Case Swapping

[elise8900]

Hi everyone,

I bought a prebuilt Acer Nitro 50 PC in July. The CPU is very hot I assume because of the case’s poor airflow and lack of fans.

I want to swap the case to one with more airflow and upgrade ability in the future. My motherboard is not a standard shape and I believe I would have to purchase a new one to successfully swap the case. I want to do this in the cheapest way possible, so aside from buying the new Windows key and motherboard what do I absolutely need? I don’t want to spend more than I have to.

Specs:
Intel Core Ci7-9700
Processor Speed: 3.0 GHz
Processor Cores: 8
Processor Cache: 12 MB Smart Cache
RAM Size: 16 GB
RAM: 16 GB DDR4 2666 MHz UDIMM
Hard Disk Drive Capacity: 1 TB
Solid-State Drive Capacity: 256 GB
Hard Drive Speed: 7200 RPM
Optical Drive: DVD+/-RW
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Dedicated Graphic Card: Yes
Video Memory: 6 GB
Power Supply: 500W

Current case: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/...00_1410976.jpg

Current Internals: https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/reviews/...1569469922.jpg

Current Motherboard: https://linustechtips.com/uploads/mo...ac616839aa.png

Case I want to purchase: Amazon.ca

Motherboard I read was compatible with existing components: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/VzM...me-h310m-a-r20

Suggestions for necessary parts for this case swap and advice is appreciated!!

[phillpower2]

Hello elise8900,

I like the look of your case, it allows the already good cooling system to be upgraded but there looks to be one downside, there is no drive bay for your optical drive.

The MB at your link I would not recommend and for three reasons (1) your CPU is a ninth generation i7 but if you check what is says at your link it says that the board only supports up to eighth gen CPUs, it could potentially work with a BIOS update but for that you would need to have an eighth gen CPU in the board first, see conflict info here (2) the board is the smaller micro ATX type and therefore cramped when it comes to having an add on GPU and working inside the case when doing a spring clean etc (3) limited spec such as only two memory slots and a very basic chipset that would prevent you from ever upgrading the CPU and RAM to anything faster.

You need to check with any supplier whether or not any new MB is 9th generation CPU ready.

In addition to the above, check the brand and model name or number of the present PSU, if not a good brand such as Corsair, EVGA or Seasonic and a minimum of Bronze efficiency rated I would upgrade the PSU as well, preferably to a Gold efficiency rated unit from one of the aforementioned brands.

If you find anything else you want us to check for you let us know.

[phillpower2]

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