Generally speaking - whatever salts were in the solution containing your primers when they were freeze dried, will still be there. You should only need to add RO water. Adding buffer will likely subject your primers to a higher salt concentration and therefore changed pH.
Definitely use the best water you have, sterile, DNAse free, and use a new container that no one else has opened yet, use filter tips, and new autoclaved tubes for your dilutions. You really don't want any contamination in your primers.