Need Help finding a case with power supply

longlostromeo26 · 09-19-2008, 08:02 AM

I Need help finding a case and Power supply combo.

I have this mother board

http://support.gateway.com/s/MOTHERB...106623nv.shtml

Iam wanting a new case and power supply but i want to be able to upgrade the mother board later on. Iam on a fixed income and iam wanting to upgrade piece by piece.

My problem is when i look at the back of my pc the mother board is on the right side. Normally i see the mother boards of the left side of the case. Which is were my problem lays.

The computer i have is

Gateway GT5062E Desktop Computer

I want a case were i can upgrade the mother board later down the road that way i can have sli and up to 8 gig of memory.

Any help would be apreciated.
shawn

**wrench97** · 09-19-2008, 04:53 PM

The motherboard in your PC is a Micro BTX the most common is a ATX Haven't seen a new BTX board for awhile now the economical way may be to wait and buy a case, power supply and motherboard at the same time because most of the ATX/BTX cases left on the market are high dollar ones, the other option would be to search Ebay for a used ATX/BTX case and see what you can find, but be aware some of them require extra fittings or trays to be compatible with both types.
BTX boards were developed by Intel to solve some heat and other issues by moving the components to different places on the board and won favor for a while with OEM's like Dell and Gateway but soon lost favor.

09-19-2008, 08:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
longlostromeo26 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1 OS: xp	Need Help finding a case with power supply I Need help finding a case and Power supply combo. I have this mother board http://support.gateway.com/s/MOTHERB...106623nv.shtml Iam wanting a new case and power supply but i want to be able to upgrade the mother board later on. Iam on a fixed income and iam wanting to upgrade piece by piece. My problem is when i look at the back of my pc the mother board is on the right side. Normally i see the mother boards of the left side of the case. Which is were my problem lays. The computer i have is Gateway GT5062E Desktop Computer I want a case were i can upgrade the mother board later down the road that way i can have sli and up to 8 gig of memory. Any help would be apreciated. shawn

09-19-2008, 04:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,469 OS: Win7	Re: Need Help finding a case with power supply The motherboard in your PC is a Micro BTX the most common is a ATX Haven't seen a new BTX board for awhile now the economical way may be to wait and buy a case, power supply and motherboard at the same time because most of the ATX/BTX cases left on the market are high dollar ones, the other option would be to search Ebay for a used ATX/BTX case and see what you can find, but be aware some of them require extra fittings or trays to be compatible with both types. BTX boards were developed by Intel to solve some heat and other issues by moving the components to different places on the board and won favor for a while with OEM's like Dell and Gateway but soon lost favor. __________________ Power Supply and Selection