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Hi there, I am relatively new to PC building and I just wanted some help with it.

I am looking to change hardware from my prebuilt PC to a new PC case with new hardware.

I am changing everything but the motherboard, RAM(1x 8gb ddr3) and the hard drive.

I currently have a prebuilt desktop from HP (pavilion) which has a motherboard with a 1150 socket and an i3 4130.

I was looking to keep the motherboard and just swap the i3 4130 to a i5 4590.

I will be moving the motherboard, hdd and ram into a new case(nzxt s340) and the rest of the parts I am going to buy separately.

Will I encounter any problems in this process? Thank you.
 
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You don't say which model of HP Pavilion you've got but the main problems you might encounter with moving a pre built into a standard case are:

1. Proprietary cabling for the PSU or it being a non standard fitting. If it is a standard ATX you'll be fine.
2. Motherboard not being a standard size, again if it an ITX, mATX etc motherboard it should fit ok.
3. Non standard power connection on the motherboard, since you want to use the same PSU this shouldn't be a problem... unless the PSU doesn't fit in the new case (see point 1).
4. Motherboard backplate, a lot of HP/Dell etc use cases with a fixed backplate that you can't remove. This means you'd not have a cover over your ports when you put the motherboard into the new case. You'd...
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Should be fine. Use this site below to make sure everything will fit, also if you are upgrading the Graphics card/CPU Make sure the Power supply will handle it.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/
 
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You don't say which model of HP Pavilion you've got but the main problems you might encounter with moving a pre built into a standard case are:

1. Proprietary cabling for the PSU or it being a non standard fitting. If it is a standard ATX you'll be fine.
2. Motherboard not being a standard size, again if it an ITX, mATX etc motherboard it should fit ok.
3. Non standard power connection on the motherboard, since you want to use the same PSU this shouldn't be a problem... unless the PSU doesn't fit in the new case (see point 1).
4. Motherboard backplate, a lot of HP/Dell etc use cases with a fixed backplate that you can't remove. This means you'd not have a cover over your ports when you put the motherboard into the new case. You'd either have to try and find something online or cut your own if you're handy with that sort of thing.
5. I don't believe many/any major companies still do this, but years ago I worked for a company that physically glued the CPU into the socket. They claimed it reduced the amount of RMA's but I suspect they didn't want people to upgrade systems.

Good luck, most of this shouldn't be relevant to you but with major companies you never know.
 
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I didn't say most of this (Aulthough i have had some of the issues mentioned above) as it seems most companies are going in the direction of encouriging upgrades rather than hindering the ability to do so, aulthough, with HP ,which are most commonly ditributed by PC World/currys, i wouldn't put it past them doing stuff like this as i know they like to add their own 'mark' on certain devices. if you know what exact model the Pre-built desktop is that could help deciding on weather there will be any issues of this nature.
 
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