clearance Is GPU too big for case?

[venomtail]

So I have the NZXT Manta case and I wanted a new GPU (this one in fact) but I'm worried about the clearance. On the GPU page is says its size, lenght, height and width but on all of the sites it just says "GPU clearance is 363mm." 363 what? Lenght? Height? All toghether combined?

 

If someone could help me and explain how this clearance is measured that would be great and if the GPU fits or not.

 

Thanks

[Stu_Bear]

length

[minibois]

2 minutes ago, venomtail said:

So I have the NZXT Manta case and I wanted a new GPU (this one in fact) but I'm worried about the clearance. On the GPU page is says its size, lenght, height and width but on all of the sites it just says "GPU clearance is 363mm." 363 what? Lenght? Height? All toghether combined?

 

If someone could help me and explain how this clearance is measured that would be great and if the GPU fits or not.

 

Thanks

Length of the videocard.

Also known as the largest measurement on the videocard manufacturers website:

 

So seeing as the case fits up to 363mm and the videocard is 264mm, you're all fine.

[ObsidianAura]

I've owned a NZXT manta and its got a huge amount of space for a GPU. It fit a Gigabyte GTX 980Ti win the 3 fan windforce cooler if thats any help.

[Arwanell]

It's not 363mm, impossible

My  Sapphire Fury was huge, one of the biggest cards ever seen, and it was 310mm

 

It's like @minibois said

[Jurrunio]

Length is no problem, height I'm not too sure but from the fact that it holds a 120mm rear exhaust, means it should be fine. What I do have problem with is your card choice, TUF X3 is just unnecessarily large for a 1660S and TUF cards in general didnt perform well for something that big.

[Bombama]

Works great.

[venomtail]

1 hour ago, Arwanell said:

It's not 363mm, impossible

My  Sapphire Fury was huge, one of the biggest cards ever seen, and it was 310mm

 

It's like @minibois said

I don't have a refference point as this is my first PC that I built and thus first case, but both Gamesnexus and NZXT faq section says it 363mm max GPU length.

 

1 hour ago, Jurrunio said:

Length is no problem, height I'm not too sure but from the fact that it holds a 120mm rear exhaust, means it should be fine. What I do have problem with is your card choice, TUF X3 is just unnecessarily large for a 1660S and TUF cards in general didnt perform well for something that big.

If there are better suggestions go for it. I'm just worried about temps as I have a front mounted radiator for my 2700X and I'm worried that cool air won't get to the GPU and others have suggested the best thing I could look for is the coolest running cards (with still decent performance). Also would kinda want a GPU that doensn't die after 5 years (been seeing lots of 900 series cards die lately on pcmr subreddit). I just saw that one is the biggest cards, connected the two dots and here I am

 

Are the TUF cards some big red flag that I don't know about? I've only had 2 GPU's and both were asus, so I'm thinking the 3rd time will be the same (but those were ROG series, or at least looks similar to that style).

[Jurrunio]

2 hours ago, venomtail said:

I don't have a refference point as this is my first PC that I built and thus first case, but both Gamesnexus and NZXT faq section says it 363mm max GPU length.

This is a 267mm long card and there definitely isnt anywhere near 100mm extra space for the graphics card unless there's no fan or radiator (I do believe the radiator is mounted up top in this picture) in the front, letting the card protrude into the curved front panel.

 

2 hours ago, venomtail said:

If there are better suggestions go for it. I'm just worried about temps as I have a front mounted radiator for my 2700X and I'm worried that cool air won't get to the GPU and others have suggested the best thing I could look for is the coolest running cards (with still decent performance).

EVGA XC Ultra or MSI Gaming X are the best, no need for the really overbuilt cards such as the Strix. Plus points for EVGA's customer service

 

2 hours ago, venomtail said:

Also would kinda want a GPU that doensn't die after 5 years (been seeing lots of 900 series cards die lately on pcmr subreddit).

Are they reference PCBs? Because older Nvidia cards are known for really, "barely good enough to run" reference PCBs.

 

and besides, the number of dead cards you see means nothing to the total amount of them Nvidia sold.

 

2 hours ago, venomtail said:

Are the TUF cards some big red flag that I don't know about? I've only had 2 GPU's and both were asus, so I'm thinking the 3rd time will be the same (but those were ROG series, or at least looks similar to that style).

Imagine the budget of building the Dual but physically bigger, that's what most TUF cards are. At best they spend an extra fan worth of cost on the cooler, that's about it.

[venomtail]

35 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

This is a 267mm long card and there definitely isnt anywhere near 100mm extra space for the graphics card unless there's no fan or radiator (I do believe the radiator is mounted up top in this picture) in the front, letting the card protrude into the curved front panel.

Yes, the 363mm length is likely with the fans and radiator taken off, thus max possible length.

 

And it's a good idea to maybe look for cheaper alternatives than the most expensive variant of a card. I'll just look for things that I need as a minimum such as 2 Displayport ports and something that fits my case.

 

Cheers. I guess there's still more looking around to do.