This too long sound card is not compatible with my motherboard, I was unable to spit the PCIe because the card was charging to the ram memory. I contacted Amazon sav to explain my problem and get their agreement to return the return colis.Le was prepaid so no postage, and repayment was made in 72 hours which is perfect and deserves 5 stars. Given this problem I opted for an external sound card which will also avoid overloading the ventilation tower.