The Essential Tool Kit For PC Builders
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Date: 2022-03-15
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A. J.
Your tips about holding on to the standoffs behind the motherboard are not ver useful. Most ATX motherboard use 8 screws to mount in the case (the 9th hole is often filled by a case stud that holds the motherboard in place. You can only reach the 3 standoffs that are closest to the front of the case. The other 5 are hidden out of reach under the motherboard. There is nothing wrong with unscrewing the standoff from the case when removing a motherboard from the case. Once the motherboard is out, you can simply use your screwdriver and pliers to disconnect the screw from the standoff. And screw the standoff back into the case.
I do miss the bandages on the list. Cheap cases and tower air coolers can be very sharp. And side cutters to cut the zip ties when doing cable management.
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Your tips about holding on to the standoffs behind the motherboard are not ver useful. Most ATX motherboard use 8 screws to mount in the case (the 9th hole is often filled by a case stud that holds the motherboard in place. You can only reach the 3 standoffs that are closest to the front of the case. The other 5 are hidden out of reach under the motherboard. There is nothing wrong with unscrewing the standoff from the case when removing a motherboard from the case. Once the motherboard is out, you can simply use your screwdriver and pliers to disconnect the screw from the standoff. And screw the standoff back into the case.
I do miss the bandages on the list. Cheap cases and tower air coolers can be very sharp. And side cutters to cut the zip ties when doing cable management.
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Paul
A power supply tester pays for itself - many MANY times over - upon it's first successful detection of a faulty power supply or connection - AND - always pays back with -peace of mind- every time it's used. When power supplies go bad, then costly motherboards, GPU's and more go right after them! If this is NOT employed into the build process, then your motherboard becomes the default tester - a job it was never made to do!
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A power supply tester pays for itself - many MANY times over - upon it's first successful detection of a faulty power supply or connection - AND - always pays back with -peace of mind- every time it's used. When power supplies go bad, then costly motherboards, GPU's and more go right after them! If this is NOT employed into the build process, then your motherboard becomes the default tester - a job it was never made to do!
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Stephan
Side cutters for cable management and zip ties if you consider them a tool. Other than those a screwdriver is all I need. Maybe 2 screwdrivers if I'm going M. 2. -
I have a driver set with sockets for standoffs, but they aren't a necessity. More of a convenience. Most cases will come with a standoff adapter, and if you tighten them first you should never need hemostats. Always tighten even pre-installed standoffs.
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Side cutters for cable management and zip ties if you consider them a tool. Other than those a screwdriver is all I need. Maybe 2 screwdrivers if I'm going M. 2. -
I have a driver set with sockets for standoffs, but they aren't a necessity. More of a convenience. Most cases will come with a standoff adapter, and if you tighten them first you should never need hemostats. Always tighten even pre-installed standoffs.
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Ahmet
I have bought a system CPU, enclosed water cooling system and now I am using this computer. Next months I shall get a decent graphics card and m. 2 NVME storage for my new system and also I am waiting the TPM 2. 0 chip to install on the motherboard so I can upgrade to Windows 11. Headlamp is a must to have especially with Be Quite case all black case.
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I have bought a system CPU, enclosed water cooling system and now I am using this computer. Next months I shall get a decent graphics card and m. 2 NVME storage for my new system and also I am waiting the TPM 2. 0 chip to install on the motherboard so I can upgrade to Windows 11. Headlamp is a must to have especially with Be Quite case all black case.
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PE4Doers
An Excellent video Alaina. Tsose are some excellent tool ideas that everyone will benefit from. In particular, I never thought of using hemostats (I sort of stops my surgical endeavors after a 'small' error J/K, but I will get a set and put them in my back for future builds. Thank you, and you definitely got my 'Like'
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An Excellent video Alaina. Tsose are some excellent tool ideas that everyone will benefit from. In particular, I never thought of using hemostats (I sort of stops my surgical endeavors after a 'small' error J/K, but I will get a set and put them in my back for future builds. Thank you, and you definitely got my 'Like'
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E.
I'm not a pro, I assembled about 10 PCs in my lifetime. I never neede a flashlight or a headlight, nor hemostats or a wrench. Of course the idiots that watch the video will buy the brands that are shown. Just go watch one of Christophers Flannigans pc builds. He only uses a god damn screwdriver (probably magnetized.
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I'm not a pro, I assembled about 10 PCs in my lifetime. I never neede a flashlight or a headlight, nor hemostats or a wrench. Of course the idiots that watch the video will buy the brands that are shown. Just go watch one of Christophers Flannigans pc builds. He only uses a god damn screwdriver (probably magnetized.
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Retro
A small hex socket head comes in super handy for installing or moving standoffs, too. I usually grab the one in my wrench set that goes on an ordinary screwdriver handle for this, but I also found a nut that has a hex socket on one side and a standard Philips screw head on the other side.
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A small hex socket head comes in super handy for installing or moving standoffs, too. I usually grab the one in my wrench set that goes on an ordinary screwdriver handle for this, but I also found a nut that has a hex socket on one side and a standard Philips screw head on the other side.
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Pancake
Some of the comments here are pretty daft. Please don't let them discourage you from continuing the series. I've enjoyed each video so far. Buying a headlamp has been a gamechanger for working inside PCs. It's made me much more willing to clean out my PC regularly.
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Some of the comments here are pretty daft. Please don't let them discourage you from continuing the series. I've enjoyed each video so far. Buying a headlamp has been a gamechanger for working inside PCs. It's made me much more willing to clean out my PC regularly.
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War
A bag full of different sizes of tweezers is also useful. Yeah, they're more of a consumable than a tool, but still work well for holding things out of the way while working inside of a small case. WHAT? Somebody was obligated to say it!
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A bag full of different sizes of tweezers is also useful. Yeah, they're more of a consumable than a tool, but still work well for holding things out of the way while working inside of a small case. WHAT? Somebody was obligated to say it!
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Dan
Oh my goodness, I want to buy some hemostats now. They would be a life saver for standoffs. I think they could also be super helpful for plugging fans into difficult to reach fan headers. Thanks for the suggestions, Alaina!
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Oh my goodness, I want to buy some hemostats now. They would be a life saver for standoffs. I think they could also be super helpful for plugging fans into difficult to reach fan headers. Thanks for the suggestions, Alaina!
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