Bought some new parts today

[PerfectDark 292]

 

i5-6600, MSI Z170A LGA 1151, gskill 16gb (2x 8gb), and an eVGA 850 watt, totalled just over $600. maybe next i'll get a huge monitor or something fun. video card is still a year or so away, have a gtx 970 sc

[Takka 13,376]

Post pix when you get em installed!

[PerfectDark 292]

Definitely  Though I will warn everyone, I don't usually ever go for cable management because I am a hermit and just work and game, lol but I'll try. Last build I did in 2013 I put everything together on the kitchen floor because its wood and I dont have to get a grounding bracelet, and I brought it into the bedroom and it started up perfectly first press of the power button and it didn't whine and it didn't complain, and thats what I'm hoping for this next build come Tuesday

[Skeezix the Cat 3,089]

I personally think the importance of grounding straps is slightly exaggerated.  Doesn't hurt, I guess but I don't go out of my way to be "grounded" properly when touching things, especially if I haven't been getting shocked by things lately.  Even when I do, it's almost exclusively by my car door and I have my suspicions as to how electrons get built up on its surface so much more rapidly than other vehicles seem to...

[PerfectDark 292]

Wait you mean the rapey van? lol

[Kavawuvi 7,026]

Grounding yourself is perfectly fine. This can discharge static electricity that may be on you, but really, you just need to touch anything that's grounded to do this. If you're building a PC, you're probably going to be touching your case for much of the time, anyway.

 

Where I build or service my PCs is in the kitchen. There's a wooden floor and the PC is on a large, oak table (on a mat to avoid scratching it up).

[Takka 13,376]

ESD is a bitch. I fried my motherboard once when all I was doing was clearing the CMOS.

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Just bought a CoolerMaster HAF 932 full tower case from newegg, and a CPU fan thats also from CM lol. I think my build is complete....only thing thats not changing is the harddrives and video card.....so far

oh, also some thermal paste, and an IDE to SATA converter as I don't have a blu ray player yet

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May be getting a gtx 1080 with taxes soon.....