Great Card But Difficult Installation

The R9 270X GPU & Corsair CX750M PSU revived my Dell XPS 8100 desktop computer after it's ATI 5770 GPU died. It now has superior graphics capabilities, yet runs quieter & cooler. But the 270's side mounted power6 sockets made installation much more difficult. I'm used to sockets mounted on the internal end of the graphics card. Is side mounted power sockets now SOP? If not, it would be useful to have power socket position detailed in the spec.s to aid buying decisions.