Setup to test components

[newwkidd]

Hello folks. Good Morning, I am wondering if anyone can point me in the direction where I can find info on how to set up a testbed so that whenever I want to build a computer I can check to make sure that the parts are okay and will work before installing them in a case. This way I can save myself some headaches before starting to build.

In other words I would like to connect the parts outside the case before they go inside

Thanks for any help

[Sterling_Aug]

You can't do it that way. Every part is interdependant on all the other parts in a case. You can test a part in another system and it works fine then install it in a new system and it won't work. It happens all the time.

[Shoreguy]

To build on Sterling's thoughts, your test bed is going to vary as much as a product selection at newegg. AMD/Intel? Socket type? Memory type? Desktop/Server/Laptop? Which OS's will you be building in? A testbed may be the size of a cuttingboard...the components/tools/software you need to 'carry' could fill a warehouse.

[Steve R Jones]

98.643% (or higher) of the time new parts will work.....Testing them outside the case - taking it all apart and then putting in the case could cause more harm....

[newwkidd]

Thank you guys for your responses and information. It is really appreciated.