New case for Dell XPS 8500

[RoboticStix]

Hi all, I have been thinking about upgrading my computer case this summer, but I am not sure what case to get that will surely work with my Dell XPS8500 motherboard, which is a micro-atx, as far as I know. Does this mean I have to get a micro-atx case, ot no? And if so, do you have any suggestions or should I just start fresh? I also have a gtx 770, which I am planning to upgrade from, a corsair tx 650 watt psu, a i7 3770 and 8gbs of ram. All help is greatly appreciated.

 

[toyftw]

Hi all, I have been thinking about upgrading my computer case this summer, but I am not sure what case to get that will surely work with my Dell XPS8500 motherboard, which is a micro-atx, as far as I know. Does this mean I have to get a micro-atx case, ot no? And if so, do you have any suggestions or should I just start fresh? I also have a gtx 770, which I am planning to upgrade from, a corsair tx 650 watt psu, a i7 3770 and 8gbs of ram. All help is greatly appreciated.

Hi - Most Mid-tower & full tower cases accept different sizes of mobo's. Find one you like on one of
the sites (Newegg, Amazon, etc) and check the specs for what sizes it will accommodate.
However, 1st check your Dell documentation and insure what size the mobo is, as Dell does use
proprietary mobo's in some of their PC's.

If it's a std micro-atx, you should have plenty of options to choose from.

Hi again - I went to the Dell manual and altho it lists all the things the mobo accepts, it doesn't specify
the form factor. However, I did find on another site that the form factor is indeed micro-atx, so
determine how much you want to spend for a case and the size (ATX mid-tower is probably the way to go,
most of them can house long GPU's & multiple GPU's.