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01-20-2025 10:01 AM
Hello, I am trying to upgrade my PC, but the case is really limiting, and unfortunely the motherboard only supports this case so I have to switch both, for the case I will just get a normal mid-tower, but for motherboards preferably theyre are cheap btu decent like these:
ASRock B650M Pro RS Micro ATX AM5
MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIKI ATX AM5
I would like for the motherbaord to have a slot for my 2.5 inch SSD card that I brought, and also my old 3.5 inch hard drive
here is my imformation
thanks for helping im not good with computers
01-20-2025 03:47 PM
If you switch the case and the motherboard you are basically talking about buying a new computer. Just about anything you would buy would have a spare SATA bay and port for your SSD/hard drive but a new computer will likely use a much faster M.2 NVME SSD as the bootdisk
01-21-2025 06:05 AM
If you buy a new computer it will likely be equipped with an M.2 NVME SSD or you can choose to have it so equipped. If you get rid of the case and motherboard I am not clear what you would be upgrading. You need a new case and motherboard and essentially that is a new computer. If you want to build a new one from components that is a very fun project and not as difficult as you might think. HP also has some very nice pre-built desktops you can buy. Happy to discuss further.
01-21-2025 11:36 AM
Ok so my plan now is to build a new PC, with new compenents like the new motherbaord and case, but alos with compenents I already have, like my cpu, gpu, and stuff.
right now my gpu is the GeForce 1050 lp, and my cpu is intel i770, everything else is the default stuff, do you have any reccomendations
01-21-2025 12:19 PM - edited 01-21-2025 12:21 PM
i7-7700? So if you buy a different motherboard that will accept the old CPU that will not be an upgrade. I think Intel Cores are up to 14th? generation and yours is 7th. I'm not really clear on why you can't keep using what you have. The motherboards you listed above use AMD processors, not Intel by the way.
01-21-2025 01:33 PM - edited 01-21-2025 05:55 PM
I want a new motherboard and case because the case right now is very small and limiting, so a stardard case would be very helpful for future upgrades, but my current motherboard only supports this case so that's why I want to switch it, the other compenents i will upgrade later but its not my main focus right now, but if what I upgrade now will limit how I can upgrade my PC later I will rethink it