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I've seen Linus do this on one of his build videos before, is there really much point? What things do I need to plug in? Do I need to plug a hard drive in or would I just test and see that everything is working from the BIOS? And on what surface should I lay the motherboard on? 

 

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meh if you have the time... do it on the motherboard box... without the anti static bag, plug and test what ever you want. mainly the motherboard/cpu/gpu

yeah just boot to bios, you should be okay then!

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I've seen Linus do this on one of his build videos before, is there really much point? What things do I need to plug in? Do I need to plug a hard drive in or would I just test and see that everything is working from the BIOS? And on what surface should I lay the motherboard on? 

 

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You can use the motherboard box. CPU, GPU, Storage, stock cooler, RAM. If you mount it in your case and it turns out that your motherboard or another component is DOA it would be more work to get everything out. Especially if you already spent a bunch of time doing good cable management.

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Yes there is a point! You don't want to get it all in the case and turn it on only to find out you need to rip it apart again.

 

You will need your mobo (duh), CPU + cooler, RAM, and the video card (if it's needed). And obviously the power supply.

 

See that everything works in the BIOS.

 

I lay my stuff on the mobo box, wood desk, or glass.

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I always do this. It doesn't even take any time and it'll be a real pain in the ass if something is DOA and you've already began assembly. Just recently my friend had a DOA mobo and we did a test build and were able to diagnose nice and quick.

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If I went full custom watercooling I sure would test it out of the case. But otherwise... I dont bother.

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There used to be a time where that mattered, but even Linus acknowledges on the WAN show that it's pretty much pointless with how reliable stuff is now a days. Of course that's a different story if you're dealing with shady parts or perhaps you're building a custom loop; in which case you test things before you actually go an boot the thing. It would be rational for you to test a few specific set of parts that are a pain to disassemble; particularly the motherboard. By the way you can use the box your motherboard came in as a test bench. 

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I don't think it's worth it really, unless you build multiple pc's. I mean it takes, what, 15 minutes to rip out a DOA component?

Unless you go for a custom loop of course

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I always do, that way just in case something goes wrong I am not pulling everything out again and repeating the process.

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It's a form of insurance: It may seem like a waste of time if everything posts correctly, but if something is set up incorrectly / broken... Huge timesaver.

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It may not have much point nowadays but it's still better safe then sorry

 

DOA parts still exist, and there's always a chance of getting one. And it'd be a pain to put it in the case just to have to take it out.

 

It's not even really a hassle, it's just hooking up a few wires and then bridging 2 pins, there's nothing to it.

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If your building a custom water cooling loop then I would. It would be a giant pain in the ass to assemble a sweet loop with custom water blocks on your gpus. Then find that one's totally dead. Extra work and all ya know.....

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