Bad Idea to Put PC Parts in HP Pavilion p6240f?

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So I have this old PC (HP Pavilion p6240f) from like 10 years ago and it doesn't work anymore. I thought of upgrading it by buying some PC parts and so I got a Micro ATX motherboard, an i3 6100, and a 1060 6GB (it has two fans).

My friend says that it's a bad idea because the case is old and my PC will break the minute I start playing games hardcore on it.

Is he right, because I spent a fortune on these parts and I don't wanna break my PC.

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No, the old case will not damage your parts.

Since you are doing a full motherboard/cpu/memory swap that leaves 2 items: power and cooling.
The OEM power supply is not even close to being able to handle the load of gaming. Even if your wattage is less then the value on the sticker the HP power supply was never designed for that kind of sustained load.
OEM cases were never designed with gaming level cooling in mind. Now personally I would rather spend $40 on a cheaper gaming case then $25-30 in high flow fans to try to overcome an OEM case's airflow issues.
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The only issue you may have is proper cooling. Old cases weren't known to have many if any options for fans. I have newer components in a 10 year old case and it runs freaking great, just looks old as crap. Put your stuff in the case and try to make sure you've got some fans in there and you should be good to go. Like I said, the only issue you could have is if it gets too warm and starts to thermal throttle, but it won't actually hurt anything.
 
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No, the old case will not damage your parts.

Since you are doing a full motherboard/cpu/memory swap that leaves 2 items: power and cooling.
The OEM power supply is not even close to being able to handle the load of gaming. Even if your wattage is less then the value on the sticker the HP power supply was never designed for that kind of sustained load.
OEM cases were never designed with gaming level cooling in mind. Now personally I would rather spend $40 on a cheaper gaming case then $25-30 in high flow fans to try to overcome an OEM case's airflow issues.
 
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The case itself won't harm anything. But you may not even be able to fit your new motherboard in the case, the old motherboard could very well be a proprietary size with unique mounting hole locations that a standard mATX can't affix to.

The PSU is a problem, too:
•It very likely isn't powerful enough
•It's probably quite old and inefficient and noisy
•It could have proprietary connections and be a unique size and you may not be able to plug your new motherboard into it, nor fit a new PSU in the old case.

Not to mention a whole host of other problems. Like the case's USB ports only being USB 2.0 (with possibly a proprietary header), audio being AC'97 instead of HD (also, header), then the cooling being awful, and looking ugly besides. Honestly, I would just spend $30 on a cheap case and not worry about any of that awfulness.
 
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I wouldn't waste my time with that case for 2 reasons.

1 the cooling sucks
2 you may start working on it and get frustrated when you find the board won't mount because HP and Dell use proprietary cases and boards which size and shape wise are sometimes the same, sometimes not, and many times have different mounting holes.
 
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The PSU is 450 watts.
 
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The PSU is 450 watts and I bought it off Newegg.
 
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That doesn't actually tell us that much - *what* PSU is more important than the 450W.
 
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