stock dell case

buzzlightweight · 27 Aug 2010 at 15:38

i have a dell studio pc which i have just about managed to butcher in a corsair 650w psu to power my recent upgrades.

the case is too small now and i am considering buying a new case BUT i hear dell mobos (although an atx) are shaped differently.

my question is will my stock dell mobo fit in

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-102-AN&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=

i will be buying a new mobo soon but i wanted to wait till after christmas and get an Oc i7 package.

goujon945 · 27 Aug 2010 at 15:52

If it's ATX then it's ATX, it can't be a custom version otherwise it wouldn't be an ATX mobo! I had a Dell a couple of years back and I did what you're thinking about (different case though) and everything fit no problem. I guess the only way to be sure though is to get the case and try, you can always return the case.

buzzlightweight · 27 Aug 2010 at 16:43

cool beans thanks for the heads up

jej_knowles · 29 Aug 2010 at 10:14

you need to find out if the motherboard is atx as its only recently that they switched to using atx motherboards over btx format!

D123D · 30 Aug 2010 at 01:43

if it doesn't fit make it fit. The studio is most likely to be a micro ATX board, Dell won't go out of their way to stick in big boards. And the 1200 supports up to ATX, so you should be fine.

If not, get a 1/4 inch drill bit (maybe smaller) and drill out the holes on the Antec 1200 motherboard tray in alignment with the motherboard screw holes. Then get a Tap Drill with the same size as the drill bit and thread it. And there you have it, 1 step towards better modding.

RJC · 30 Aug 2010 at 09:13

Something else to check is the power switch and front panel connections, they may use non standard ones.

PhillyDee · 30 Aug 2010 at 10:54

D123D said:
if it doesn't fit make it fit. The studio is most likely to be a micro ATX board, Dell won't go out of their way to stick in big boards. And the 1200 supports up to ATX, so you should be fine.

If not, get a 1/4 inch drill bit (maybe smaller) and drill out the holes on the Antec 1200 motherboard tray in alignment with the motherboard screw holes. Then get a Tap Drill with the same size as the drill bit and thread it. And there you have it, 1 step towards better modding.

Considerably smaller. You would need a 6-32UNC tap and the appropriate tapping drill.

Swordfish · 30 Aug 2010 at 10:57

RJC said:
Something else to check is the power switch and front panel connections, they may use non standard ones.

This is usually the biggest problem with Dell and case transplants.

I've done quite a few and a lot of the time the connectors are custom and sometimes problematic.

D123D · 30 Aug 2010 at 23:48

PhillyDee said:
Considerably smaller. You would need a 6-32UNC tap and the appropriate tapping drill.

I knew it would have to be really small, looking at it now 1/4" is way to big lol. not that good with drill bits.