Hello all. I recently bought new parts to make my second build, and while I've been waiting for the parts to be shipped in, I've just been reading and reviewing the whole building process, and I noticed something had changed since the last time I built a pc about 8 years ago. Standoffs are metal now? When I built my last rig, plastic standoffs were used that went through the hole and then had arms that extended once through. This made sense to me since plastic isn't a conductor. So why are metal standoffs being used? I feel like it's just a short in the board waiting to happen.
The metal standoffs I have came with my Rosewill Challenger U3, and honestly I don't even understand how they are used. They have a screwlike side and then a long flat side. I don't honestly even know how they are used haha. I'm scared that with these new screwed in standoffs that I will end up tightening the screws too much and cracking my new motherboard :/. My mobo is going to be an ASrock z68 extreme3 gen3.
Was just confused and hoped someone could explain all this to me!
Any assistance on how to use the rosewill standoffs would be nice as well. The manual that came with the case is a 3 page piece of trash :/
The metal standoffs I have came with my Rosewill Challenger U3, and honestly I don't even understand how they are used. They have a screwlike side and then a long flat side. I don't honestly even know how they are used haha. I'm scared that with these new screwed in standoffs that I will end up tightening the screws too much and cracking my new motherboard :/. My mobo is going to be an ASrock z68 extreme3 gen3.
Was just confused and hoped someone could explain all this to me!
Any assistance on how to use the rosewill standoffs would be nice as well. The manual that came with the case is a 3 page piece of trash :/
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