Hey, everyone. I've had several issues after buying my X51 R3, notably that I didn't realize when purchasing it that it was a small-form PC. My dad purchased it for me as a gift for around $1500, and he specified that he wanted it bought through Dell, but I didn't really get that it was a PC different from other PC's until it arrived, and even then I didn't realize I couldn't just modify it like a normal PC.

Dash forward two years and my PC is having a lot of issues, especially with overheating. The GPU is damaged somehow and the Mini-Display Ports on it no longer function. This is an issue for me as I wanted to upgrade to a 144 hertz monitor, but I cannot without a Display Port. I also use multiple monitors and have an Oculus Rift, so it has caused me many issues relating to that. I also generally just would like to purchase a new GPU, as I feel it is time to upgrade, but from what I have read and researched on my own it is just not possible for me to buy an upgrade.

For example, I was going to purchase a GTX 1080 Mini, which I figured would fit in the case fine, but then I read it requires a 500 Watt power supply, and from what I understand the power supply included with the X51 R3 is just a 330 Watt one. I also was going to purchase an SSD, but again, I do not believe I could easily fit one within my X51 R3.

It's also worth noting that I paid for a DVD drive on my X51 R3, but never received one. I complained about this to Dell Support and they basically told me, too bad, so sad.

My situation is thus that I want to salvage as much of this PC as I possibly can and move it over to a new case with a new power supply. I am very much against buying the "Alienware Graphics Amplifier" because that doesn't solve my SSD issue, and I generally do not want to give any more money to a company that I feel, honestly, scammed me.

So I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations on cases, power supplies, etc, that work with the X51 R3 parts that I can transfer over to a new build. I was wondering also what the power limitations of this motherboard are. My X51 R3 has 32GB of ram, and an i7-6700 3.40 GHz that I would like to salvage.

Thanks for any help you guys can provide. Dell Support has thus far helped me with nothing despite my family's loyalty and support for the company over the years.