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Ebola2513

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Hello! I just got all the parts I need for my new gaming rig (With help from this forum too :)) and now it's time to build it! I'm still uncertain on which TABLE to build it on. I have a medium sized wooden table on a carpet floor (It's not a hairy rug of any sort), or i have a table that is Wooden top and long metal legs that is also on a carpet but i can move that to another room which doesn't have carpet floor (It's not wood either, I can't describe it in English sorry).

Which one would be preferable?
 
Not carpet. If its cold there may be a lot of static electricity. Wood bench, piece of cardboard and ground your self once to the plug. Discharge touching metal part.
 
tremmor said:
Not carpet. If its cold there may be a lot of static electricity. Wood bench, piece of cardboard and ground your self once to the plug. Discharge touching metal part.
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What he means is build it on whichever table you want, just don't build it on the carpet.
 
I tend to be a badass and build on the carpet, but I make sure that no components which are easily damaged by static (motherboard, CPU, RAM, hard drives and graphics cards usually) touch the carpet.

Building on a wooden floor or table would be the best idea.
 
Carpet here this time of year is dangerous. Ive touched metal in the past and seen sparks from my fingers. Hurts too.
 
for the record, just scraping your feet across the carpet will build up a high static charge. Suspect that some people just don't know.
 
It would be best to build on a wood table on a tile or wood floor. DO NOT build directly on the carpet. If you are walking around on carpet it's okay but make sure you ground yourself often (as you should regardless of where you are) by touching the case or any other metal that isn't one of your parts. If you really are concerned you can get an anti static wrist band but they're pretty pointless as long as you remember to touch your case before working on the internals.
 
What the guys fail to mention that you have to touch something grounded to discharge yourself. Touching any metal ain't gonna do it if it isn't grounded.

If you have a PSU plug it in a grounded outlet but be sure it's turned off before doing so. There you can discharge yourself touching it.

If the PSU is in the case that's even better, just be absolutely sure it's switched off.
 
The case works fine to touch for grounding purposes. All your doing is discharging the electricty from you into the case. The case is big enough that it'll work fine for that.
 
Doesn't matter if the PSU is switched on or off, it's still grounded regardless. You need to touch a bare metal screw on the PSU or the case with the PSU plugged into the mains.
 
Denther said:
The case works fine to touch for grounding purposes. All your doing is discharging the electricty from you into the case. The case is big enough that it'll work fine for that.
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That's baloney if the case is not grounded.

Anyway I said for the PSU to be turned off while working because it's not hooked up. It's not a good idea to work on a live unit.
 
Hey all, would just like to update you on the build. It took 4 hours and it works! I took a wooden table and moved it to that non-carpet floor and built the computer on that. I touched the case frequently for static discharging, and I also tested the parts on the box the motherboard came in to make sure it worked before I put it in the computer. I had a lot of fun, and for those interested my specs are:
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H
MSI GTX 660 ti
i5 3570k
Corsair Vengeance 4x2Gigs Low profile
NZXT Hale90 650W Modular
Some Asus Optical Drive
WD 1 Terabyte Blue

I can't wait to try gaming with it :)
 
Congrats!

Just out of curiosity, what's everyone's opinion on grounding yourself to the case with a wristband? I did it for certain parts of my build, but at times, especially when plugging components into the mobo, it got cumbersome and I had to take it off.
 
agreeded. Never had one also. If in a static location with cold weather and snow then bare feet. That won't happen. Just touch metal and don't swipe your feet. It builds up static maybe. Done electronics and plc's etc. never been a problem. touch metal.
 
I have one of those wristbands, I tend to use it if I'm doing work where I'm going to need to be grounded for a long time (ie, when building a PC or taking one completely apart). Otherwise, I tend to just touch a grounded piece of metal and try not to move too much. Not worn the wristband in a long while now.
 
I never wore a wrist band but I take precautions of touching grounded items and I never had a problem with my builds/repairs jobs.

Also never pet your pets while working on PCs. :)
 
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