XPS 8300 Case, aftermarket motherboard?

Bhamaboy99 · Oct 19, 2014

Hello there,

I have a XPS 8300 that gave up the ghost. I was planning on doing a custom build from scratch.However, I actually like my 8300 case,it also occurred to me that the xps8300 uses a Micro atx board I believe.

Can I install a new aftermarket motherboard+CPU?

What issues would I encounter? If any?

Also any issues with rewiring the front usb ports+audio ports?

BTW:I am aware that I would need to buy a new copy of windows which I am fine with that

junkeymonkey · Oct 19, 2014

depends as with dell they like to use btx boards and the case may only support them and not atx you have to check that out

http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/difference-between-atx-and-btx/

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2293137

good luck

endeavour37a · Oct 19, 2014

Yes you should be able to with no problem. it looks like it came with a P67 MB LGA1155. If you get perhaps a Z77 MB you could use your CPU and not have to get a new one, but not sure....

Bhamaboy99 · Oct 19, 2014

I am a complete noob at this stuff so forgive me if i ask silly question. So you are all sayin confirm the board type is a micro ATX before committing to the project?

junkeymonkey · Oct 19, 2014

confirm the boards form factor and the case configuration being a prebuilt case it my be proprietary to bxt and also it may not have removable or adjustable stand offs that can be changed to fit a certain board

junkeymonkey · Oct 19, 2014

http://www.formfactors.org/formfactor.asp

endeavour37a · Oct 19, 2014

Bhamaboy99 :

Well then this ought to be a fun learning experience for you, if it's already broken the only direction you can go in is up

Take a look at this thread, same question you are asking..
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2046192/xps-8300-mobo.html

Here are some related threads...may get some good info here also.
http://www.tomshardware.com/s/xps+8300+case+aftermarket+motherboard/

Open it up and take a look at it, perhaps even just pull it out if you want. The board should have something written on it saying what it is then you know what you have. It will most likely be an ATX or uATX, just measuring it will tell you. You have many options replacing it, if your CPU is good and you don't want/need to replace it then most LGA 1155 boards will work. Really depends on what kind of stuff you do with it, no need to get a high performance MB if you don't game heavy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATX
This has the sizes of different boards for you to check yours against if you need to.

Bhamaboy99 · Oct 19, 2014

okay based upon my searches, I found that the motherboard is
Dell Dimension XPS 8300 Mainboard/Motherboard -Y2MRG LGA1155
the case is micro-ATX form factor.
Whats next?

Bhamaboy99 · Oct 19, 2014

endeavour37a :

Bhamaboy99 :

Well then this ought to be a fun learning experience for you, if it's already broken the only direction you can go in is up

Take a look at this thread, same question you are asking..
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2046192/xps-8300-mobo.html

Here are some related threads...may get some good info here also.
http://www.tomshardware.com/s/xps+8300+case+aftermarket+motherboard/

Open it up and take a look at it, perhaps even just pull it out if you want. The board should have something written on it saying what it is then you know what you have. It will most likely be an ATX or uATX, just measuring it will tell you. You have many options replacing it, if your CPU is good and you don't want/need to replace it then most LGA 1155 boards will work. Really depends on what kind of stuff you do with it, no need to get a high performance MB if you don't game heavy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATX
This has the sizes of different boards for you to check yours against if you need to.

No gaming, I am a photographer............just need it for photoshop, lightroom and web surfing really

junkeymonkey · Oct 19, 2014

well if its a true m-atx then a m-atx board should fit right in go shopping

endeavour37a · Oct 19, 2014

If this is your MB, here is a direct replacement
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BS4JH60/?tag=minizonewolf-20

Price check..
http://computersmotherboard.com/y2mrg/
http://pcmotherboardmart.com/y2mrg.html

Hope this helps if you want to replace it with the same one, if not we can go from here to get something else..

junkeymonkey · Oct 19, 2014

if its a drect fit m-atx go aftermarket board like asrock gigabyte ,msi or asus don't fool around with that low end dell junk get something that's real life

endeavour37a · Oct 19, 2014

junkeymonkey :

I agree with him 100%, but it would be good to verify if this is indeed the MB you are taking out.

Bhamaboy99 · Oct 19, 2014

like I said based on googling it is indeed a micro-atx

I was looking at getting something like the ASRock H77 Pro4-M

junkeymonkey · Oct 20, 2014

I seen where they put different boards in the same model so it pays to be dang sure

Bhamaboy99 · Oct 20, 2014

Motherboard
Manufacturer Dell Inc.
Model 0Y2MRG (CPU 1)
Chipset Vendor Intel
Chipset Model Sandy Bridge
Chipset Revision 09
Southbridge Vendor Intel
Southbridge Model H67

Info I copied from speccy

junkeymonkey · Oct 20, 2014

sad thing is as with dell stuff you lokk that up and never find or see any hard facts on it so you can say ya that's it ...

look at the link I gave above for the formfactors site and there should be diagrams of the form factors layouts all you got to do is compare it to your board to see if it matches the atx standard
cause with out being there for hands on all I can do is guess the best I can with that were not telling dell info ..
this is why dell themselves don't show nothing if so I can find it .. there on the hopes you get discouraged and give up and go buy there new computer

ps there a lot of nice cases for like newegg for less then $60 last one I gopt for a deal like you was this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129187

all parts went in and been just fine for the job

Bhamaboy99 · Oct 20, 2014

Thanks again for the advice and info

endeavour37a · Oct 20, 2014

Bhamaboy99 :

That looks like it should work just fine for you, have fun

HoudiniVictim · Jan 10, 2015

Bhamaboy, any update? How did your rebuild go?

Bhamaboy99 · Jan 10, 2015

It went great!!!! I settle for a Gigabyte H77M-D3H board. Everything fit nicely. The only issue I am having, which I had with the original Dell is the multi card reader gives me an error "you need to format the disk in drive h before you can use it"
Now if I select format nothing happens, instead I get another message saying, windows was unable to complete format.
I thinks its a software issue, but besides that I love the xps case. I also changed the front panel of the 8300 to 8700, and replaced the front usb 2.0 with the 8700 usb 3.0 ports as well

elliotpage · Feb 6, 2019

Hey Bhamaboy, just reading this thread now 5 years later lol

But basically I decided to do the same as you and replace my motherboard with an afterrmarket one. Im having an issue with the front panel connector though where my new mobo doesn't have the same pin layout as the pins on the XPS 8300. Did you also encounter this issue ?

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