When the postie comes, I’ll be building a PC for the first time in years. What are the do’s, don’ts and tips nowadays?
Obviously classics like RTFM, plan ahead and retrieve any dropped screws are evergreen.
Things I believe are true: tighten your CPU cooler screws evenly (like putting on a car tyre), all screws should be no more than finger tight, build in a dust-free environment.
What about grounding yourself? I remember reading that the danger of this was way overstated and e.g. anti-static wrist straps were a waste of money. Is building in a case that’s plugged in (but powered off) enough?
I’ve seen recommendations to build outside of the case first to test components - is this good advice?
Anything else?
If you build it barefoot, you should mostly be fine static wise, just keep touching the case.
Remember to put things like m.2 drives in before big heat sinks/ GPUs go over the top.
The fucking io shield, make sure none of its little tabs are sticking into any ports.
Don’t mix power supply cables.
Remember to take the cover off the heatsink cold plate.