First post, by Brawndo
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I'm getting ready to order some new capacitors to re-cap MS-5169 and P5A SS7 motherboards, and I am not quite sure exactly which caps I need to purchase. I got all the specs off the caps on the MSI board to filter on the Mouser and Digikey websites, and I have it pretty narrowed down, but there are some other differences I'm not quite sure how to choose. Example, the caps on this board appear to be mostly Sanyo WG(M) and HK(M), and here's the specs from one type:
1500µF 10v WG(M) -40+105C
Searching on Digikey, I have this one narrowed down to 2 options, the top 2 in this filtered search:
https://www.digikey.com/en/products/filter/al … sctScKazpmcW6gA
They appear to be identical except for a few specs, in particular the ripple current @ low/high frequency and impedance, so I don't know which to choose.
Is it safe to go with the part with the higher ripple current values and lower impedance if I'm unable to determine the exact specs of the existing caps? The only other difference is a 2mm height difference, so I measured the caps on the motherboard now and they are 25mm in height, so in that case should I choose the first part which is the same height?