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I know that motherboards are fragile and should be handled with care in an anti-static workspace, but how fragile are they really? I am very curious to know, how do they hold up to twisting, turning and bending?

Without any form track damage of course

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Did you make a tortilla out of your motherboard?

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All I can say about motherboard durability is scratches and the intel socket. When building, I dropped some screws on my MOBO and scratched the top and also when dropping my CPU in I dragged it on the pins by accident and nothing was broken. Also, at school we touched and held MOBOs in our hands and I was curious how durable the pin socket were and well, they are really hard to bend, so the pins are really more durable than said.

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Did you make a tortilla out of your motherboard?

Nahh, its fine I'm currently moving cases and I thought to my self when installing the motherboard, how fragile is this motherboard?
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They're 100% fine if you won't purposely destroy it

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I managed to light one on fire and it still works until now...

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well according to gigabyte they are durable. *puts on sunglasses* ultra durable. yeaaaaaaaa!

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I remember burying one in an ants strapped with fireworks at school when I was 14 or so and detonating it. Didn't know what it was at the time, just found it in a store room, but we didn't even chip the damn thing. Pissed off a whole lot of ants though.

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Like most computer parts people make sure that they are way more careful than they need to be so that if they slip up they're still good. Motherboards and most parts are actually pretty hardy and take a lot of abuse so that they don't break all the time. Like others had said, as long as you're not setting out to destory it you'll probably be alright.

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Gigabyte boards are Ultra Durable...

 

get it? because... ultra durable...

 

But seriously, it depends on the board. A large eATX board with big heatsinks and backplates will be more durable than some entry-level ITX board with no heatsinks at all.

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This made me so happy

glad i could help :D

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Gigabyte boards are Ultra Durable...

 

get it? because... ultra durable...

 

But seriously, it depends on the board. A large eATX board with big heatsinks and backplates will be more durable than some entry-level ITX board with no heatsinks at all.

 

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As long as you don't use hammer... But seriously, you should always be gentle with electronics, more so when they are barebones (shoting PCB). If you have ever handled mobo, you will know that it isn't that easy to crack or bend. But since there is more than just PCB, there are always possibility to break or bend something like capacitors, heatsinks and with Intel, pins.

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I know that motherboards are fragile and should be handled with care in an anti-static workspace, but how fragile are they really? I am very curious to know, how do they hold up to twisting, turning and bending?

they are usualy the first part to fail in a system...usualy the dimm slots or pcie slots go bad overtime...it's very likely to be the part that will limit a system life...they fail without giving any warning on top of that!

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I know that motherboards are fragile and should be handled with care in an anti-static workspace, but how fragile are they really? I am very curious to know, how do they hold up to twisting, turning and bending?

Without any form track damage of course

Thanks again!

 

They aren't particularly fragile as long as you handle them properly. Use a reasonably anti-static and non-conductive workspace (like the top of the motherboard box), and make sure you pay close attention to the stand-off screws when you mount it inside the case, and you will have eliminated all of the most likely pitfalls.

 

Never place the motherboard on top of a metal surface, or on top of the anti-static bag the motherboard came in. The outside of an anti-static bag conducts electricity.

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Did you make a tortilla out of your motherboard?

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