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Hi just putting my Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H motherboard into a Zalman3 case and the motherboard has 7 holes for fixing,on the middle row the outside hole will have no fixing as there is no hole in the case for a standoff will this matter.
 
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Hi just putting my Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H motherboard into a Zalman3 case and the motherboard has 7 holes for fixing,on the middle row the outside hole will have no fixing as there is no hole in the case for a standoff will this matter.

Highly unlikely, though it would moderately annoy me somewhat. I've built systems with more than one standoff missing :D
 

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Not really, I have just 5 screws in mine, one each corner and one centre middle, works fine, ideally the more you can populate the better, just be careful when applying pressure to areas that don't have screw support, you know like putting graphics cards or Ram in but just one won't make a difference, especially if on the edge.
 

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You can get plastic stand off's that push through the m/b hole and just rest against the case
Which will give support to the m/b when inserting accessory's into slots ect


 
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Well either get a drill and make a hole or just forget about it. You will only plug the usb 3.0 and sata stuff in that area so not to much things to hold.
 
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Highly unlikely, though it would moderately annoy me somewhat. I've built systems with more than one standoff missing :D
I also built one missing a standoff, it was the one in the center/middle on an ATX board (guess i just forgot or I'm stupid, probably both)
 
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