Vista - Building your own Rig

I've been looking a Cases for desktops,i love some of them,with the led lights and windows they can turn what started out as an ugly black box into something really eyecatching.How difficult is it to take everything out then put back together in a new case? I'm itching to try it,but worried I'd mess it up.Been looking at cases on homepage they look amazing

It's really not all that hard to do, since the procedure is the same as when building from new components.

Just be sure to remember the following:

1. Some new chassis do not come with a PSU, and you old PSU may not fit into a new chassis, so you'll need to confirm this.
2. When you remove the components from the old chassis, place each individually into an anti-static bag until such time as you are ready to put them into the new chassis
3. In most cases, it isn't necessary to remove the CPU and Memory from the motherboard when moving to a new chassis, unless you have a monster fan and heatsink that will get in the way of removing the motherboard from the old chassis. If you really must do this, just remember to clean the underside of the heatsink and the top of the CPU properly before applying new thermal paste when placingthem back into the motherboard.
4. When placing the motherboard into the new chassis, make sure you have the backplate correctly inserted, and that the chassis base standoffs are all in the correct positions corresponding to the mount holes on the motherboard.
5. When mounting the motherboard, do not over tighten the screws
6. Take your time. Murphy's Law states "The more you hurry, the greater the possibility of screwing up".

And most importantly, have fun!

Let us know how it went for you.

Not hard at all, just a little time consuming. Make sure you read up on a couple PC building guides so that you know the basics of assembling a PC before you attempt this though.

When I swap out cases I like to just keep as many components attached as I can (Processor in Motherboard, heatsink still attached, etc), then I just use tape to label where all the wires go and reassemble in the new case.

Hello Jaffa1978.

Maybe this basic how to will shed some light on the question at hand.

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And as Dzomlija stated; have fun.














Later Ted

cheers barefoot rep'd u,good article its changing the motherboard that worries me,the rest doesnt bother me,sounds like you have to be really careful with the mobo.

there's a computer repair shop just along the road from me,but the guy looks more like mr bean,than bill gates and he'd probably want at least £50 for doing it,plus most of the pc's in his shop look like there from the 1980's.

worried about the grounding yourself bit aswell,I've been electricuted 4 or 5 times in the past lol

hmmmm...Thanks for the link to that site!
Im now thinking of its manual to assemble and disassemble that very nice black box. heheheh

Im also particular in PSU, it also looks good..

Hello all, you're welcome!

The web is full of them; have a loot at some of these.

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Later Ted

It may seem daunting at first, but if you take your time, you'll be fine

It's like most things in life, it gets easier with practice

It's actually really easy..

To be careful about shocking yourself, or the PC components. just touch the metal part of the Case Frame everytime before you do anything. before you touch any part touch metal on the case first.. just to be safe.

Raidmax makes some ok cases. I'd look into something like the Antec 300, or threee Hundred. it's one of the cheapest, yet best cases around. Has good fans, and some great airflow for a stock case. I'd get that if I was doing another build. or of course what I have now. the Cooler Master 690 Case.. a very good one. but it's pretty big. if you don't have a big custom system. then something like the Antec Three Hundred is Perfect for you.

its easy , just get on with it................ granted ive been building gaming rigs for years but we all started somewhere and you'll wonder why you were ever worried.........now getting it to work afterwards..........thats something else