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First post, by Omarkoman

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Talking about these :

https://i.postimg.cc/7HHxGswM/IMG-1640.jpg

They are impossible to find anywhere to buy.

Any suggestions as Im stuck with few builds cant install the motherboards as I dont have these mounts.

Thanks in advance.

Reply 1 of 11, by konc

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They are all over ebay and aliexpress for example, and I assume in many more places. I don't know why you say it's impossible to find them.
Also while they are good to secure some places from bending, you don't really need as long as you have the metal ones + screws.

Reply 2 of 11, by Omarkoman

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Sorry but can you provide some links?

I looked on ebay all over world and also aliexpress.

If there are so many, pls share some links.

Also you cant use metal spacers on AT cases, they need these particular standoffs. I dont see any other way to mount them.

Reply 3 of 11, by Beerfloat

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I bought some from this vendor some years ago.

Shipped across the pacific in about 2 weeks, packaged well, not cheap but hey I am happy and set.

Reply 4 of 11, by Ozzuneoj

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I have accumulated quite a few of these over the years from picking up scrap lots of old motherboards. Inevitably, any time there are AT boards in the lot at least one board will have a full set of these still attached.

Also, there are tons on Aliexpress...
https://www.aliexpress.us/w/wholesale-plastic … ctlist.search.0

Now for some blitting from the back buffer.

Reply 6 of 11, by Omarkoman

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Beerfloat wrote on 2026-01-17, 07:34:

Shipped across the pacific in about 2 weeks, packaged well, not cheap but hey I am happy and set.

Thank you, will look into these. Postage is crazy high but I guess beggars cant be choosers!

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Reply 7 of 11, by Ozzuneoj

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Omarkoman wrote on 2026-01-17, 08:19:
Ozzuneoj wrote on 2026-01-17, 07:47:

Sorry but none of them are the correct ones. I honestly cant find one on ali. Happy to be proven wrong.

Oh duh, I'm really sorry... I didn't even notice that the ones on Ali don't have the second segment for actually mounting them to the case. They are just the flat type.

Boy, I'm finding them for sale in several places in the US. They must be very uncommon in other parts of the world.

Now for some blitting from the back buffer.

Reply 8 of 11, by konc

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Omarkoman wrote on 2026-01-17, 06:31:
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Sorry but can you provide some links?

I looked on ebay all over world and also aliexpress.

If there are so many, pls share some links.

Also you cant use metal spacers on AT cases, they need these particular standoffs. I dont see any other way to mount them.

This is literally the first search results from ebay.com, I don't know what to say. Maybe it's a location/shipping thing and you are very unlucky? Because they really appear to be that common as you see.

Reply 9 of 11, by Shponglefan

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Just looked on Ebay as well and there were a bunch available from U.S. sellers. One seller was even selling lots of 400 stand offs for $100 USD (0.25 USD each).

These sellers were shipping internationally via Ebay's international shipping program.

I'm tempted to buy some just to have extra stock on hand. While I do have some I've scavenged from older builds, they some times break, so having more couldn't hurt.

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486 DX-33 with 5 sound cards

Reply 10 of 11, by Shponglefan

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Omarkoman wrote on 2026-01-17, 05:16:

Talking about these :

https://i.postimg.cc/7HHxGswM/IMG-1640.jpg

They are impossible to find anywhere to buy.

The image you used has a pccables.com watermark.

Just went to that site and they are listed in stock. That seller also has them available for sale via Ebay.

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486 DX-33 with 5 sound cards

Reply 11 of 11, by Ozzuneoj

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I can't tell if these guys are still in business or if this is even real...
https://www.bestbyte.net/computers-electronic … f-at-style.html

The price is great though. 5 cents each if you order 100+, 4 cents each if you are crazy and order 1000+, or 3 cents each for 10,000+ if you are the ultimate retro-pocalypse prepper and think that plastic standoffs will serve as currency in the near future.

The order process seems broken and it won't give me a shipping quote. Their address is just some person's house. Not looking good.

EDIT: Nevermind. Google search tells me the house sold in 2020. The website is dated 2019. I have a feeling the site is just living out the remainder of its hosting and the owner may not be around anymore.

Now for some blitting from the back buffer.