Compatibility with motherboard.

[josh1002]

I'm getting a prebuilt desktop pc, I don't know the brand but I'm assuming it's popular ones like hp, dell, said and ecs, from someone and I was wondering if I could switch the motherboard that's prebuilt inside it with a mis motherboard or something?

 

[alexoiu]

It depends on the case front wires, power supply, if upgrading other components too... (upgrading the board might require new CPU and RAMs).

 

[mdd1963]

The ability to swap conventional commercial ATX motherboards into a Dell or HP and a few other prebuilts is often compromised by proprietary custom internal headers to match uniquely manufactured cases built just for a narrow range utilizing them, along with normally too-smallish PSUs...

On the positive side, a new Corsair 100r case is only $55 or so...or Corsair 600 watt PSU is about the same cost...

 

[josh1002]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from josh1002 : "Is it Compatible?"

Will a gaming motherboard fit in a dell, asus,hp, or acer desktop tower if I replace it. I'm aware that I might need to get new ram and cpu. I'm just concerned that my pre installed motherboard won't support pci-express x16 for a gpu.

 

[cin19]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from josh1002 : "What is compatible?"

I want to know if there are any gaming motherboards that are compatible with my current one(ms-7093 is model number. I think I need to switch cause it's getting to old. I'm using a prebuilt pc by the way.

If it is your MB https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c00361515/ you should forget about it, buy the whole new PC.

If it is your MB https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c00361515/ you should forget about it, buy the whole new PC.

What do you mean?. I'm not going to buy a whole new pc. I just wanted to know if there where new versions of the board that have the same back panel/ports that will fit in my case.

new versions of the board

that means it is whole pc, if you will buy the new MB, that means you will need the new cpu, new RAM, new PSU, new OS. That what I said the whole new PC.

But it is up to you, if you want to keep the case for the new PC, you need to see the I/O Shield Back Panel can be removed or not. By the way, the PC case is cheap, may forget about the HP case.

new versions of the board

that means it is whole pc, if you will buy the new MB, that means you will need the new cpu, new RAM, new PSU, new OS. That what I said the whole new PC.

But it is up to you, if you want to keep the case for the new PC, you need to see the I/O Shield Back Panel can be removed or not. By the way, the PC case is cheap, may forget about the HP case.

So if I keep my hp case, I can just by a modern gaming motherboard and a shield back panel that is compatible. Or do all new motherboards come with a shield?

Yes, all the MB will come with the shield plate, and once again, if you buy the new modern gaming MB, you will have to get the new cpu, new RAM, and the new PSU too, the old AMD cpu is not compatible with the new MB you will buy. Also double check the MB format, the old HP case may not fit with the new MB.