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I am in the process of building a new machine. Shall i test it ouside the case for findig any failure? Shall i mount the CPU cooler? How to go about it. I hve a box of not assembled parts.

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I am in the process of building a new machine. Shall i test it ouside the case for findig any failure? Shall i mount the CPU cooler? How to go about it. I hve a box of not assembled parts.

Test it outside the PC as long as you have an air cooler. Make sure to mount the cooler outside of the case too. 

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Test it outside the PC as long as you have an air cooler. Make sure to mount the cooler outside of the case too.

all parts? Gpu ram everything?

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I am in the process of building a new machine. Shall i test it ouside the case for findig any failure? Shall i mount the CPU cooler? How to go about it. I hve a box of not assembled parts.

I never tested any of my parts, and it turned out to be just fine. I think the amount of DOA is small, and the chance of you having a DOA part is small. It is however annoying if you install it into the case and then find out the motherboard is dead or something, my PSU was making weird noises, but that was easy to pull out of the case

CPU: I7 4790K(4.6@1.252v)                               Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Windowed(Black)           Cooler: CM 212 EVO + NF F12 iPPC

RAM: HyperX Fury 1600MHZ CL10 2x4GB      Storage: Samsung 850 EVO(250GB) + WD Red(2TB)      PSU: Corsair RM750 (and no, it hasn't blown up!)

MoBo: Asus Maximus VII Ranger                      Graphics: MSI GTX 970 TwinFrozr (1494MHZ Core)       OS: Windows 10 Enterprise

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I never tested any of my parts, and it turned out to be just fine. I think the amount of DOA is small, and the chance of you having a DOA part is small. It is however annoying if you install it into the case and then find out the motherboard is dead or something, my PSU was making weird noises, but that was easy to pull out of the case

Yes it is very small, but better to be safe than sorry. 

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I am in the process of building a new machine. Shall i test it ouside the case for findig any failure? Shall i mount the CPU cooler? How to go about it. I hve a box of not assembled parts.

 

I have always felt that assembling outside the case simply introduces many more opportunities to damage parts. The least amount of handling the better IMO.

 

I do test as I go during the install.

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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I have always felt that assembling outside the case simply introduces many more opportunities to damage parts. The least amount of handling the better IMO.

 

I do test as I go during the intall.

How I felt too :P

CPU: I7 4790K(4.6@1.252v)                               Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Windowed(Black)           Cooler: CM 212 EVO + NF F12 iPPC

RAM: HyperX Fury 1600MHZ CL10 2x4GB      Storage: Samsung 850 EVO(250GB) + WD Red(2TB)      PSU: Corsair RM750 (and no, it hasn't blown up!)

MoBo: Asus Maximus VII Ranger                      Graphics: MSI GTX 970 TwinFrozr (1494MHZ Core)       OS: Windows 10 Enterprise

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Motherboard, cpu (of course) PSU, GPU, ram. Then connect it to a monitor and if it displays something then you're in teh good.

Monitor plugged into? Gpu or iGPU?

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GPU

Found out, checking both wouldn't cause any damage so i figured why not try instead of watiting for an answer.

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