Is it possible to "Move my PC" into a new case?

[Xiauj]

Hi!

I'm in the process of wanting to upgrade my current AMD-Rig which I've had for 3 years now and I was wondering if I could "Move my PC" into a new case..? If it's even possible.

I also want to know if it's easy or hard if anyone has done it before.

It's a pre-built system _{(Yeah I know...... tsk tsk )} which I had purchased and the current case for this PC is called a "CoolerMaster Sileo 500 Quiet Mid Tower Case".

The motherboard's form factor is Micro-ATX.

 

The reason I want to swap is because, I would prefer a case with a window!  

 

Thanks ~ Xiauj

[RGProductions]

1 minute ago, Xiauj said:

Hi!

I'm in the process of wanting to upgrade my current AMD-Rig which I've had for 3 years now and I was wondering if I could "Move my PC" into a new case..? If it's even possible.

I also want to know if it's easy or hard if anyone has done it before.

It's a pre-built system _{(Yeah I know...... tsk tsk )} which I had purchased and the current case for this PC is called a "CoolerMaster Sileo 500 Quiet Mid Tower Case".

The motherboard's form factor is Micro-ATX.

 

The reason I want to swap is because, I would prefer a case with a window!  

 

Thanks ~ Xiauj

yup, easy

 

[Xiauj]

1 minute ago, RGProductions said:

yup, easy

 

Wow, probably the fastest reply I've ever had haha!

What's the initial way to do so? Like is there a good, self-explanatory guide anywhere?

[RGProductions]

1 minute ago, Xiauj said:

Wow, probably the fastest reply I've ever had haha!

What's the initial way to do so? Like is there a good, self-explanatory guide anywhere?

do you know how to build a pc?

 

[Nena Trinity]

That depends on how man proprietary parts they used...

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, Xiauj said:

Wow, probably the fastest reply I've ever had haha!

What's the initial way to do so? Like is there a good, self-explanatory guide anywhere?

Watch videos of assembling computers on youtube, do that in reverse. (All except for the CPU and the RAM)

[RGProductions]

1 minute ago, Nena360 said:

That depends on how man proprietary parts they used...

the case it came with was standard, and so was the mobo, so yes, its good

[Oshino Shinobu]

1 minute ago, Xiauj said:

Wow, probably the fastest reply I've ever had haha!

What's the initial way to do so? Like is there a good, self-explanatory guide anywhere?

It's just like building a new PC, but with the existing hardware.

 

There are some things that don't need to be removed, though. You can typically leave the RAM, CPU and CPU Cooler (if it's an air cooler) on the board and remove them as one unit. 

[DXMember]

impossible, the technology hasn't advanced enough yet

perhaps one day our children or their children will have the technology ready if they are lucky enough

[Xiauj]

9 minutes ago, RGProductions said:

do you know how to build a pc?

 

Never have done so before, but have watched a ton of videos of people doing so.

 

9 minutes ago, Nena360 said:

That depends on how man proprietary parts they used...

What do you mean?

9 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

Watch videos of assembling computers on youtube, do that in reverse. (All except for the CPU and the RAM)

Yeah, I guess that's one way of doing it haha  

8 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

It's just like building a new PC, but with the existing hardware.

 

There are some things that don't need to be removed, though. You can typically leave the RAM, CPU and CPU Cooler (if it's an air cooler) on the board and remove them as one unit. 

Well... Because I'm in the process of upgrading not only the case, I'll be getting:

• An RX 480 GPU by AMD _{(When it's released on June 29th, 2016)}
• A new CPU-Cooler for my AMD-FX 8350 _{(Don't know what's a good, quiet easy to install/upgrade one, any recommendations for that particular CPU would help me out a lot!!)}
• A better power supply for the RX 480 _{(Just in case...!)}
• Oh and hopefully, the case. lol. _{(I don't know which one as of yet!)}

[soup]

If the case your system is in is a standard one (ie not propreity) there is no problem doing this

 

Treat it as a chance to clean ALL the items thoroughly, and just treat the whole thing as building a new machine without having to take things out of boxes (and dispose of the rubbish ).

 

[byalexandr]

I do it all the time. In fact I don't really every build a new rig, I just replace some parts every so often and eventually it becomes a different system all together

[Xiauj]

3 minutes ago, brcdncn said:

What kind of motherboard is it?

@brcdncn

ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3 (Micro-ATX, DDR3, USB 3.0 3GB/s)

Not the best unfortunately.

Then again though, it's a 3 year old system haha

[Xiauj]

5 minutes ago, brcdncn said:

No worries, I started up a part list for you on PCPartPicker - this will help you find cases that are compatible and give you an ideal on power draw -- maybe substitute a 380 in there until the 480 is added.

 

EVGA PSU everytime.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/2mZycc

 

 

Oh I forgot to mention, it would have to be an AIR* CPU-Cooler, not liquid. Know any good, compatible ones?

It's just personal preference haha

Don't want it to be near the £60 GBP price range.

My fault entirely @brcdncn !!  

[soup]

There are a lot of people here saying leave the RAM/cooler/CPU inplace, however I would suggest you may want to reseat the RAM and after three years you would want to replace the TIM , in deference to the pins I would leave the CPU in place. 

 

Reseat the RAM (possibly) and renew the TIM on the cooler/processor interface (after three years definitely do this).

[Xiauj]

1 minute ago, brcdncn said:

~snip~

Might get the Cryorig H7 CPU-Cooler to go with my AMD FX 8350 !

 

2 minutes ago, brcdncn said:

The board is fairly new so all the regular suspects apply:

fairly new? Really?!

Are you sure..? 

 

 

2 minutes ago, soup said:

replace the TIM

What does that mean exactly?

[soup]

TIM =Thermal Interface Material (thermal paste) The gloop between  between processor and heatsink(or waterblock).

 

This will dry out and become less efficient over time so take the opportunity whilst rig is in 'bits' to change the old stuff for new.

 

There are a gazzilion and one videos on application or renewal (remove, clean, reapply) these should be taken as guides, people IME get too precious about amount, type and method of application (watch the series of videos by Luke where the basic conclusion is "none of this matters").  Just use a decent named brand and don't have it running everywhere (messy and can lead to errors if a conductive TIM is used) and put it on so that the die is covered(note on modern processors the heat lid covers much more area than just the die) and you will be fine.