Missed a standoff

Ville502

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I have an MSI Gaming 5 Motherboard. I recently noticed that I did not put in the standoff to the left of the RAM slots. All of the corner and side standoffs are in place, I just happened to skip that one. Is this safe? Will the weight of the graphics card or CPU heat sink cause the motherboard to bend? I'm guessing it will not bend since all the other standoffs are in place, but I'm just wondering. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Here is my PC build:
Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card
Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
 
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It's fine. Just don't press on the motherboard in that area. Same thing even with the standoff in place, like putting power connectors in, you want to support the board from underneath with your finger so you don't bend it.

Ville502

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Ok thank you for the information, I will probably install the standoff today anyway just so I don't have to worry about it anymore.

 

gondo

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It's fine. Just don't press on the motherboard in that area. Same thing even with the standoff in place, like putting power connectors in, you want to support the board from underneath with your finger so you don't bend it.
 
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