which are the most common motherboard cap sizes?

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  • theOracle
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2012
    • 163
    • USA
    #1

    which are the most common motherboard cap sizes?

    I am setting up an electronics repair space in the man cave, and want to place a stocking order for the most common low-ESR caps to have most sizes I will ever see on motherboards, etc. already here and not have to always order up and wait!

    could someone give me a top 10 or top 20 most common capacitance & voltage list?

    like what would be someone like topcat's or willawake's or PeteS in CA's 25 most utilized cap sizes that they would keep on the workbench?
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    • retiredcaps
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      • Apr 2010
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      Re: which are the most common motherboard cap sizes?

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