Fathers Day Upgrade Help

[Huzzakah]

Hi all.

So for father's day, I told my dad that I was going to take his old computer that he uses to run his business and upgrade it. Now I know Father's day was already about a week ago, but I've just barely been home to take a look at his computer. However, when I opened it up, it didn't look like anything that I've ever seen before in my life. No PSU (it's external), and the mother board isn't one of the ones that I have ever used to build before. So I'm stuck. I really want to do this upgrade, but I don't really know where to start. Below I have a rough draft of a parts list for what I want to build:

 

Motherboard: ASRock - H110M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard (I have a Skylake processor to flash the BIOS)

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor

CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-L9i 33.8 CFM CPU Cooler

RAM: Crucial - 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory x2

 

Now I'm not working with a whole lot of space, only about 2.25 inches (57.15mm) since all of the other components (CD drive and SSD) are located on the back side of the motherboard. (There's a plate in between the two.) Is there anything that I can do? I've never worked with this kind of motherboard before, or an external power supply. The idea is to stay as cheap as possible while still improving the speed of his computer. Any help would be welcome! 

 

I'll attach some pictures when I have access to better internet. Thank you!

 

[Sacriledgy]

Hi all.

So for father's day, I told my dad that I was going to take his old computer that he uses to run his business and upgrade it. Now I know Father's day was already about a week ago, but I've just barely been home to take a look at his computer. However, when I opened it up, it didn't look like anything that I've ever seen before in my life. No PSU (it's external), and the mother board isn't one of the ones that I have ever used to build before. So I'm stuck. I really want to do this upgrade, but I don't really know where to start. Below I have a rough draft of a parts list for what I want to build:


Motherboard: ASRock - H110M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard (I have a Skylake processor to flash the BIOS)

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor

CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-L9i 33.8 CFM CPU Cooler

RAM: Crucial - 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory x2


Now I'm not working with a whole lot of space, only about 2.25 inches (57.15mm) since all of the other components (CD drive and SSD) are located on the back side of the motherboard. (There's a plate in between the two.) Is there anything that I can do? I've never worked with this kind of motherboard before, or an external power supply. The idea is to stay as cheap as possible while still improving the speed of his computer. Any help would be welcome!


I'll attach some pictures when I have access to better internet. Thank you!

 

 

 

 

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Edited June 28, 2017 by Its Not Important

[dude49]

What is your Budget exactly? And what specs does your fathers pv have?

[PerfectPlasma]

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6vQMHN
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6vQMHN/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($279.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus - Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($107.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($59.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate - FireCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Video Card  ($93.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($74.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.87 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: Acer - GN246HL 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor  ($199.99 @ Newegg) 
Keyboard: Corsair - Vengeance K65 Compact Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($59.67 @ Amazon) 
Mouse: Redragon - Centrophorus M601 Wired Optical Mouse  ($12.99 @ Amazon) 
Headphones: Kingston - HyperX Cloud II 7.1 Channel  Headset  ($96.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1141.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-28 21:24 EDT-0400
This one's $1,140 if you don't mind tweaking around with the list

[brob]

From the description it is likely the motherboard is a thin-ITX. 

 

Does the power brick plug directly into the motherboard or is there a small printed circuit board in the case into which the brick plugs?

 

What is the output voltage and wattage of the power brick?

 

 

[Sacriledgy]

4 hours ago, brob said:

From the description it is likely the motherboard is a thin-ITX. 

 

Does the power brick plug directly into the motherboard or is there a small printed circuit board in the case into which the brick plugs?

 

What is the output voltage and wattage of the power brick?

 

 

The modo does connected into the power supply through 24-Pins connector (usually that long connector on the right side of the motherboard that looks like old IDE cable) 

 

The output voltage of the power supply varies from 200w to 1600w. Depends on what you buy

[brob]

6 hours ago, Its Not Important said:

The modo does connected into the power supply through 24-Pins connector (usually that long connector on the right side of the motherboard that looks like old IDE cable) 

 

The output voltage of the power supply varies from 200w to 1600w. Depends on what you buy

The OP said the psu was external to the pc case. Can you post pictures? They don't need to be great resolution, 640x480 is likely quite sufficient.

[Sacriledgy]

2 minutes ago, brob said:

The OP said the psu was external to the pc case. Can you post pictures? They don't need to be great resolution, 640x480 is likely quite sufficient.

Oh external PSU? I think it does connected straight into the motherboard.... you can see examples of it from LinusTechTips video about Zotac Mini PC

[brob]

1 minute ago, Its Not Important said:

Oh external PSU? I think it does connected straight into the motherboard.... you can see examples of it from LinusTechTips video about Zotac Mini PC

So the pc you are upgrading is a Zotac? What model? Perhaps you can add that data the OP

[Sacriledgy]

Just now, brob said:

So the pc you are upgrading is a Zotac? Perhaps you can add that data the OP

Wait what? No i was just saying that exaple of external PSU can be seen from LTT video about Zotac PC

[brob]

Just now, Its Not Important said:

Wait what? No i was just saying that exaple of external PSU can be seen from LTT video about Zotac PC

I know what an external psu looks like.

We have now established that it plugs directly into the motherboard.

On the external psu should be a label that indicates the input voltage (likely something like 110v-240v) and an output voltage (19v is common). There should also be a max wattage. The output voltage and max wattage would help.

 

If the box is running a version of Windows, use the system | properties to see the cpu model and speed as well and amount of memory. It may also tell you the motherboard/system model.