Screwdriver for putting PC components together?

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I've never put together a PC before but need to do some unscrewing and screwing in of components such as the motherboard etc. My friend seemed to just use the same screw every time so wondering if PC's have a standard size for what screwdriver would fit etc.

Any help would be appreciated and if it's component specific then the component I'm looking at unscrewing is the
Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H Intel H55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 microATX Motherboard [GA-H55M-UD2H]
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-233-GI
 
There are screws with different length and width of screw, however all the heads are the same size, so the same screwdriver will work for all the screws, can't remember what size it is though.
 
Just a bog standard phillips screwdriver.
Sometimes I use a flat head for prying things open(although I really shouldn't :L).
 
Well... if you are just doing normal retail kit, then you only need a phillips. If you are working with OEM kit or non-user serviceable parts you may also need a torx head.
 
In general iirc it's a #2 phillips head (make sure you don't get a pozi driver), and a small flat headed driver.

The small flat head because sometimes you come across a screw that takes one, and it's handy for things like heatsinks :)
 
If you want to ground yourself, you can indeed have the PSU plugged in at the mains, but OFF at the socket (and/or back of the PSU) and touch the PSU casing, or any of the bare metal of the case and it should ground you :)

You don't need to use the screwdriver for that (in fact unless you were touching the bare metal of the screw driver, the handle might insulate you ;)).
 
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