Moving a motherboard to a new case or getting a new motherboard

[XTheFlame]

I have a hp compaq 8200 elite microtower, with a gtx 970 and 12 gigs of ram, am I able to move the motherboard into a new case? or can i remove the i7 2600 cpu and put it into a new compatible motherboard and put it in a new case?

 

[Paul NZ]

Just as long as the connections in the new case have the same connections as this HP case.

Some branded cases have their own connections that other cases dont have

 

[dstarr3]

There's a possibility that the motherboard is a proprietary form factor, or at least has proprietary mounting holes, which would mean it's impossible to move it to a new case. If you do still want to move into a new case and need a new motherboard, you'll probably have to buy used based on the age of the CPU. But unfortunately, changing motherboards is probably the most laborious component to change. Changing motherboards will greatly interfere with your OS installation, so you'll either need to do a new OS install or you'll need to do an OS migration before the computer will even boot to desktop. There's a few different software solutions to do that. Fresh install or migrated install, you'll need to reactivate your OS, as well.

The power supply could also be a proprietary form factor with proprietary connections. If this is the case, you would need a new power supply as well as motherboard.