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Hi everyone !

I purchased a used desktop IBM 8212-1SF and it's very small. I'd like to put everything in a new tower case to get more space to put additional cards, hard drive etc.

Is it possible to fit all parts in any tower as long as there's enough space for the motherboard and everything or there is no way to swap the case ?

I don't have an empty tower to try it and I don't want to buy one if I'm not sure everything will fit in and back slots will be at the right places.

Thanks a lot !

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Depends on whether the motherboard are standard e.g micro atx, atx or whether they are nonstandard

measure them. The sizes are available on wikipedia. Just search for ATX

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the big thing will be the back connections ,the video mouse and keyboard and stuff some desktops are stretched out right across the back,and not grouped in the same way as a case setup.im going to be trying this next week with a older ibm.

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