Tools for the job.

I am thinking this brand:

Wiha Professional Quality Tools Home Page

An interchangeable system 4 or something like that.

 

How about this?

Pc repair toolkit US

Pc repair Toolkit UK

 

Hmm, I like the selection but was hoping for some high quality stuff, hoping to spend a little more money into it this time so I treat it with that much more respect.

That's why I was thinking of going all out.

I mostly need the screwdriver, I generally use a knife or my leatherman e4 or whatever it is for striping wires, which hardly needs to happen anymore.

 

Pc tools Better Quality? or higher price?

 

That's quite a bit higher, it looks cleaner, is Ultra a good name?

I've heard very good things about Wiha, I'm mostly looking for screwdrivers now, I'll probably have to eventually rebuild my own kit, but I wanted to start with screwdrivers for now since mine are about to be turned into XPS keyboard pry bars.

 

Im afraid I dont know american brands.

To be honest I reckon something like this would be good

 

You do not need uber expensive stuff to work on a PC, just avoid cheap china stuff and you will be good.

Car tools and stuff undergo significant amounts of stress and abuse separating high quality from average quality.

PC work though at the most may have a stubborn screw or two, its not like your going to be using a air ratchet to unscrew a video card.

$20 can get you a set of screwdrivers that will hold up to a lifetime of use, spend like $10 more and get ESD protected ones if that makes you feel better.


I would generally avoid any "all in one kit" as it will come with stuff you do not need or a tool that you may need but there are better versions of it out there. Also the kits are going to use cheaper stuff or be extremely expensive. A kit like a screwdriver kit or what ever is fine, just not those generic all in ones.

 

you honestly do not need much... A few good quality flat head and Philips screw driver, a set of jewelers drivers incase your working on a laptop, a power supply tester and a flash drive with memtest and other benchmarks/testing software

 

about sums it up.

I use a $2 multi driver, Its cheap and very nasty. It works.

I have over $45,000 of tools for my job as a technician. So I don't favour spending at home.

As a side note, does anyone rate these laptop Mini PCI-E ELPC LPC diagnostic post tester card?

 

Wiha is a German brand.

I want to spend money to get non-China, I'll try out the Wiha's I think.

I was hoping to get a Klein one, but I didn't see a multi-bit precision screwdriver.

 

I have quite a bit of stuff since I do not just repair but also build stuff and mod stuff, but honestly for 99% of any working on a computer I just need my handy philips screwdriver and that is it lol.

Most other things are situational, like a headlamp to see better, TIM to mount a heatsink, etc.


I keep on hand

Dremmel, Soldering Iron, Crimp Tool, Wire Cutters & Stripper, Precision Screwdriver Set, Sandpaper, Digital Mutli-Meter, Wattage Meter, Electric Tape, Spare Wire, and a few other assorted things.

One thing I hate is mutli bit sets, if I need a precision screwdriver last thing I want is a fat nubby bit scredriver that may not fit into a small hole or give me play in the screwdriver because its not a solid shaft.

Last time I had to place a small order on newegg and had a coupon for $20 off $100 I added one of these to bring my order to $100 and its been a really great screwdriver so far.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...9078&cm_re=screwdriver-_-96-439-078-_-Product

With hardened steel and all that jazz quality is probably darn close to those $30 screwdrivers. I have used it lots and it has not even a slight bit of ware and it fits so perfect be it little screws on the bottom of my laptop or big screws holding things in my desktop case. I pretty much disowned my precision screwdrivers when I got this since it seems to fit everything and gives me a really good grip.

 

I agree, best to have single philips screwdriver for each size. I have 3 that I use most often, don't know sizes off hand, but the normal size for desktop stuff, smaller for laptop, and a fine tip for the tiny stuff. Get them with magnetic tips if you can or magnetize them yourself. Or get a handy magnet on a stick, don't know how many times I've had to fish out screws from tiny tiny places. I even have a large magnet (kept well away from my storage media ) to find those screws that fall on the floor on occasion.

 

I use one of these:

Magnetizer / DeMagnetizer - Rockler Woodworking Tools

 

Oooh me likey! May have to get one of those.