You don’t need it all, but here are the things I’ve found very handy for tinkering with my PC and Steam Deck.
I have a few trusty tools in my toolkit, but one thing I rank very highly from the lot is my iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit. I’ve had it for years, before even starting this job, and so far every piece of it remains intact. It’s this kit that I’d generally recommend to anyone asking, as it’s pretty great for PC building and any small repairs or mods to a laptop, phone, or Steam Deck (opens in new tab).
But iFixit has stuffed a lot more inside its latest kit, the Repair Business Toolkit (opens in new tab). And as you might have guessed already this isn’t your typical kit for your regular DIYer. It’s essentially a collection of iFixit’s many smaller kits and tools stuffed into a single, relatively compact satchel bag. While the average PC gamer likely won’t need half of it, I wanted to take a look into what’s included to see if there’s more than just your average screwdriver set worth investing in. The tools I rate1. Pro Tech Toolkit
This is the one part of the kit that I’m familiar with already. Included in the Repair Business Toolkit is a slightly modernised version of the toolkit I was gifted for Christmas by a family member many years ago. It includes a 64-bit kit with screwdriver and a flexible extender for hard-to-reach places. I’ve actually used that extender a few times in some extremely awkward PC chassis before, though otherwise its use has been fairly limited.
The small spudgers and pry tools have come in handy a couple of times for me. Most recently when prying off the back of my Steam Deck to install one of JSAUX’s transparent backplates (opens in new tab).
An anti-static band is included here, too, which admittedly I’ve fallen off using because I’m a terrible techie. But hey, you should ground yourself when working with electrically sensitive components (Ed’s note: Meh). 2. FixMat
I think any kind of magnetic mat would suffice here, but the FixMat is a good option. I used this to help me organise screws when tearing down a couple of gaming laptops recently, the Gigabyte G5 (opens in new tab) and MSI Cyborg 15 (opens in new tab), and even for a simple GPU swap inside my machine it came in handy to drop the screws onto the mat and not have them get lost in the carpet.
It’s magnetic on the blue bit, and not magnetic in the trays at the top. Also it comes with a pen to mark what’s what, which might just be the most useful bit of the lot for much longer builds.
