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What power tool do you use for PC assembly?

What power tool do you use for PC assembly?

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Regeneration

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I'm curious to know what kind of screwdriver (or power tool) other members in the PC community normally use to assemble and build PCs. Do you feel its safe to use a power tool or its too dangerous?
 
Hi,
Assembling regular screw driver
Disassembly depending on how many screws if more than three I'd probably use a portable drill if doable.
 
Small electric screwdriver I got off Amazon for cheap. Gets the job done, but nothing special.
 
Unless you're working an assembly line I don't know why you'd use anything but a regular screwdriver. :p Even then most things are thumb screws or tool less now anyway so I don't even end up using a screwdriver much.
 
I use hand tools during assembly. A small drill type driver with magnetic 5 inch adapter for disassembly. It's too easy to hog out holes or strip/break MB standoffs during assembly with a driver. During disassembly it's every man for himself hahaha!
 
Combination of cordless drill and micro screwdriver.
 
Sometimes one or two small blocks of wood and wooden or rubber mallet. Ive worked on a lot of cheap steel an aluminium cases where the thickness of the material is pretty thin and it doesnt take a whole lot of effort to bend or warp them slightly out of shape during installation.
 
Normally, regular screwdrivers are all that is needed, unless you are disassembling something where the screws seem way to tight, in which case I will occasionally resort to using a very small cordless driver with whatever bits & extensions are needed to reach the screws....

I do NOT recommend any type of power tool for assembly, as it is way to easy to strip the screw heads, which would present a real problem for disassembly, or even worse, over-tightening the screws and cracking/breaking something in the process, which might end up as a very expensive, hard-learned lesson, considering how much good mobo's & GPU's cost nowadayz :D
 
Regeneration said:
I'm curious to know what kind of screwdriver (or power tool) other members in the PC community normally use to assemble and build PCs. Do you feel its safe to use a power tool or its too dangerous?
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Regular Wiha screw drivers and regular Wiha Micro screw drivers. Manual tools. Why should i go electric?
 
Good old ifixit screwdriver with bits of different size and shape and some regular tools to. That gets the job done nicely and what i use to assembled my current dual system machine as well.

No electric screwdriver here as i really dont assemble pc that often.
 
I would never use anything but hand for fear of cross-threading. My habit is to turn the 'wrong way' till I feel it drop, and only then turn carefully to be sure I am not cross threading.
 
Screwdriver or a Dremel I got many years ago. It's a reallo good little driver.
 
Quality Stanley driver set
 
Cordless hand driven ratcheting screw driver with serrated bits for assembling pleasure.
 
gurusmi said:
Regular Wiha screw drivers and regular Wiha Micro screw drivers. Manual tools. Why should i go electric?
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DR4G00N said:
Unless you're working an assembly line I don't know why you'd use anything but a regular screwdriver. :p Even then most things are thumb screws or tool less now anyway so I don't even end up using a screwdriver much.
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Electric requires less effort and cuts the work time by 80 percent. Removes screws in 2 seconds.

The downside is it can possibly damage the hole by over-tightening the screws. It must be done with care.
 
Shrek said:
I would never use anything but hand for fear of cross-threading. My habit is to turn the 'wrong way' till I feel it drop, and only then turn carefully to be sure I am not cross threading.
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Cross threading is only a problem if righty tighty turns into righty loosey :laugh:
 
When I was young and worked at a VAR we used power screwdrivers due to the volume. However I wouldn't use a powered tool on my own cases due to the potential damage during tightening.
 
Regular screwdriver and maybe a dremal when a manufature did not make the right decision, there's normally some thing at least one thing.

Solaris17 said:
Cross threading is only a problem if righty tighty turns into righty loosey :laugh:
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Go left before going right and you should feel the screw find it's thread.
 
I don't. Hand tools or damage risk is too high for me. I'm a menace as is.
 
Regeneration said:
Electric requires less effort and cuts the work time by 80 percent. Removes screws in 2 seconds.
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With my tools i also unscrew within 2 seconds. I'm not that unexperiented. My father had a tv repair shop. I grew up with a screw driver in my had. I had 4 years of metal working courses in school. I became a electrician before i studied IT and communicaation electronics Why should i use a electrical tool what my hand can do much better?.
 
This does the job for me.
But also use some Loctite

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Have one of this kits with fewer pieces:

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Tho, while servicing laptops - worked mostly with a pneumatic screw driver (depends on the workload - back then - couldn't manage even at half the speed with something like above since i had a quota to fill).
 
MSDOS Retro said:
This does the job for me.
But also use some Loctite

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Joking ofcourse,

I use some cheap screw drivers. Also 1 that came with a Scythe Mugen 2 PCGH Cooler.

You dont need a €15 screwdriver..
Just a screwdriver that fits good. Sometimes handy with a magnetic tip/ head for difficult spots.
 
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