motherboard Reverse motherboard??

[Warhero]

Hello, Ive been wanting to transplant my computer into a new case and Ive ran into a small problem ive noiced about my mother board that it is a reverse version of a standard mother board i was wonder if anyone can help me suggest what i should do as far as getting a new case...

 

From the picture my cpu sits right behind my GPU i have a feeling its a custom motherboard and i might be shit out of luck but i just want an expert second opinion?

 

some sources to reference off 

http://www.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01549447.pdf

 

[STRMfrmXMN]

Proprietary motherboards from prebuilts don't fit in modern cases, period. You need a new motherboard.

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

Yeah that looks like it's a Dell case right? chances are you're SOL when it comes to finding another case that fits that hardware. I'm assuming that's a Core 2 Duo sticker, so what I'd do is buy a Micro-ATX LGA 775  motherboard off EBay, namely the DG41RQ, it's cheap and good. Then buy a Micro-ATX case and a standard ATX form factor power supply and just move all your hardware over.

[Warhero]

thanks a bunch! its actaully a quad core! also with ddr2 mem

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

19 minutes ago, Warhero said:

thanks a bunch! its actaully a quad core! also with ddr2 mem

No problem.

[Technous285]

Yeah... Dell's prebuilt desktop units such as most of the Optiplex lines use BTX motherboards instead of the general ATX standard, and I wouldn't be surprised if other companies do the same thing.