up.

Then why did you post a photo of the back and not said IO?

[MintyCMS_]

3 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

That looks like normal PCIe slots? What's the issue exactly? 

This is my old PC, my new one is coming tomorrow. I'm saying that there is I/O that would be covered up by the mini PCIe slot, and I'm wondering if I can cut the side of it off.

[Zando_]

Just now, MintyCMS_ said:

This is my old PC, my new one is coming tomorrow. I'm saying that there is I/O that would be covered up by the PCIe slot, and I'm wondering if I can cut the side of it off.

Wot? Then two questions: why an SFF rig if your GPU cannot fit? And why post a pic of your old rig where it does fit as a reference for why it won't fit in a case you don't have yet? 

[MintyCMS_]

3 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

Then why did you post a photo of the back and not said IO?

Because the IO is on the graphics card.

[Kilrah]

21 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

No idea what you're talking of.

Back to there then. IO where? What's a "mini-PCIe slot"? Maybe post links to your components at least?

[MintyCMS_]

Just now, Kilrah said:

Back to there then. IO where? What's a "mini-PCIe slot"? Maybe post links to your components at least?

https://www.amazon.com/GeForce-GAMING-Perfect-Graphics-06G-P4-6163-KR/dp/B01JRCL5DC/ref=pd_sbs_147_t_1/133-4873281-1938657?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01JRCL5DC&pd_rd_r=ede19ca6-9230-4854-a058-9d51acfe9dc8&pd_rd_w=csn7L&pd_rd_wg=kTr0J&pf_rd_p=5cfcfe89-300f-47d2-b1ad-a4e27203a02a&pf_rd_r=4HFJKWX5RRQNPZW0Y7FA&psc=1&refRID=4HFJKWX5RRQNPZW0Y7FA
That's the card.  A mini-PCIe slot is a PCIe slot for SFF rigs. A size comparison of the two, if you will.

2 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Wot? Then two questions: why an SFF rig if your GPU cannot fit? And why post a pic of your old rig where it does fit as a reference for why it won't fit in a case you don't have yet? 

Because I already have the card and the SFF rig was hella powerful.

[Kilrah]

That's a half-height PCIe card. But what does this have to do with your GPU?

Post ALL your components. Case, motherboard, GPU, accessories,...

[MintyCMS_]

Just now, Kilrah said:

That's a half-height PCIe card. But what does this have to do with your GPU?

Post ALL your components. Case, motherboard, GPU, accessories,...

It's all on my profile except the mobo, which I don't quite know yet. And my GPU is full height, but my case has half height slots. I'm wondering if I can cut the side of the slot to fit my card. I'm already cutting some of the case, but can I cut the slot?

[Zando_]

4 minutes ago, MintyCMS_ said:

https://www.amazon.com/GeForce-GAMING-Perfect-Graphics-06G-P4-6163-KR/dp/B01JRCL5DC/ref=pd_sbs_147_t_1/133-4873281-1938657?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01JRCL5DC&pd_rd_r=ede19ca6-9230-4854-a058-9d51acfe9dc8&pd_rd_w=csn7L&pd_rd_wg=kTr0J&pf_rd_p=5cfcfe89-300f-47d2-b1ad-a4e27203a02a&pf_rd_r=4HFJKWX5RRQNPZW0Y7FA&psc=1&refRID=4HFJKWX5RRQNPZW0Y7FA
That's the card.  A mini-PCIe slot is a PCIe slot for SFF rigs. A size comparison of the two, if you will.

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Because I already have the card and the SFF rig was hella powerful.

How big is this SFF rig.. could possibly get a vertical GPU mount and use that if you have clearance and side panel ventilation. I'm similarly planning to stuff a full size GPU in a half-height case, but IMO cutting out the side panel is blasphemy. 

[MintyCMS_]

1 minute ago, Zando Bob said:

How big is this SFF rig.. could possibly get a vertical GPU mount and use that if you have clearance and side panel ventilation. I'm similarly planning to stuff a full size GPU in a half-height case, but IMO cutting out the side panel is blasphemy. 

It looks like this.

[The Torrent]

Im very confused ngl,

 

do u mean cutting like this? obv not including your finger

[MintyCMS_]

1 minute ago, The Torrent said:

Im very confused ngl,

 

do u mean cutting like this? obv not including your finger

Yes!
Edit: Not quite, actually. That's my new PC, my old one, I would be cutting straight through it.
 

Spoiler

including my finger

 

Edited December 11, 2019 by MintyCMS_

[Zando_]

Just now, MintyCMS_ said:

It looks like this.
-snip-

Well there's this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C4VNQY1/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A2A4XZZKQVDB4S&psc=1

I'm planning to use it to stuff the PC in my sig in this:

 

Similarly sized but much older Dell SFF prebuilt, tis a slim mATX rig. 
 

[Kilrah]

Well you can cut a massive slot in the side panel and the top of the slot for sure... very gnarly but as long as you make something that holds the graphics card in place so it doesn't fall off or even move at all it'll work physically...

Now electrically it's another problem, the PSU in that Optiplex is too tight for a 1060.

[MintyCMS_]

1 minute ago, Kilrah said:

Well you can cut a massive slot in the side panel and the top of the slot for sure... very gnarly but as long as you make something that holds the graphics card in place it'll work physically...

Now electrically it's another problem, the PSU in that Optiplex is too tight for a 1060.

The PSU i'm replacing with a 400W. Other than that, you basically answered my question. Thanks!