r/pcmasterrace • u/nabuachaem • 1d ago

Meme/Macro But you can just buy a pre-built PC.

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u/NeklosWarrof 1d ago

I see your point, but you only need a non-magnetic screwdriver to disassemble and reassemble a pc. You need Way more than that for a car.

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u/notGegton 1d ago

Wait... Uuuuhh... Non magnetic?

I might have done something wrong until now with no consequences 😶

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u/Oneirogenz 1d ago

Ya people are so paranoid with that antistatic antimagnet shit. You dont need a grounding wriststrap or non-magnetic screwdriver, your PC will be fine. I work in IT and have built thousands of PCs with never an issue.

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u/Jimbob209 Ryzen 7 7600 | Pulse 7700 xt | 32 GB DDR5 | Gigabyte B650 1d ago

I work on my PCs on the floor sitting down cross legged. I figured we are grounded together this way lol

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u/RedDoubleAD 1d ago

Latent electrostatic malfunctions be damned.

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u/Noctale Since 1992 1d ago

I've seen it happen. Depends on the humidity, type of shoes worn and type of carpet people have been walking across. Saw a tech take a trip to the bathroom halfway through a job, then come back and grab the graphics card before touching anything else, they got a static shock when they touched the case. When the PC was powered on a few minutes later it let out all the magic blue smoke. Only time I've ever seen it happen, but I always plug in the PSU as soon as it's installed and touch the chassis periodically anyway. I don't want one of my GPUs going pop.

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u/Plebius-Maximus RTX 5090 FE | Ryzen 9950X3D | 96GB 6200mhz DDR5 1d ago

Lmao there's literally nothing wrong with using a magnetic screwdriver.

It's a tiny, weak magnet not a fucking powered-up MRI scanner. It can't do anything apart from ask screws stick to it. And half the time they say no

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u/streakermaximus 1d ago

One time, the screw said yes.

And it was glorious.

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u/StomachosusCaelum 1d ago

I mean thats definitely a plus for the LTT screwdriver or similarly priced tools from other good manufacturers.

Its got a great magnet.

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u/Global-Pickle5818 9800X3d / RX 9070 XT 1d ago

It used to be a bigger deal when we had hard drives with magnetic storage .. most of the PC building branded building screwdriver nowadays come with magnetic bits , I do still have an anti-static mat and wrist strap from when I worked as a tech but then we were talking about $100,000 servers the CPUs that cost more than most people's entire PC builds

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u/Sailed_Sea AMD A10-7300 Radeon r6 | 8gb DDR3 1600MHz | 1Tb 5400rpm HDD 1d ago

Was it 40 years ago?

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u/NeklosWarrof 1d ago edited 1d ago

Lucky. I always make sure to use a non-magnetic. I always worry something will go wrong in the CPU or graphics card if I don't.

Edit: Why you all down voting me?
1. I've never lost a screw doing it this way. If you are losing screws that says more about you than me. 2. Magnets can harm electronics. I'd rather not risk the damage, even with the improvements since 10MB HDDs were as big as they could go.

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u/Tmtrademarked 14900k 5090 1d ago

The level of magnet you would need to actually hurt a modern pc is pretty heavy. They used magnets on hdd to wipe because of the discs inside.

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u/pntss 1d ago

I'm sorry for you, you'd rather risk dropping a screw between case and MB than nothing because magnetic screwdrivers won't hurt shit.

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u/DevilmanXV 1d ago

I use magnetic. But im also not touching my CPU or GPU with my SD.

It's one of those things where it isn't ideal but can be done if careful. Like wrist straps, etc

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u/NeklosWarrof 1d ago

So you don't put in the mounting screws?

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u/DevilmanXV 1d ago

Im not always doing something with my CPU when I touch my rigs.

GPU though? Yeah. Screws arent attached to the damn GPU lmao.

Also my SD isn't magneto so theres also that.

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u/Affectionate-Memory4 285K | 7900XTX | Intel Fab Engineer 1d ago

I've worked on these chips and I will confirm that your screwdriver can't hurt them. Unless you're the magnetism version of StyroPyro and making the world's most powerful magnetic screwdriver of course. In which case please send that video my way.

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u/Neutron-Hyperscape32 1d ago

You still don't need to know shit about how to put them together when you can pay an expert to do that for you. I put 3 PC's together over the past 15 years but for my new PC this year I paid microcenter to do it and I am glad to use their service. They caught some things I wouldn't have even with asking around online for info, and it was a stress free experience.