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my iPhone 6 springboard
Yes it is. Getting it into a standard dell xps 8700 case took some mcguyvering, and bending away part of the case metal internally, as well as replacing a bunch of cables with longer ones. Also had to take out my sound card because where as with the 460, there was some space between it, and the card, with the 1080, it was completely flush and blocked the fan close to the ports, with zero airflow. Couldn't get the PSU into the case either, so now it's just sitting on top of the case. (I could have, but it would mean sacrificing two USB ports that are at the top. It's a beast of a card, and completely destroys everything I've thrown at it so far at 1080p.
I try to make the most of what I have. For now it will work just fine, and I think I will only be upgrading the system as a whole when the cpu starts to become the bottleneck. To upgrade to a new case now I'd have to buy motherboard and windows also. It's by no means an optimal arrangement. I'm going to see how I can at least mount the psu to the case physically so it's not just lying on top of the case loose.