I can’t get any clear pics, I believe the strix does indeed cover the side fans when in stalled vertical, The gaming X is a tad shorter, but can’t find any pics, this is the fat 2 fan one I’m looking at, Trying to pick a gpu for Black Friday / cyber Monday... but if none fit I know the Evga Ultras will... just the rgb is in the wrong place
The spec sheet on the msi card is located at: https://asset.msi.com/pdf/main/us/presale_v2/GeForce-GTX-1080-GAMING-X-8G? It says it's 140mm tall, so it "should" fit. Barely Don't get anything over, say, 143mm tall. (or do get a taller one and mount it vertically with the Phanteks universal vertical mount kit)
This is the card MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER DirectX 12 RTX 2070 Super GAMING X 8GB 256-Bit GDDR6 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card https://m.newegg.com/product/N82E16814137445?m_ver=1