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Beginner here looking for a new case

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A few years a ago I bought a nice Dell Studio XPS 7100 OEM. It got the job done, but since I wanted improved gaming performance, I picked up a GTX 750 TI FTW. I've played with it for a few months and it works perfectly. Now I want to buy a new, affordable, stylish case with room for future upgrades. My question is, can I just gut out everything from my current store bought computer (the motherboard, power supply, hard drives etc.) and just install them into a new case? I am worried because I am not sure if all those parts that are manufactured by DELL are universally compatible. Here's a link to my computer's specs. 

 

http://www.pcworld.com/product/545028/studio-xps-7100-mini-tower-desktop-customizable.html

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A few years a ago I bought a nice Dell Studio XPS 7100 OEM. It got the job done, but since I wanted improved gaming performance, I picked up a GTX 750 TI FTW. I've played with it for a few months and it works perfectly. Now I want to buy a new, affordable, stylish case with room for future upgrades. My question is, can I just gut out everything from my current store bought computer (the motherboard, power supply, hard drives etc.) and just install them into a new case? I am worried because I am not sure if all those parts that are manufactured by DELL are universally compatible. Here's a link to my computer's specs. 

 

http://www.pcworld.com/product/545028/studio-xps-7100-mini-tower-desktop-customizable.html

 

A lot of those motherboards in pre-builts aren't ATX, they are BTX. Could potentially run into some issues there.

The projects never end in my line of work.

CPU: Dual Xeon E5-2650v2 || GPU: Dual Quadro K5000 || Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 || RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance || Monitors: Dual LG 34UM95, NEC MultiSync EA244UHD || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 Pro 256GB in Raid 0, 6x WD Re 4TB in Raid 1 || Sound: Xonar Essense STX (Mainly for Troubleshooting and listening test) || PSU: Corsair Ax1500i

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