Question about EVGA GTX 1660 Ti XC

thundexxd · May 18, 2020

Hey everyone! I've just gotten my new gtx 1660 today and it's really really big, way to big for my ASrock B450M pro x2 ram motherboard. I was wondering if its okay if I took of the gtx cover, the chasis at the top that's on top of the fan, because if I take that off I can basically fit the graphic card into my motherboard.

Will this be an issue? Will it make it overheat or something? I don't really know much about this so I need a bit of help, thanks in advance!

bizzmeister · May 18, 2020

Hey bud, if your referring to the big 1 piece of plastic that goes around the fans, you will be ok. Its just a cover for cosmetic purposes. Just make sure you do not damage the fans when you remove it and make sure there are no wires you accidentally rip off removing it.

Long story short, just inspect the card from all angles and make sure you dont damage anything in the process.

EDIT: You couldn't find another 1660Ti that was smaller, possibly a 2 fan card that would allow you to keep it on?

thundexxd · May 18, 2020

Hey! I am very new to all this and I don’t really know the difference between any of the 1660 Tis, I currently have the EVGA GTX 1660 ti xc 6gb, is there another one that could work with my ASrock B450M Pro x2 gb ram the small one. Appreciate the help! Thanks

thebluebumblebee · May 18, 2020

Welcome to TPU.
Why are you saying that you're having problems with the size of the graphics card with the motherboard?

xman2007 · May 19, 2020

thebluebumblebee said:
Welcome to TPU.
Why are you saying that you're having problems with the size of the graphics card with the motherboard?

Yup unless you have a pcie card in the 3rd slot down that the GPU won't allow for then the motherboard shouldn't make a difference to what size it is, though 3 slots for such a card is probably unneeded and overkill imo and you will be better served with a 2slot GPU

thebluebumblebee · May 19, 2020

...and then there's the fact that the 1660 Super has basically the same performance as the 1660 Ti for ~$50 less.

lexluthermiester · May 19, 2020

thundexxd said:
Hey! I am very new to all this and I don’t really know the difference between any of the 1660 Tis, I currently have the EVGA GTX 1660 ti xc 6gb, is there another one that could work with my ASrock B450M Pro x2 gb ram the small one. Appreciate the help! Thanks

A couple of pictures might help us visualize what your difficulties might be.

Processor	i7 9700K @ 5.0ghz
Motherboard	ASROCK Phantom Gaming Mini ITX
Cooling	NZXT Kraken X62
Memory	Crucial 16GB RAM @ 3200mhz
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 2080 Super
Storage	2TB Silicon Power NVME M2
Display(s)	Dell 27" 1440p 144hz
Case	NZXT H200i
Audio Device(s)	Corsair Void RGB Wireless Headset
Power Supply	Seasonic 650
Mouse	Steel Series Rival 650 Wireless
Keyboard	Corsair K65 RGB Mechnical Wireless
Software	WIN 10

System Name	Main/DC
Processor	i7-3770K/i7-2600K
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD55/GA-P67A-UD4-B3
Cooling	Phanteks PH-TC14CS/H80
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) LP /4GB Kingston DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 660 Ti/MSI HD7770
Storage	Crucial MX100 256GB/120GB Samsung 830 & Seagate 2TB(died)
Display(s)	Asus 24' LED/Samsung SyncMaster B1940
Case	P100/Antec P280 It's huge!
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	SeaSonic SS-660XP2/Seasonic SS-760XP2
Software	Win 7 Home Premiun 64 Bit

Processor	Ryzen 1600AF @4.2Ghz 1.35v
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-A-MAX
Cooling	Deepcool Gammaxx L120t
Memory	16GB Team Group Dark Pro Sammy-B-die 3400mhz 14.15.14.30-1.4v
Video Card(s)	XFX RX 5600 XT THICC II PRO
Storage	240GB Brave eagle SSD/ 2TB Seagate Barracuda
Display(s)	Dell SE2719HR
Case	MSI Mag Vampiric 011C AMD Ryzen Edition
Power Supply	EVGA 600W 80+
Software	Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Main/DC
Processor	i7-3770K/i7-2600K
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD55/GA-P67A-UD4-B3
Cooling	Phanteks PH-TC14CS/H80
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) LP /4GB Kingston DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 660 Ti/MSI HD7770
Storage	Crucial MX100 256GB/120GB Samsung 830 & Seagate 2TB(died)
Display(s)	Asus 24' LED/Samsung SyncMaster B1940
Case	P100/Antec P280 It's huge!
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	SeaSonic SS-660XP2/Seasonic SS-760XP2
Software	Win 7 Home Premiun 64 Bit

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