GIGABYTE B650M AORUS ELITE MB - Compatible GPU's?

[fzoulcmbyl]

I recently purchased this motherboard, and was going to go with a Radeon RX 6700 XT
graphics card.... but I discovered this card will not work in this board.
I cannot find a list that shows all the cards compatible with this board, I tried the manual
and searching around online.
The Radeon card was about $340, so this is the range I was looking in, but I'd really like
to see a list of cards, I'm just not sure where to find that.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

[Omega]

This card will work just fine with this board. As long as the motherboard has a full-sized PCI-e connector any modern GPU will work just fine. Almost every single motherboard available on the market has at least one such slot.

[fzoulcmbyl]

I had thought this too, but I tried one out and the GPU connector was too long for
the slot in the motherboard. There are two slots in this MB and I tried out both, and
it was too long for both of them, maybe I am missing something?

[Illusion of Progress]

That's strange. That motherboard has a pair of PCI Express x16 slots. I find it unlikely a $340 Radeon" is any longer.

To clear any doubt, what exact video card is it? And what case? Have you tried fitting it in with the motherboard out of the case, to make sure something else isn't preventing it from lining up right?

And another question, but... you're trying to put it in the PCI Express slots on not the RAM slots, right?

Edit: I see it's a 6700 XT which was one of my first thoughts. There's no way a 6700 XT doesn't fit in those PCI Express slots, at least as far as the connector alone goes.

[fzoulcmbyl]

LoL ( Illusion ) .... ok, I am rusty with the newer tech, but not THAT bad... 😆

The card is - ASRock Challenger D Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB

I had plenty of room in my case, it's not bumping against anything I can see,
but even the "break" in the connector does not line up with the card slot on the MB.
I could get a measuring tape and get the exact figure of the connector and slot,
... does this board have like a plastic covering that "hides" the slots.. for a cleaner look?

[fzoulcmbyl]

Pic -
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2966503889&fileuploadsuccess=1

Red - is the one I thought it went in, but connector is too long

Blue - is worse than the other, and the card would cover up the connections on the
bottom of the MB anyway.

unless there are more slots that are "hidden" somewhere, I don't know what to try.

Edit- side note... my old card is a GTX 960 and it fit right into the red slot with no issues.

[fzoulcmbyl]

Ok.... newb alert, I figured it out, and yes I do feel pretty silly.

The connector on the graphics card had a thin black plastic "sleeve" over
the connector and I thought it was just a fancy aesthetic for the card.
So ya.... I pulled the sleeve off and it fits right in as intended.

Thank you for the replies, you did spark the idea to look for "coverings" 👍

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Any GPU really as long as it fits in your Case with a little room to spare and that your PSU is more then enough.

Yes GPUs for many years now usually come with a black or clear sleeve over the PCIE to protect the gold pins as well as little cover plugs for the HDMI/DP ports. Every GPU I've seen since GTX 900 and 10 series came that way. Years ago I just thought it was something EVGA was doing but then my Sapphire Vega64 came that way as well.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSvJaYxRoB4