Question HP xw8400 alternate case

[akash13eng]

Hi All,

I am looking for an alternate case for a HP xw8400, Previously I had three of them but due to storage issue I took all the components out and threw the caeses away.

Now I want to build this for my son but don't want to spend much. Mother board size is 33 X 30.5 cm which is bigger than the size of ATX Montherboard

Can you please help?

 

[Darkbreeze]

No, this won't work. That case is proprietary. The power connections on the motherboard are proprietary. The power supply is proprietary. You won't find any case other than an HP case that was designed for that hardware, that it will work in without serious heavy modification skills. If you don't have experience with case and other PC modifications, or at least a good skillset for fabrication and tinkering with various shop tools, it's a no go.

You might be able to find an HP case for that system on Ebay but given that the system is like 13 years old, it's pretty much a waste of time. You won't be able to run anything modern on that hardware. Not reasonably well anyhow.