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I have an sff case, and I was wondering if there was a normal sized case that supports sff motherboards, or if I'm out of luck. Any help would be apriciated. Oh I have a OptiPlex 7010.
 
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Actually I was able to find an image of the motherboard and it is ATX so it could work. That said you will be missing the port cover, and the standoffs may not (probably won't) line up to an aftermarket case. Where theres a will theres a way, and you could probably find a way to make it work, but it would also be janky and potentially unsafe for your hardware, so I'd recommend against it.
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USAFRet

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Depends on the specific motherboard.
A lot of those Dells are/were the obsolete BTX format, and won't work with a standard ATX case or PSU.
 
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Yea, that's what I heard, I just didn't know if there was a way around that.

 
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Rogue Leader

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None at all.
 
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jankerson

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No, they are dumpster material.

Best just to get a new PC, or build one.

And stay far away from any SFF models.
 
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Nope.
Some things just Do Not Fit.
 
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You might be able to modify it if you have the board you want to put inside it. Some of the standoffs might even line up but be careful not to put a hole in your motherboard and if you drill into the case strip it down completely and wash it very thoroughly because a small piece of metal could short your board.
 
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Actually I was able to find an image of the motherboard and it is ATX so it could work. That said you will be missing the port cover, and the standoffs may not (probably won't) line up to an aftermarket case. Where theres a will theres a way, and you could probably find a way to make it work, but it would also be janky and potentially unsafe for your hardware, so I'd recommend against it.
 
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Also if you were planning on using the Dell motherboard with a different processor, RAM configuration, or even a graphics card beware.. Some of the OEM Dell, HP ect. motherboards lock their configuration from the bios and there is nothing you can do about it. Also a lot of them don't deliver the full power on the rails to the pcie slot so it might not even power your card.
 
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Good point, in fact being that its an SFF system and the slots are normally blocked by the PSU completely, its likely they are low power.
 
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