ATI Radeon HD 5970 Video Card Installation in Corsair Obsidian 800D Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2010-05-08
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so i wanted to do a quick video as a follow-up to our 5970 unboxing on just
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how big this card is and what it's going to take to get it to fit in your case so
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one case that i had on hand here a built that i've been working on and has torn
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apart right now i apologize for the state of it this is the Corsair obsidian
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800d case though and i just wanted to show for scale
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the kind of monster case that you need to fit one or heaven forbid even two of
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these video cards so we're installing it in our pci express slot here and there's
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a couple things i want you to note about this first of all how much overhang
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there is from a standard size atx board you're pretty much going to need a case
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that supports eatx or has a lot of
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clearance past the edge of the motherboard if you want this card to fit
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another thing to note is that it's very important to choose a motherboard that
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has right angle SATA slots because you can see there's two two and two of the
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SATA sport SATA ports on this motherboard are actually directly under
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the video card we can't access them if they were right angle then we'd be able
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to plug them in from the side even under the video card now the last thing i
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wanted to kind of show you just for perspective here is a couple generations
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ago this was a reasonably high end card this is a 3850 okay so for for size
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comparison that's what it looks like compared to the 59 70. just ridiculous
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so oh actually one more thing you want to be very careful with your system once
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you've got this installed so you put in your two screws but you got to think
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about this the only thing supporting this card is your pci express slot and
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two screws over here you want to be careful not to jar your system or ship
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your system potentially unless you've done everything you can to secure this
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card in place because it can put a lot of strain on your pci express lut thank
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you for checking out my installation video for the Radeon 5970