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I am looking to buy a new desktop system, and have found the Lenovo ThinkCentre K230 (8 GB of RAM, Core 2 Quad Q8200). My main concern is if it will accept a full size graphics card like a Radeon HD 4890 or GTS 250.
Based on the following picture, there seems to be enough room in the case for for a bulky graphics card:
But the specs for it on this site, for instance, say "PCI Express X16 Slots (Total): 1 Half Length". I am worried that because it is half length it will not accept large graphics cards, but this makes no sense - it is a huge case which looks like it could hold a large PCI-e card.
Can anyone give a definitive answer? Because it would be a perfect system for me, if only I could swap in a nice graphics card.
1my personal opinion: should the hard disk bay constitute a problem, it would be gone in NO time, even if it takes an angle grinder to get rid of it. :) – None – 2009-12-30T00:59:02.600
As stated in the question, the PSU may be limiting graphics cards as well but, alas... if the drive bay can be removed it shouldn't be a problem. Browsing the reviews the disk seems to be from a bad batch though and it may not be eligible for a Win7 upgrade ^^ – Oskar Duveborn – 2009-12-30T04:51:07.267
I did read that, hard drives are pretty cheap so I can always replace it, also even if there is not a windows 7 upgrade I have a full copy on hand. although I think some of the later reviews said that lenovo changed their policy on the upgrade. – None – 2009-12-30T05:02:55.183