Retro pc

[kucharczykt]

I want to do a retro style pc but I'm not comfortable doing any modding nor do I have the time so, I'm wondering how old of a case I can get before a modern atx mobo will no longer fit without modification. I'm also open to recommendations

[WkdPaul]

* thread moved to the New Builds and Planning section *

[Master Disaster]

PC97 is the standard that modern systems follow. Anything pre PC97 will have holes for Parallel, Serial & DIM and might even have the old nylon washer style of board mounting.

 

Essentially as long as the case only has the big square I/O cutout on the back and no other holes it should be fine (ignoring the expansion port holes that is).

 

Good luck cable managing a new PC in a case that old though

[kelvinhall05]

5 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

PC97 is the standard that modern systems follow. Anything pre PC97 will have holes for Parallel, Serial & DIM and might even have the old nylon washer style of board mounting.

 

Essentially as long as the case only has the big square I/O cutout on the back and no other holes it should be fine (ignoring the expansion port holes that is).

 

Good luck cable managing a new PC in a case that old though

Thermals will also suck.

[Master Disaster]

1 minute ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Thermals will also suck.

Yep, and most half decent modern GPUs won't fit, tall coolers won't fit etc.

[kucharczykt]

24 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Thermals will also suck.

I'm going to run a 3600g and a 1650ti so I'm not worried about thermals. When 3080s are in stock I hope for there to be some with an aio e.g. kingpin series.