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So I went for:
Gigabyte B550i - it was £127 on Black Friday so £10 cheaper than Asrock B550M-ITX
Alpenfohn Black Ridge with Arctic P9 120mm Slim. This combo is way cheaper than Noctua with fan duct.
Kingston 2 x 8 GB2 DDR4-2666 CL19 VLP Memory £34
RTX 3070 Eagle OC LHR £380
I want to fallow the advice to route riser cable between middle plate and GPU, but I don't have the plastic sheet (as my A4-SFX is second hand).
Therefore I would like to ask if this is still doable? From my understanding the plastic sheet is to prevent from shorts. I have seen somewhere on the forum Dan saying it is okay to take plastic sheet off if GPU has plastic backplate, but mine has metal backplate so I'm bit scared. Also would it be wise in this scenario to route riser cable there?

I was trying to get some plastic sheet and make one by myself but I've got lost. There is too many different plastics. There are static dissipative or antistatic and many other specifications.
What plastic would be the best to use? What is the thickness of the original plastic? What to do if I won't get any.

Thanks!

<blockquote data-quote="lost_in_spice" data-source="post: 282536" data-attributes="member: 34816">So I went for:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Gigabyte B550i - it was £127 on Black Friday so £10 cheaper than Asrock B550M-ITX</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Alpenfohn Black Ridge with Arctic P9 120mm Slim. This combo is way cheaper than Noctua with fan duct. </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Kingston 2 x 8 GB2 DDR4-2666 CL19 VLP Memory £34</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">RTX 3070 Eagle OC LHR £380</li>
</ul>I want to fallow the advice to route riser cable between middle plate and GPU, but I don't have the plastic sheet (as my A4-SFX is second hand). Therefore I would like to ask if this is still doable? From my understanding the plastic sheet is to prevent from shorts. I have seen somewhere on the forum Dan saying it is okay to take plastic sheet off if GPU has plastic backplate, but mine has metal backplate so I'm bit scared. Also would it be wise in this scenario to route riser cable there?I was trying to get some plastic sheet and make one by myself but I've got lost. There is too many different plastics. There are static dissipative or antistatic and many other specifications.What plastic would be the best to use? What is the thickness of the original plastic? What to do if I won't get any.Thanks!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lost_in_spice, post: 282536, member: 34816"] So I went for: [LIST] [*]Gigabyte B550i - it was £127 on Black Friday so £10 cheaper than Asrock B550M-ITX [*]Alpenfohn Black Ridge with Arctic P9 120mm Slim. This combo is way cheaper than Noctua with fan duct. [*]Kingston 2 x 8 GB2 DDR4-2666 CL19 VLP Memory £34 [*]RTX 3070 Eagle OC LHR £380 [/LIST] I want to fallow the advice to route riser cable between middle plate and GPU, but I don't have the plastic sheet (as my A4-SFX is second hand). Therefore I would like to ask if this is still doable? From my understanding the plastic sheet is to prevent from shorts. I have seen somewhere on the forum Dan saying it is okay to take plastic sheet off if GPU has plastic backplate, but mine has metal backplate so I'm bit scared. Also would it be wise in this scenario to route riser cable there? I was trying to get some plastic sheet and make one by myself but I've got lost. There is too many different plastics. There are static dissipative or antistatic and many other specifications. What plastic would be the best to use? What is the thickness of the original plastic? What to do if I won't get any. Thanks! [/QUOTE]

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