Modernize / upgrade Old Z1 G1

[DomenicoFormoso]

I would like to replace the mainboard and the video card of my z1 g1 workstatiom with a mini ITX? In your opinion can it be done? it's convenient?
It would take a msystem board with lvds or an LVDS adapter. My z1 has 16 gb ram, xeon E31280, quadro 1000.

[DGroves]

while anything is possible,  it's your skill level that will determine if you can do this as it's not just a drop/swap operation

you will need basic/mid range skills to modify the existing case to hold a new board and the same skills to rewire the front panel lights/ I/O ports and then possibly do the same to the power supply

asking us if you have the nessary skill sets for this is something we are unable to answer

[DomenicoFormoso]

First of all, excuse my English.
I'm sure I can do it if I find the right hardware. I'm a software developer and the reason that drives me to start this project is that to have a machine with a modern CPU (new Xeon or i7-i8) and m.2 interface, trying to recover the my z1 which has the display replaced a year ago. 
If the final expense of these changes will be convenient, the project could serve other owners of this magnificent machine.
I think the main problems are:

1 - LCD panel, there are a few mainboards with lvds (example supermicro X11SSV-LVDS) - or a displayport to lvds adapter.

2 - Ventilation, adjust the cpu / video fan to the z1 ventilation system.
3 - I/O connectors.

Thank you for your interest. 

[BambiBoomZ]

DominicoFormoso,

All-in-one systems- and laptops- are difficult to modify and are not very versatile.  The main problem is the space limitation, meaning that there are not too many options for components.  Also, a mini ITX motherboard will have extremely limited PCIe slots.

If  space is not a problem, (and it would help to have access to a wide market, for example in the EU), consider a used z420 V2 or z620 V2 (= a boot block date of 2013).  That will allow using a fast 6-core such as E5-1650 v2 or 1660 v2, an 8-core E5-1680 V2, or 10-core Xeon E5-2680 v2 or 2690 v2, more RAM, a full size GPU. Together this could support multiple displays, run several VM's, PCIe M.2, PCIe RAID controller, more drives including large-capacity 3.5", add a hot swap drive in a 5.25" bay, and so on.  The E5-1650 v2, 1660 v2, and 1680 v2 8-core may be overclocked using the Intel Extreme Tuning Utility. The office z620 is running an E5-1680 v2 at 4.3GHz on all 8-cores.

The z420 and z620 are not expensive today, have very good performance, and are ultra-reliable. The important aspect is that these can be refined to a much higher level and with less time and effort than modifying an all-in-one.

BambiBoomZ