So just dropped 1500 on a rig. I have all kinds of screwdrivers in my shop. I have never assembled a pc before, but will my average screwdrivers be fine wueb building a pc. Or should i buy a pc toolkit. Also should i invest in anti static strap. I have hardwood floors and will be peicing this all together on the floor. Lmk of i should know anything guys. Ill take pics for u and update here

Don't use a magnetized screwdriver.

A strap isnt completely necessary, You just need to make sure you ground yourself periodically. I.E If you get up to get something, Touch something metal before you go back to working on the PC.

Its easier on your back if u have it on a table when ure assembling it! Also, i find it easier to assemble it overall when u have something at the same levels as your eyes.


As Rikuo says, be sure to always ground urself periodically.

Thanks for the input!

why not?

there not rare earth magnets and yoru not putting them on the hard drive for extended periods.

I have been using magnetized on PCs for years...never had any issues, besides the fact that you are building from scratch, even if there WAS data to wipe on the HDD it would need a much more powerful magnet than that

Noted

you do realize that hard drives have neodymium magnets inside them right?

I'm well aware of what a hard drive contains and how it works.
Magnets can still damage them though and its quite unlikely people will have a large enough one or have one
on it while hitting it causing the metal to polarize but damage can still occur with magnets hence my statement.

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Hard drives contain a magnet, aluminum case and stainless steel cover and other parts.
The magnets are made of a standard neodymium iron boron composite (NdFeB).
Neodymium corrodes quickly. To prevent this the magnets are plated with nickel.

Nickel is electroplated onto the magnet, seeing as most data is magnetically sensitive to some degree.
The magnet’s brackets made out of an IRON, NICKEL and MOLYBDENUM based alloy called a permalloy.
Permalloy has a high magnetic permittivity, meaning it will stop most magnetic fields.

The steel casing can be magnetized causing an array of issues.

Not going any further as this was mainly about the Magnet

This post was edited by King Atrhur on Jan 2 2017 11:55pm

Been building 20ish yrs always used magnetic screwdriver and never grounded myself really

This post was edited by yupitsmeh on Jan 3 2017 12:11am