I want to upgrade my HP Omen 870-224

[Hunter_39]

Hello! I would like to either upgrade my GPU, CPU and RAM in this case or, gut this case and put it into a whole new case. Please let me know what my options are! Thank you!

 

[ritvarsdavis]

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3571670/thoughts-omen-870-224.html

Anyway, after looking at specifications on HP's website, this desktop can support a 173mm GPU (no idea if it supports larger cards, can't find much info). Found this 1070 at 170mm. Would be a huge upgrade graphics wise. The CPU and ram is still decent, so imho, better to upgrade GPU. https://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-GeForce-GDDR5-Graphics-GV-N1070IXOC-8GD/dp/B01JD2OSX0/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1525732618&sr=8-3&keywords=1070+mini

 

[Hunter_39]

I really appreciate the response! Any idea about the swapping all the components into a different case? I am not a huge fan of the case

 

[ritvarsdavis]

If it's a proper ATX board, there shouldn't be a problem. If it's proprietary, then slim chance.

 

[Hunter_39]

Sorry for being a bother but can you explain what a proprietary board is?

 

[Hunter_39]

And or how i could figure out if it is standard ATX

 

[ritvarsdavis]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATX
Give that a read. If the dimensions are not standart, it means it's proprietery.

Do you still have the manual your pc came with? It should have all the details of your components listed, including mobo dimensions.

 

[Hunter_39]

I think it says it is a uATX would that still work?

 

[Hunter_39]

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c05369438 is the site

 

[ritvarsdavis]

uATX will fit in any ATX case (make sure to read case's description, just in case (no pun intended). A cheap but decent one would be the case I use myself, Fractal Design Focus G. It can fit a micro ATX and regular ATX. Has nice GPU and cooler clearance.

 

[Hunter_39]

Thank you very much for the help! Anything else I should know about?