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biebs12

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i am almost done building my PC, ive already tested it outside of the case and everything works.
now i just need help with mounting my motherboard to my case because its very confusing for me.

i have the corsair carbide 500r mid tower case, and the Gigabyte z97x-SLI motherboard.

my problems are that i dont know how to line up the copper stand offs in a way that would fit my motherboard because my case comes with 6 preset copper stand offs on the bottom, then there are 3 on the top that dont look like copper stand offs they just look like bumps on the case almost.
 
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Depending on the case, most cases are designed with threaded holes that the standoffs screw into or preinstalled standoffs for a variety of motherboards (micro ATX, ATX, ITX, eATX). The Carbide 500 will accept both mATX and ATX boards so it should have the proper standoffs for it. If you look in the case manual, you'll se a diagram for different motherboard form factors and the standoffs in the case will be lettered to correspond to the different sizes. Your case should have a bag of hardware (screws, a speaker, adapters, standoffs, etc.). If there are extra standoffs and holes for them to go into that match the mounting pattern of your board, then screw in the standoffs to match the board's holes. Line up the standoffs with the...
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Depending on the case, most cases are designed with threaded holes that the standoffs screw into or preinstalled standoffs for a variety of motherboards (micro ATX, ATX, ITX, eATX). The Carbide 500 will accept both mATX and ATX boards so it should have the proper standoffs for it. If you look in the case manual, you'll se a diagram for different motherboard form factors and the standoffs in the case will be lettered to correspond to the different sizes. Your case should have a bag of hardware (screws, a speaker, adapters, standoffs, etc.). If there are extra standoffs and holes for them to go into that match the mounting pattern of your board, then screw in the standoffs to match the board's holes. Line up the standoffs with the mounting holes on the motherboard and put the screws in and you should be good.
 
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Just look at your motherboard and look were the screw holes are at one them them just label them down on a peace of paper like if you are tracing a circle or something, hope this helps it helped me :)
 
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