Old case vs new case

[patmok13]

Hey so it's my first time building a pc and i've picked out all the parts needed but the last thing I need to buy is the pc case.

My dad has an old Dell Dimension 9200 case from over ten years ago and doesn't want me to buy a new case. The case has a disk driver that doesn't work anymore. I was wondering if i should spen about $50 on a new case or just stick with the old one.

Thanks

 

[Nigel Spike]

The Dell Dimension 9200 seem to have place for a form factor BTX motherboard. Most likely your new motherboard is form factor ATX, so it will not fit inside.

Nigel

 

[patmok13]

The Dell Dimension 9200 seem to have place for a form factor BTX motherboard. Most likely your new motherboard is form factor ATX, so it will not fit inside.

Nigel

Thank you very much

 

[william p]

The Dimension 9200 is the same as the E520 in my sig. except it has room for full size video cards. With a QX6xxx Core2Extreme and Throttlestop software it can be overclocked quite a bit. But still it's a 65nm LGA775 machine. I'd make it run but that's just me it's up to you.
But it can produce results like this.
http://valid.x86.fr/top-cpu/496e74656c28522920436f726528544d29322045787472656d652043505520513638303020204020322e393347487a
i wrote an article "Overclocking Dell BTX Computers" which was based on that basic technology. You might read it befor tossing that thing. I'd love to have one of those myself.