equinoxx

I'm interested in pulling my Sony VAIO parts out and dropping them into a new case, and I am also worried about how realistic this is. Does anyone have any ideas about that? It's a brand new VGC RB38G and I've opened it up for a few mods. The power supply definitely isn't going anywhere, but the new case would have its own, anyway. My buddy is some sort of computer god and suggests that I avoid it simply because 'my front buttons will never work again'. Thoughts?