5 Things I HATE About PC Building...

[@TechWithSean]

When you “finish” a build and realize the i/o shield is still laying in the mobo box 😅

[@Nyha.n]

indeed ;D

[@38rabs]

And there it sits for the rest of time.

[@Time_Traveling_Lesbian]

This is why motherboards will built in IO shields are the best

[@redeye8892]

Fortunately my mobo has io pre installed :p so I forgot to put my CPU in before putting on my aio lmaoooo . wtf is wrong with this auto correct

[@baggiesjoe1608]

And the minute you sell the pc the io shield immediately appears from nowhere 😳

[@AnnaDoes]

Not gonna lie I hate the thermal paste everywhere... carpets, clothes, desks, skin... TIM doesn't mess around...

[@rickbrookes9491]

That segment had me in tears, I was laughing so hard!

[@methodmantis3060]

I just found a spot of thermal paste on the corner of my mouse pad the day before yesterday. I haven't built a PC since September and I do that 3 rooms away from my setup.

[@AnnaDoes]

@@methodmantis3060 yes! Exactly. It shows up in the weirdest places. And sometimes months in between your last build 😂

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

I still have TIM fueled nightmares. 😂

[@CarbonPanther]

That's why Graphite Pads are a blessing. No mess, performant and reusable!

[@P2PC]

GPU prices: "Damn, why aren't I Number 1?"

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

I just felt like that dead horse has been beaten to a pulp. 😋

[@pkmachinegun]

Dude Dawid just got good at knife fighting in the streets. 👊🏻

[@benjamin_luscombe]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff you gotta beat that horse until it and all it’s family is pulp maybe by then the market will start working

[@myfavoriteviewer306]

The worst part is pulling out your hair for 3 months planning the perfect components, then new stuff gets launched and you spend another 2 months updating your list. Then, once it's all build and working flawlessly you wonder how much better it could have been if your parts list was different and you spend the rest of the PCs operating life making lists of stuff to upgrade.

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Haha!! Yeah, that's tough. It's the case with a lot of hobbies though I think. 😁

[@myfavoriteviewer306]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff True story!

[@shaneeslick]

🤔 Do you watch SciManDan???

[@myfavoriteviewer306]

@@shaneeslick Who's that? And do you by chance have a spacious and comfortable back yard for rent? Ain't no way I'm moving to dinosaur adventure land. 😉😂

[@andreidavid145]

Yes

[@styles234]

Routing hard to reach cables is often easiest done with modular power supplies... plug them all into the board first, slot in the board, route them wherever you want, and the plug them into the power supply at the back.

[@jarrodpagac]

Thermal Paste is the PC building equivalent of Antiseize, you always wind up looking like you just gave the tin man a happy ending.

[@Gatorade69]

Oh hey, someone else who knows about Antiseize grease. Everytime I mention it should be used people look at me like I'm crazy.

[@shadymaint1]

@@Gatorade69 anti seize is the automotive equivalent of herpes.

[@joelcarson4602]

Antiseize would have saved us nine hours pulling an aluminum head and dremeling the threaded shell out of the sparkplug hole and putting in a helicoil. Antiseize is actually your friend.

[@Flameheadwilson]

The front panel connectors: My motherboard came with a little bracket to put the front panel plugs into (even labeled +/- for the LEDs). Then you plug that into the motherboard.

[@khawajashaharyar9294]

Mine also it made my life a lot easier that's the only connection I always manage to f up

[@lenwitte]

"Do I even need a reset switch?" - Dawid

[@qzy-179SanTzxkW]

Do i even need a hdd light if i don't have an hdd?

[@samiraperi467]

@@qzy-179SanTzxkW Absolutely. For one, it's properly a disk activity light, for another, it can tell you if the PC is loading something or has frozen. It's a debug light. :D

[@finco7726]

more like Reset Witch

[@eldibs]

I had a motherboard about a decade ago that came with a little plug extender-type thing that you plugged the front IO connectors into to turn them into a single plug. It was a brilliant solution and I wish every motherboard came with one, because apparently case manufacturers can't get their act together.

[@rossclutterbuck1060]

pin arrangement on motherboards still isn't standardised, that's why. It is very rare though, but still happens.

[@methodmantis3060]

Gigabyte includes a thing like that with all of the Aorus boards of theirs that I've used. Actually THE best thing ever. It baffles me that something like that isn't required by law.

[@Anaerin]

The ASUS Q-Connector. It's a godsend.

[@stuartcolquhoun87]

I got an ASUS Q-connector about a decade ago, used it in every PC I've owned since. Whenever I've helped anyone else, I pre bundle the connectors and tape them with black electrical tape.

[@valkasolidor6727]

Same here. I had a DDR3 board or two that had these, and it's a shame that they're not more common.

[@rassicr]

Man you really went all in on that thermal paste skit. That was hilariously accurate.

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

It took ages to clean it all off my face. 😂

[@shaneeslick]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff That was as funny as GN Steve's video on "How much TP do you need?" where he put a whole tube on a CPU 🤣

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

@@shaneeslick Oh wow! That is high praise. 😁

[@moogleking]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff Thermal paste bukkake lol

[@baggiesjoe1608]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff legend has it that you still have thermal paste on your face

[@unclerubo]

The day you get Vileda to actually sponsor your channel, you will win the YT game.

[@patrickgoodhart9294]

For power cable clearance issues - get extensions - plug them in before mounting the MB - then route the cables.

[@pkmachinegun]

I feel like I speak for mechanics everywhere when I state that I feel your pain with the thermal paste. We put Anti-Seize paste on bolts before installing them and anti seize ends up on your hands, hair all over your truck, your dog…it’s wild.

[@AnnaDoes]

0:09 - my aim is impeccable :D

[@AnnaDoes]

@Tom Williams I take my work seriously 😂

[@ChrisTian-sd5yq]

Heard tha linet from a game

[@ancientgamer3645]

In my tech shop we used speaker magnets to store our various screw and socket driver tips. The use of surgical tools like retractors can help placing connectors in hard to reach places. A small magnet attached to a long thin metal rod (i.e. coat hanger), can help you recover those pesky bolts that like to fall into the "black hole". Keep up the good work. Love your channel.

[@imgumbydmnt]

As someone who's been building PC's since the 90's, be glad you don't have to set the jumpers. ;)

[@Kraven83]

"PCs" and " '90s", though.

[@Rentta]

Yeah those were fun times especially with figuring out io addresses and slave master auto configs on hdd's and optical drives.

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

And when you had to manually overclock your CPU, damn old times lol

[@Ba_Yegu]

@@fridaycaliforniaa236 Changing a Crystal on the Motherboard to get higher clocks, like overclocking from 33 MHz to 40 MHz. Those were the days...

[@Haplo699g]

24 pin power connectors and USB3 plugs. The first is more if you are upgrading, getting it out while trying not to damage the mobo is an exercise in stress.

[@egnatius79]

Dawid makes using the Manscaped Lawnmower in a blackout look like a lightsaber battle and I love it

[@AnnaDoes]

And in his newest video he ACTUALLY has a lightsaber battle at the end of the video 😂

[@RadSalacan]

Something that was helpful for me when I found out was that power and reset switch connectors don't matter which way they are plugged in. Only the headers for the lights are polarized.

[@Edman_79]

When you finish a build and find out that the I/O shield LAN cutout piece is firmly inserted in the LAN connector.

[@Arcadius100]

Did that, could not be bothered to start all over, pulled that p.o.s with a plier and then cut it. Infuriating.

[@joelcarson4602]

Aaaaaaugh!

[@Kundalini12]

Why there isn’t a standard front panel IO across the industry I will never know.

[@BigLifeWithLitlJay]

There is. It's not universally adopted yet, but pretty close. NZXT doesn't seem to care about the motherboards that haven't caught on yet.

[@georgeadams6254]

09:38 - lol "patent pending thermal paste bukkake away technology". That is amazing.

[@lordvader5058]

The front io connector is absolute pain to connect.

[@PashaGamingYT]

It’s pretty easy actually

[@LegionShade]

The constant amnesia of what the arrow on the connectors mean is the worst for me.

[@Diamond-um6mg]

I find it easier when I hold them all in a bundle

[@Gigastor59]

About 10 years ago, MSI supplied a connector with their MB where you could plug all the cables into one just like the NZXT cable. I still use it today but sadly they don't include it in the box anymore.

[@iMoistCookie]

*laughs in connector thingy coming with motherboard*

[@KaijuAKD]

-Sir, our sales tripled overnight, AGAIN! Velida's CEO: What the hell is going on?

[@AnnaDoes]

Hahaha 😝

[@pascaldifolco4611]

Absolutely excellent!!! I love seeing Dawid lovingly rub his screwdriver with a magnet 😁 Good tips anyway 👍 Personally I only use water-cooling so have no issue with those ugly aircoolers 😊

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Haha!! In my mind that is the main advantage of AIOs. 😁

[@sopcannon]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff aio ftw

[@JeffWaynee]

You know a creator loves their viewers when they voluntarily bukkake themselves with thermal paste. That's dedication!

[@JusticeJanitor]

7:31 "Do you even need a reset switch anyway?" The past three computers I've built didn't have functioning reset switches.

[@BaxTechYT]

In the words of Insane Clown Posse "F'n magnets, how do they work?"

[@methodmantis3060]

And also... "F Oprah, F opera. F a soap opera. F a pop-rocker and a c*ckblocker". Completely irrelevant, I just like that song a lot

[@qzy-179SanTzxkW]

Kinnda like this, i think: "YEAH, BI*TCH!!! MAGNETS!"

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

😂

[@Mini-z1994]

reminded me of this video " ICP's New Glade Plug-In Commercial "

[@bena2.014]

Dawid for your sanity's sake, did you know that using an electronics tweezer to plug the headers into your motherboard cuts the suffering by like 75%?

[@shaneeslick]

Mobo with an On/Off Swich on a Test Bench is even easier 😁

[@zadtheinhaler]

Get out of here with that twaddle, this is a NO COMMON SENSE ZONE.

[@Dianophi]

Honestly, would rather have them make a full plug instead. Like wtf, everything else plugs right in. Then comes the front connectors. 1 by fucking 1.

[@dtemple87]

Dawid tells you to rub it gently along the shaft, and then, he advertises Manscaped. Quality content!

[@AnnaDoes]

Right? I almost fell off my seat

[@gforce833]

Cleaning up thermal paste bukkake. That really grinds my gears. Once i found thermal paste on my sock, even though i was wearing shoes. I mean how... just how...? It's even worse when you're cleaning the old thermal paste and it's dry and crusty, it doesn't stick to the cotton swabs and just falls every where... arghhh!

[@Arcadius100]

The most infuriating thing about these annoyances is that many of them have ready solutions and manufacturers can't be bothered to stick to them. The front panel thing is pretty much standardized on all motherboards, but case makers still insist on providing the discrete miniscule plugs as such. Either they, or the motherboard makers could provide the little header thingy that all of them easily plug into, which has existed for more than a decade, but practically no case maker and only a couple of motherboard makers (not on all models, either) are bothered to do it. The back panel p.o.s. i/o shield shenanigans are simply solved with an integrated panel. Not all motherboard makers provide, and again, not on all models (personally, I refuse to purchase any motherboard without an integrated i/o shield any more). Metal clip cooler fan mounting can be made either frustrating or easy-peasy, as a matter of good design, or lack thereof. The 5 pin CPU connector's awkward placement is, unfortunately, a leftover from the days power supplies were mounted on top of the case, and probably here to stay with us for quite a while, as is the magical self replicating thermal paste spread. SATA data and power connectors kind of suck, too (not as much as the IDE cables of yore, mind you), but with the proliferation of nvme drives, I don't see anyone doing anything about it (which is a shame, because heavy storage sata-connected HDDs are here to stay with us for quite some time).

[@AkashSingh-nc4gu]

My cat hunts down any screw that drops, he's honestly helping me when i build.

[@AnnaDoes]

Sounds like a keeper 🐈

[@cppctek]

Always keep a box of extra screws. They sell them on amazon for a few bucks with every pc screw you need

[@wysh7205]

Yeah man, i bought a black/red nzxt case and was genuinely surprised when i saw the F Panel connector.... More case companies need to adopt this practice

[@soggycatgirl]

Honestly, for me the worst bit about dropping screws isn't having to (try) find it, it's the fear of having accidentally short circuited something.

[@Pholiage]

I would add the coolers that use the devils mounting plugs. Those little plunger clips out of plastic that have bad moldings and the cooler gets loose when you apply pressure in the opposite corner. Not to mention they are almost always square under the fins so you can't reach them with your fingers to undo them if they fail to seat properly. There are btw front panel standoffs that come with motherboards sometimes.

[@methodmantis3060]

I feel SO MUCH of the pain that I saw throughout this collection of waking nightmares. It's almost as if Dawid took the song "Killing Me Softly" and turned it into a grisly and traumatic KZbin video about building PCs, with a few laughs thrown in here and there. Front panel I/O motherboard connectors are the actual bane of my entire existence. I cannot truly believe in a species that doesn't require, by the strictest of laws, ALL manufacturers include that little Lego-looking thingy that Gigabyte includes with their Aorus boards. That thing is literally the most advanced piece of technology in the whole world of PC building. Also, I will neither confirm nor deny that the name 'Performance Package' is the only moniker that I've ever responded to, even by my own immediate family, since basically the week of my Bar Mitzvah and that my lawyers may or may not be in contact with the folks over at Manscaped because of that.

[@dreamcat04]

1:15 I'll explain it kinda simplified: there are like tiny micro-magnets in metals like iron but their orientations are random so there is no magnetic strength in the iron. By rubbing a magnet against the metal, you re-align the micro-magnets into a single direction, therefore making it magnetic. If you then rub the magnet in the other direction again, you shuffle the directions again. Hope that could help you and others that didn't know that. Also 8:40 you can also just put all the cables into a block of cables and plug all of them in at once. Just make sure that you have every cable where it should be

[@MatoVuc]

Protip for front panel connectors: Electrical tape - arrange the pwrled and pwr sw connectors in line and electrical tape them together Repeat for the hddled and reset sw.

[@methodmantis3060]

Pretty sure that comment just guaranteed that you get to go to Heaven. Well-played

[@reddev5420]

ASUS FTW when it comes to the FP connectors. I love their little module thingy that you get so you can plug all of the FP cables in first, then just plug in the one connector to the board (I forget what it's called)

[@rashod.the.2kgodt469]

Thank you for the screw/screwdriver tip… I need to replace some screws and I can’t stand them dropping every time in my pc only for me to try and fish them out.

[@moogleking]

Yeah dropping screws is very annoying

[@DutchTheHooligan]

“GENTLEMAN’S VEGETABLES” OMFG I’M DYING 😂😂😂

[@wamba2097]

Motherboard manufacturers fixed the front panel issue years ago. They used to give you a little header that you’d plug the cables into then plug the now connected header onto the board like a usb header. Do motherboard manufacturers not include these anymore?

[@hireahitCA]

Nope. Because they're cheap assholes. I just transplanted a couple systems between cases and all the systems older than 4 years had one, but not my current Intel 10th Gen. I fail to understand why we can standardize nearly everything else, but not these little blocks.

[@fred_derf]

2. Use some needle nosed pliers to hold the connector to plug it in. Or, using a modular power supply, plug the power cable in then mount the MB then run the power cable through the slot to the back of the case. 4. Again, needle nose pliers. 5. Spend a day putting Foundation Coating on a foundation and the tiny mess made by thermal paste will disappear into insignificance.

[@Shojikitsune1]

On Number One, go barefoot where you are building. You are guaranteed to find every screw you dropped...eventually. On Number 2, I have found that if i use an 8-pin extension, attach it to the motherboard along with the cpu, gratuitously large air cooler, RAM and m.2 cards if in use. Route that extension through the opening (if there is one) when installing the motherboard, and *then* plug the 8-pin connector from the PSU into the extension as part of cable management around back. On number 4, I often set the motherboard on top of the case and connect these annoyances. I also believe that the layout is more or less standard for the block, and the NZXT front panel adapter has a fair chance of working on any motherboard with any case.

[@sethpeters684]

Good tip on the CPU power. For the case headers. I always tear the page out of the manual and tape it on the wall. Also you're right bottom first! I also use a plastic poker to help guide and push it down gently. Should be a general plug at this point in time.

[@JackOfAllBladesCh]

1. Magnetized screw drivers and bits are your friend. 2. Imagine the hell that is trying to plug in the CPU power and the pump/fan headers with your push/pull 360mm rad that you already mounted in the top of the case. 3. The physical PC hardware manifestation of the demon that is Clippy. 4. Some cases and motherboards come with plastic guides to slot the front panel cables into as well, like a DIY NZXT front panel connector. 5. Try getting the thermal paste on the new "cute" table cloth your wife just bought, then when you go to clean it off it wipes away the design printed on the table cloth as well.

[@HairyScrambler]

Dawids video sponsors are probably the only ones out of any KZbinr that I actually watch because I’m just waiting for him to make a joke just teetering on the edge of pissing off the sponsor

[@kamX-rz4uy]

If I had a product to sell I would definitely sponsor Dawid's videos.

[@clne36]

Thermal paste segment was the best. My boss actually caught me watching this video because he happened to walk by my office as I was laughing out loud....

[@Tarukeys]

Lol the thermal paste on your face was very funny. That damn stuff is hard to clean!

[@toadiscoil]

I have to admit this made me laugh out loud. The thermal paste joke was too good. Great work Dawid.

[@alphasixty1316]

This was me today. The Noctua C14S in a Cooler Master NR200. It covers the entirety of the ITX board. First build, I discovered the front power connector was one pin over. Tear down and 4 hours of cable management was the simple solution.

[@wolfbassspirit6132]

"do you even need a reset switch anyway?" I know this so well

[@HairyScrambler]

5:10 I love the way the Coolermaster Hyper 212 employs fan mounting on that cooler. It’s 2 not-flimsy rubber clips that screw onto the fans themselves, it’s a very good design in my opinion. You don’t have to deal with the finicky little metal retention clips and they go on the heat sink without any effort

[@cutsprings_kyle]

as someone with HANDS, i've learned that long handled pliers are very helpful with not just CPU power but with most small connectors too

[@criznittle968]

the front panel motherboard pinouts used to be one of the most frustrating things to connect these days, motherboards come with adapters that allow you to connect the pinouts outside of the case, then just slot the adapter into the motherboard - ezpz

[@bracco23]

The Front panel Io connectors are usually called Molex or Dupont connectors, widely used in tinkering and electronics. You can buy kits of various sizes. Also, you can easily take a small screwdriver and push the metal tongue to release the inner connector, the black plastic is just a housing. You can do that for all connectors and insert all of them in a bigger housing of the right shape to basically recreate the same connector NZXT uses (minus the filled hole, not sure they sell that kind), to make it easier to mount on the motherboard. The manual of the motherboard should have the pinout for the correct place.

[@catch22frubert]

What you are doing when you rub the magnetic tray against the screwdriver is aligning every iron atom in the screwdriver in the same magnetic direction, meaning every iron atom itself is a tiny magnet, and you are aligning them all to point with the "north" end pointing towards the tip and every "south" end of each atom facing the base end of the screwdriver. With all the iron atoms now facing the same direction, the screwdriver is re-magnitized and works like it should.

[@Brokolicremesuppe]

magnetizing like this works, because the magnet you are using is orienting the elemental magnets, which you can find in ferromagnetic metals, are getting oriented all in the same direction, so the material becomes a magnet. I am german, so i hope the grammar is fine :D

[@chrislamp]

3:14 Same. the way i got around this was by shoving a fork in between the plastic bit so that it stays still and plug it in. Has always worked

[@kx1ml837]

number 6 the pc that costs more than my actual budget number 7 (idk if its qualified) fixing the "pre-built" pcs

[@burlyheads]

Dawid: Complaining about the CPU 8 pin after installing mobo with cooler Me: Laughs in SG13

[@Garioch70]

Configuration issue rather than building - The MB would think WW3 had broken out if any fan dropped below 500 RPM. Eventually found some obscure Linux app that via IPMI basically told the MB to take a chill pill.

[@Neozgred]

Number 2: You can also buy short cable extender if you plan to plug and unplug it many times. Number 4: Plus/Minus only matter for LED connectors, If you plug Power/Reset button other way (plus to minus, minus to plus) it will work correctly.

[@wolsel9726]

When I replace control boards at my work, one brand in particular loves painting the bottom of the heatsink in this silicone grease that has ridiculous amounts of White pigment to it. I have learned through many hardships how to prepare for it, but I still have #5 days.

[@monGarz]

So a few things about the front panel connectors: 1. Polarity doesn't matter for power or reset. Put them on however you like as long as it's the correct position. 2. Unfortunately, while 99.5% of motherboards have the same pin layout for the front panel, there are a few here and there that don't. Hence why not everyone does the same thing as NZXT. 3. Having said that, there used to be motherboards that came with a small labeled interposer block that you could pre-apply the connectors to that had the same effect as the NZXT solid cable. Don't know if it still exists. Also, I get the thermal paste in my CPU header installation wounds. Double pain.

[@robertthomson1994]

best implementation of front panel connectors has got be hands down the nr200. they're all together and held by plastic thing and then it only goes in one way. literally all other companies NEED to start doing this.

[@judewhittaker1200]

The comebcak of the Vileda gloves....

[@qwkimball]

Snap-On makes a pencil-thin tool that locks onto the screw slot to start a screw. Works on any fastener, magnetic or not. Very handy in a "must not drop" situation.

[@rcavicchijr]

That screw thing was hilarious. I've long tried to understand the mysterious physics of dropping screws. Sometimes they fall from only 3 feet from the floor, and end up like 20 feet away behind you.

[@zadtheinhaler]

Wow, imma have to get the Vileda gloves with the "bukkake-away" technology!

[@questionablecommands9423]

3:20 I all too often to forget to connect the CPU power in advance. I have successfully (and very carefully!) used needle nose pliers to position the connector into place and snap it down very much like you did by using whatever long, blunt object happens to be within reach.

[@captainc1152]

i always plug 8 pin connector, front usb, front audio, and front panel connectors before securing the motherboard into the case - case cables on decent case are usually long enough to do it that way - much easier to see which wires goes where

[@richardsinclair7661]

Front panel connectors still haunt me, over a year after I built my PC. I was unfortunate enough to be cursed with large hands and it made it a nightmare to plug in those little-ass cables. I legitimately think I spent more time trying to plug in the front panel connectors than anything else in my PC.

[@dennissmith1435]

Another alternate method. Plug in the CPU power while the MOBO is outside the case and then route the cable as you put the motherboard in the case. That avoids the possibility of scratching the back of the motherboard on the standoffs while you try to plug in the power cable. I've started doing it that way not.

[@hireahitCA]

I honestly didn't even realize this was still a thing thanks to modular power supplies, and my modern cases having good access. I will admit a couple of my older systems have an extension cable on that header to solve this issue. Well worth the few dollars for a pack of 'em.

[@oscarruorochmolinacansino5907]

06:48 Holy crap, I am with you in that one! Front panel connectors are the absolute worst.

[@DoomGuy9001-MK4]

For number 4. You can also get motherboards that ship with a Q-connector (I think that is what it is called). So you plug all the connectors on that, then it becomes what you described in the video what NZXT cases provide. Helped me out massively. If you are curious, I bought a Gigabyte Z490 Pro. Not sure what other motherboard manufacturers have this or if all Gigabyte boards come with one of these.

[@benjamintan2733]

Well... For number 3, you can always refer to your manual. Of course metal clips are a nightmare to install, but the manual can help. However, the best solution is to get something like Hyper 212 from Cooler Master. The plastic fan clips are easy to install. For number 4, buy Gigabyte Aorus motherboard. They have a connector where you can install all the front panel cables into it and then plug that connectors into the motherboard. But if it is not obvious, install your GPU last as it can interfere with a lot of stuff especially USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 connectors, and to some extent, TPM header. For number 5, to remove thermal paste, I found that alcohol is pretty effective at removing it. Thermal paste is easily dissolve in isopropyl alcohol.

[@SupLosers2552]

for the front panel pins you can put them in the right order and tape them together so you can push it in as one

[@RazorF157]

What I usually do with the front panel i/o connectors is get them in the right order, pinch one side to some electrical tape then tape the other side and wrap them a couple times to keep it all together. I haven't had any issues with this method.

[@hiashi1943]

Honestly, I don't mind the front I/O cables, it's just remembering what order they go in, once I see a picture, I got it. It's a fun little challenge since they're tough to plug in

[@Akwon408]

For number 4, if you really struggle and have the front io process, they sell adapters that you can put on the pins first and then stick it in like the NZXT

[@MrMickeyyy89]

for anyone who buys a case with indiviual front panel connectors a good way to remember it is power is always on top, LED is always on the left :)

[@KingOfMelos]

When installing my front panel connectors, that little plastic hub thing is my best friend in the world

[@davapod]

I'm with you on hating front panel connectors.. Good tip for re-magnetising a screwdriver.

[@CraZY.pRIME.]

Glad to see the tip I gave you about the screwdriver made it on to the list.

[@AETippett94]

For cases with decent if not good front I/O connectors... My Musetex Case came with a special clip for the i/o connectors that you then plug right into the board. The clip was color coded for what clips go where.

[@len9518]

Instead of magnetizing your screwdriver, get yourself a magnetized screwdriver to start with, with tips. Easier, more reliable, and cheap. As for the PS pc connector, connect it BEFORE, installing the cooler. How did you miss this? Works every time. OK, you mentioned this, later on. As far as mounting the fan before installing the cooler, this will often block the cooler mounting screws. About the front panel connector, not all mobos have the header, set up the same way. No complaints...I'm a subscriber.

[@joelcarson4602]

Hemostats for dropped screws and those separate front panel connectors. I suggest a larger and smaller pair of them. Coffee filters and 91% isopropyl alcohol for removing old thermal paste.

[@matasa7463]

I have a super strong magnet that I used to magnetize the free steel screwdriver from Noctua coolers. It works as well as any magnetic screw driver.

[@dermothoyne2393]

0:10 Screw goes *YEET*

[@SVW1976]

Wait....WTF???? How did you get thermal paste on me???

[@ilkkuPvP]

That 3rd one is so true... It cost me every bit of my sanity to upgrade CPU Cooler from AMD Wraith Spire to Arctic Freezer eSports 34 (something like that). It was so hard to get the other side connected, because I had the Motherboard already in the case.

[@metrotechguru5863]

Brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant! I laughed out loud, especially at the screw entering the black hole. I have one of those black holes in my work area too!

[@chrisbaker8533]

Try getting out of the electronics department and go look in automotive. There's a bunch of tools there that will make your life significantly easier. 1. Get a screwdriver with a "grabby tool"(spring loaded fingers), or a sleeve(slides over the screw to hold in place), on the end, works on both magnetic and non-magnetic screws. Also, change the direction you're going at it by rotating the case. Don't let gravity be the bane of your existence. Long nose offset pliers also work. 2. Grabby/Pick-up tool and a long screwdriver, preferably flat head wide enough to not slip into the connector. Or a pair of long nose pliers. There are models that will easily reach to the back of the case. 3. Duct tape or high temp glue. bleep those clips. 4. Long nose pliers again. offsets are great for this. 5. I got nothing, that's definitely a Dawid problem.

[@off-grideverything533]

My tip for front panel connectors, is use a headlamp. So much easier, having a light pointed directly where you're looking.

[@chrisu_XD]

Tip for front panel connector issue: Check the motherboard manual and build a single connector using clear tape. (Very cheap.) Or you can buy an "front panel connector adapter". (Not so cheap)

[@MrR2185]

This video tugged at my pc building soul. A few days ago, I added a sleeved cable kit to my build. The CPU power cable was a nightmare for my large hands....and those front I/O connectors are literally Satan. I accidentally dug some under my finger nail whilst fiddling about in there. There was blood....but the build looks great now, so that's nice. (-:

[@wassman27]

That was awesome...had me rolling on the floor. You forgot petpev #6 "post a pic of your Build on social and the PC trolls come out from hiding to smash your self-esteem".