How long do you have?
JK Not that hard as long as you have a case the motherboard can fit in.How hard is it to completely disassemble your stock computer and reassemble it in a new computer case?
I agree with everything said above. However, the hardest things to hook up are the single plug wires for the front panel lights. such as HD activity, power on, USB, headset/mic. They are usually very small wire plugs that you have to match to the new board. But, check your new motherboard manual and label them as you take them off the old board.
You should be able to put the new hardware in the Gateway box. If the motherboard configuration matches the new case, you should be able to move everything fairly easily. But all you will gain is maybe some more bays for drives (if you buy a tower case for example) or you gain a pretty box, but the actual computer remains technically the same.
The case is nothing more than a high-tech cardboard box. Unless you get more goodies.
Sometimes stock computers like to be difficult and make it hard to upgrade. Make sure that your motherboard size it compatible with the new case (it should be). After that it's not that hard. First take off the power supply, then the PCI cards, RAM, cables, etc. You will probably need to remove the heat sink to get to some screws for the motherboard (I did anyway). Then put everything in the other case in reverse order. I would recommend buying some thermal grease for your processor since you took off the heat sink. That's just my two cents, it's cheap stuff anyway. Good luck! I build my own PC and I love it!
If you are going to be spending money, you should just get a core 2 duo. Don't spend to much upgrading an old PC.
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