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Upgrading Computer Case is not the same as modifying a pc case for better
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Considerations:
The main reason for
upgrading computer case is to get more room or
more bays for drives. Like buying a new house because you have out grown your
old one, need more bedrooms for the children you didn't have when you bought the
first house.
As with any upgrade you should consider the
functionality of your purchase. Are
you going to use components from the old computer? Or is this going to be a
brand new system? What do you want to do with the system? Is it for your
business or is it going to be a multifunctional system to cover all your
computing tasks?Make yourself a "wish" list of features you want to have or add to the
pc
when you are done:
- Hard drives/SSD: Two, three, four?
- CD/DVD drives: Two?
- Internal Floppy drive?
- Fans? Extra cooling? (Liquid cooling is now available.)
- Power Supply? (Add 200 to 300 watts to the power supply if you can afford it,
newer processors need more power in case you upgrade.)
- How big? Small to fit on your desktop, medium, or a full tower to go under your
desk?
- Some cases come with a power supply, do you want to use the stock power supply or upgrade to a higher wattage to support more devices?
- Esthetic? Need a case you can see the insides?
Or one that is a certain color to
match your drapes?
- Accessibility? Some cases are a bear to open, some have hinged covers, if you
are going to add more drives in the future you need to have more bays that are
fairy easy to get to.
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Some people drill holes in their case covers for more fans to exhaust the hot
air. This may or may not be a solution for your case. Also another option is
adding more fans. However very few companies make a kit for adding fans to the
inside of the case. To add a fan in a non conventional way you would need a
bracket to hold the fan, you would also have to figure out where to mount the
bracket then drill holes for the mounting screws or bolts.
Update 04/01/16 - When my trusty ASUS P5K motherboard died I replaced it with another
P5K motherboard (seven years is a long time for a motherboard, considering that
I was overclocking the processor...) The new motherboard came with a
different type of heat sink, and the Thermaltake on the old motherboard was not
removable, the brackets came with a heat absorbent spacer that adhered to the
motherboard making it impossible to remove with out destroying the spacers. Too
bad, a solution to the smaller lighter heat sink was either buy another
Thermaltake or increase the number of fans to exhaust the heat. The solution was
to add another fan at the rear of the case using the empty slots for the
opening. This works quite well, not holes to drill nor cutting the case.
A few ideas for you to look at when you do your shopping, err research... 
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