will the 8800gts 320 fit in this motherboard

Simply the answer is yes, the ECS c51gm-m mother-board supports PCI-E so therefor it WILL support the 8800GTS.
 
im saying if it will fit because as you see in the picture i linked, there are only 2 sata ports. if i were to install the 8800gts, would it block both of the sata ports or only one?
 
Ambushed said:
You didn't ask if a 8800GTS would block one/all of the sata ports.

Anyways, I think that the top sata port would be blocked JUST. I don't know about the bottom one. If you run out of sata ports you could always use a mollex to sata adapter such as this one: http://item.express.ebay.com/_Apple...mputersQQptdiZ1108QQadiZ1193QQcmdZExpressItem

They are cheap.
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That's an SATA power connector. Won't be much good if the actual SATA port is blocked.

Anyways, @dwaynep, if it is blocked, you can always pick up a PCI SATA controller card.
 
dwaynep said:
I just need a yes or no anwer plzz
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When adding any new hardware on a board the specifications show what is supported. The specifications clearly show a PCI-E 16x slot available for a PCI-E 16x card.

dwaynep said:
im saying if it will fit because as you see in the picture i linked, there are only 2 sata ports. if i were to install the 8800gts, would it block both of the sata ports or only one?
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The card won't block either since both are on the opposite side of the board and offset. The card won't even reach the far side let alone block anything else there. A closer look at the board clearly shows that. The PCI-E 16x slot is the orange colored one shown there.

 
PC eye said:
The card won't block either since both are on the opposite side of the board and offset. The card won't even reach the far side let alone block anything else there. A closer look at the board clearly shows that. The PCI-E 16x slot is the orange colored one shown there.

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It's pretty close, but it should fit. Seeing it's a micro atx board, it's probably 9.6" wide. The 8800GTS on the other hand is about 8.75" long. So it leaves a little less than an inch of room.
 
Take a look at the slot and simply draw a straight line across to see how that will miss the two sata ports entirely. The only thing that will a possible problem is simply if you end up needing to replace the battery on the board you could end needing to pull the card out in order to get at that.

The portion of the card itself that does extend past the slot will mainly sit right over the large square NVidia chip seen there. That's virtually empty space even on the micro model where the card shouldn't pose any problems.

A high end card on a wimpy micro atx board? Gigabyte was the one that saw a micro that was a tail kicker for any plans on a gaming build at one time back in 2006.
 
PC eye said:
Take a look at the slot and simply draw a straight line across to see how that will miss the two sata ports entirely. The only thing that will a possible problem is simply if you end up needing to replace the battery on the board you could end needing to pull the card out in order to get at that.

The portion of the card itself that does extend past the slot will mainly sit right over the large square NVidia chip seen there. That's virtually empty space even on the micro model where the card shouldn't pose any problems.

A high end card on a wimpy micro atx board? Gigabyte was the one that saw a micro that was a tail kicker for any plans on a gaming build at one time back in 2006.
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The 8800gts has a dual slot cooler that will completely cover up the middle PCI slot.
 
The bottom sata port looks like it will be fine, but the card WILL extend all the way across the board and about 3/4" past the edge as it extends past the edge of my P35 board.

It is a double slot cooler so you are going to lose one of the sata ports but it looks like the other port should be open.

Edit: They also make sata cables that have a 90 degre bend on the connector, so if it is a tight fit, just get one of those and it should get you enough clearance if all else fails.
 
It's still overkill for a micro atx board regardless leaving things a bit cramped. For a high end card seeing a large vpu and cooling an SLI or Crossfire model would see the second slot open along with not seeing the card extend from one side to the other. That would also prevent one pci slot from becoming unavailable.
 
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