If aluminium is a good electricity conductor why aluminium

the patrick meme suits you

Lol I know. They even put fucking silicon in the chips, which is an insulant lol how the fuck is the electricity for the CPU supposed to move in there?!

Aluminum*

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>>61427951
Cases serve as ground for the motherboard, so they should conduct electricity.

That's why the screw holes have metal around them.

>>61428081
Can you get electrified? I mean not in deadly doses, you know what i mean, what about the other pc components, can you fuck them up with the electricity the aluminum case conducts?

>>61428140
Yes.

>>61428140
No.

>>61428140
Maybe.

>>61428140
what do you think, would you as an electronics producer enjoy having your consumer base electrocuted?

>>61428081
That isn't why aluminum is used though. It is because it is light and strong and can be presented as a premium alternative to plastic cases. Because all plastic cases can be lumped together and the shit ones drag all the rest down.

>>61428140
I once had broken PSU that put power on the case.
I don't know why but apparently it's only half the voltage - 115V instead of 230V.

I did not have a grounded socket and I got shocked several times before I figured it out. (at first I assumed it was static).

I'm not a baby so a little electricity doesn't kill me.

>>61428357
I've never actually seen a plastic case.

AFAIK the vast majority of cheap cases still have a metal frame and metal side covers.
Large plastic components are quite expensive to make, thin sheets of metal are dirt cheap and easy to bend into shape.

>>61427951
a better question would be
>if aluminum is a soft as fuck play-dough metal then why does everyone want to use it as a case

american public schools don't teach about conductivity and proper grounding techniques. Here, "grounding" means taking axanax and watching greys anatomy

>>61428302
Yes

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Why are ships made out of metal if they have electricity, and both metal and salt water are conductors?

>>61428008
I swear to god this better be a joke.

Silicon is a SEMICONDUCTOR

>what are standoffs
>what are solder masks

>>61429733
Blame apple for the first wave of the great unwashed into the internet. Make it so an idiot can use it....idiots use it.

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>>61428861
Because it's cheap and light compared to corrosion resistant steels and stiff/strong compared to plastics.

Titanium and Magnesium are too expensive.

>>61432727
What about carbon fibre?

>>61429733
Uhhh no? Rubber/rubbery materials are insulants, everyone knows it. Ever seen something made of silicon? It's clearly an insulant

>>61433550
This joke is older than racism

>>61433561
Shut up nigger

>>61432727
Some plastics are better than most metals.
also thats a nice chart. Its too bad it looks like a disgusting cell or worm ridden meat.

>its another /g/ tries into electricity episode
cmon guys, more volts = less amps so 230V is safer, lets do dis :^)

>>61428302
>would you as an electronics producer enjoy having your consumer base electrocuted

Maybe, if it was their fetish

>>61432727
>stiff/strong compared to plastics.
that's false. There are plenty of glass fibre reinforced polymers that are as as strong if not more strong (in case of certain forces) than aloominoom.

>>61427951
Aluminum reacts with oxygen, it always has an isolating layer of Aluminum oxide

>>61428861
There are treated grades of aluminum that are as hard as some steels. But companies are too cheap to mill and then treat the enclosures

>>61436576
Yea, its all recycled soda cans

>>61427951
cause it's light,soft and more expensive

Good looks, good thermoconducter.

>>61428140
I don't know.

It has ok properties, worse than good plastics but most importantly feels premium.

It's all about fashion.

Conductivity doesn't matter.

>>61428276
>>61428274
>>61428272
Thx