My 2nd build ever and first time building on my own. I was happier than a pig in mud when it power on and posted on the first attempt.
My build (nothing fancy, just for some 1080p gaming):
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
- 32 GB G.Skill Flare X5 DDR5
- ASRock AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
- Gigabyte B650 X AV V2 Motherboard
- CoolMaster Master Liquid 240L Core ARGB
- Cosair RM850e Power Supply (850W, Gold)
- Cosair 3500X Mid Tower Case
- 2TB PNY XLR8 NVMe Gen4 M.2 Drive*
*Edited: Forgot to add the storage.
I wore nitrile gloves the entire time i was building and setting it up, but that was mainly because i have overly sweaty hands.
It also helped all of the glass had a protective film too.
Yknow, now i feel weird for not doing this. I already have the gloves too (i use them for cooking, constant handwashing destroys my hands and i like hot peppers)!
It’s one of those things that seems obvious once someone points it out but now ya know for the next time ya do any tinkering!
Ill definitely do so from here out! Need to work on my server and i just got a new (used) laptop i wanna dismantle and do some upgrades on at some point (primary ram slots are not accessible without pulling the whole board, as well as 1 of the 3 M.2 slots).
Oh ya the gloves will be nice when doing a teardown.
It’s nice not having to worry about getting grease or oil on the various connectors!
And not dyeing part of your hand with thermal paste 😜
Speaking of thermal paste! I actually forgot to purchase some thermal paste, but Cool Master included a nice syringe of thermal paste in the box of the 240L.
Coolers are usually pretty good about doing that. Its how ended up with like 5 syringes of Noctua thermal paste xD