Greetings to all, I need your advice on PC Building, since i have never built pc before in my life. One thing that i'm worried about is Electrostatic Discharge that may damage PC parts. I dont have antistatic stuffs, ie wristband 'n mat. I have wooden table and tile at my home, its safe? Also when building, i will touch nearby tap alot, to discharge build up static, its no problem? Thanks in advance =)

Hi Moncy!
Well when i did build my own rig like 16 months ago, i have done all on my own, just with forums help! What i did is. I bought all compatible parts for my PC rig,starting case ending up with my ultra violet and green flash light in it! Everything seemed to be quite easy, only few integrated case cables for switching on and off stuff i found a bit confusing in my TJ06 Silverstone case! Also spent a bit more time on my hard drives onectors, i was using and i still am Sata2 and IDE together etc. well it is long story, but as far as i know if you got a common sense you just fallow the guides and you will be fine!
Btw what PC parts are u looking to buy ?

cheers

vai

Vairo, thanks for quick reply! :-D Wow kul, i will try to get light mod too. PC parts: Gigabyte P35 DS3R mobo, Intel Core2 Duo E8400 3GHz cpu, Geforce 8800GT 512Mb, coolermaster 550w psu, 1Gb ram DDR2, windows Vista Premium and Gigabyte 3D aurora570. I bet it cant run Crysis smoothly @ high setting :-P these PC parts are good enough? What ways u use to ground yourself before building pc? Thanks in advance

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What ways u use to ground yourself before building pc?

i was noob 3 years ago, thats for sure , then i started reading forums, sites etc,asked for advice if i needed one! And thats all, at the end i even easy overclocked my cpu power! Every human mind is a great slumbering power until awakened by a keen desire and definite resolution to do !

And no that rig won't run crysis on high and smooth settings, sorry :/ , you will get a decent performance with medium-high settings mix, no AA etc.
But if you have a spare money why don't you go for a ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 1024MB new model vga which has a two chips in one, so it works with crossfire power already , costs more than a 8800GT, but search for some benches i would say it is better than a GTX Ultra and 8800GT SLI, depends on a game, benchmarks and other factors. But the for price is only 270 quid!
Also i would definitely recommend at least 2gm ram for you buddy

vai

Hey moncy...nice to meet ya

I havent had any anti-static stuff like wrist band or matt when I have been inside the case and rumbled and it hasent been any problem either....but thats just me.. and you shouldnt do the same

So if you want to be sure not to harm ur stuff it is recommended to have some sort of protection and a wrist band/matt is very good but if you have trouble finding or purchuase some then to touch the tap as you said is a good way of discharging urself..



I´m not the brightest on this topic I must say so I looked it up and this is what it says..

-Always ground ur self by touching the tap or tap or the tap/dish bench

-Working on the tap/dish bench is probably the best...just keep it dry and disconnect the power (of course)

-Dont use wool-socks with carpets

-Avoid carpets with any combination

-Never touch a electronic component without discharge urself first by touching metal


Hope it will come in handy for ya

Hehe, cant believe that 8800GTX SLI cant run smoothly at max setting. Thanks for suggestion, wil go with 2Gb, but sadly cant get that new gfx card, due to tight budget hehe. Will nvidia's future gfx cards able to run @ max setting with no prob? Never heard anything bout something like that from nvidia. I'm too scared to overclock cpu, lol. Thanks very much Triple6s (bit scared to write em in number, its 1am here lol) thanks for advice :-D Now i feel confident after reading your reply! Is it okay to put mobo on antistatic bag that came with it? Thanks :-D