Moving Pre-Built HP OMEN 870-244 to a Custom Case

[melaraj]

Hello, I'm kinda new to PC building, so I don't really have a good idea of where to start with this problem. I bought an HP OMEN 870-244 (GTX 1070, i7-7700, 16 GB RAM) and I want to upgrade it in the future, but the case it's in is extremely small and compact that it's a hassle even installing a SSD or putting another SATA cable.

I was wondering if it's possible to move all the components to another case?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Lutfij]

I would advise against transplanting the innards of a prebuilt over to another chassis. The system and it's innards were purposely designed/given to limit how much the end user can upgrade. IMHO, leave it as is since you're already dealing with a beefy setup. You can build a different system with off the shelf parts.

On second thoughts,

The case looks ample in size and support. You could change the PSU to something more robust and with long cables for reaching drives in the caddy.

 

[ghezziryan]

I did it. Everything went very smooth and there were no issues. The only challenge I ran into was knowing where to put the front panels cables on the motherboard. The odense 2k does not have any usb 2.0 connectors and the cable for the usb 3.0 was the wrong depth. I did however, manage to get the power button and led working. Take a look at the connector that connects to your front ports and match up the wires with the ones on the header (i.e the two LED wires should corespond to those of the origional.)