Two questions about mother boards.

[GPUX]

Hello, forumers! I have two quick questions that I need to be answered about motherboards. Firstly, I want to swap out my motherboard, which is a “Basswood”, which apparently nobody’s ever heard of. I wish to overclock my Ryzen 1400, which the mobo doesn’t support, and I need to get a different sound card, and the one I currently have is in the mobo. Is it possible to just get a new mobo, or no? Secondly, if I am able to swap out my mobo, I have a HP Pavilion Power 580-130 (which nobody has heard of I guess) which has a UATX form factor. I’ve heard that I believe Mini ITX mobos are the exact same, but not exactly sure.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Snipergod87]

UATX is Micro ATX, not Mini ITX
Looks to be a rather standard formfactor so a swap should be pretty easy

 

[mcconkeymike]

Here's the specs on your PC https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c05686875. Just expand the section on the motherboard and that gives you sizes and should be enough info. The only other issue that I can see if that the front panel connectors may or may not be a standard connector and you might have to get creative to connect the power switch, reset, LEDs, HD LED, etc to your new board.

 

[DRagor]

This is standard size microATX motherboard, so swapping it for another should be no problem. The new motherboard will have a soundcard built-in too, so no problem here either. Something like this should do: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/dWL7YJ/asrock-ab350m-pro4-micro-atx-am4-motherboard-ab350m-pro4