i have a wrist strap but i find if you just keep touching the case housing before your hands enter the case you'll be fine. 
dont place the case on a blanket or put it on the carpet, i use my dinner table to work off.
always touch the PCB of the mobo & GPU at the edges & be careful not to be too forceful, though some connections will require a bit of a push to get them in.
be carefull when unplugging molex , motherboard or SATA connections inside the case, they have a tendancy to need a lot of force to release & if your not careful your hand will fly off & damage other H/W (i did this & snapped off a RAM stick in the slot, leaving the 240pin section after pulling off a molex
)
so ''firm but gentle'' is the key....
make sure your motherboard standoffs are ALL correctly positioned, this is very important....if you have a misplaced standoff the machine wont boot.
be careful with the HSF push pins, they're a total nightmare, lock them down diagonally & try not to move the HSF about too much while doing so..... if one of these pins is NOT fastened correctly, again your machine wont boot.
be sure ALL power & data connections are securely in their ports, sometimes the connection is not all the way home & you can spend hours troubleshooting only to find you hadn't pushed one in far enough.
cable management.....when building your machine this is the best time to spend a good few hours manipulating the cables, you wouldn't believe how much airflow is affected by messy wiring.
above all else.....have fun, building a new machine is brilliant!! :D
dont place the case on a blanket or put it on the carpet, i use my dinner table to work off.
always touch the PCB of the mobo & GPU at the edges & be careful not to be too forceful, though some connections will require a bit of a push to get them in.
be carefull when unplugging molex , motherboard or SATA connections inside the case, they have a tendancy to need a lot of force to release & if your not careful your hand will fly off & damage other H/W (i did this & snapped off a RAM stick in the slot, leaving the 240pin section after pulling off a molex
)so ''firm but gentle'' is the key....
make sure your motherboard standoffs are ALL correctly positioned, this is very important....if you have a misplaced standoff the machine wont boot.
be careful with the HSF push pins, they're a total nightmare, lock them down diagonally & try not to move the HSF about too much while doing so..... if one of these pins is NOT fastened correctly, again your machine wont boot.
be sure ALL power & data connections are securely in their ports, sometimes the connection is not all the way home & you can spend hours troubleshooting only to find you hadn't pushed one in far enough.
cable management.....when building your machine this is the best time to spend a good few hours manipulating the cables, you wouldn't believe how much airflow is affected by messy wiring.
above all else.....have fun, building a new machine is brilliant!! :D
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- ME.....
- CPU
- Q9450 @ 3.6ghz
- Motherboard
- P5K PREMIUM
- Memory
- 8GB 1066mhz buffalo firestix
- Graphics card(s)
- HD 5970
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 20'' syncmaster
- Screen Resolution
- 1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- 160GB 7200RPM SEAGATE BARRACUDA IDE 160GB 7200RPM SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA 2
- PSU
- XCILIO 850w
- Case
- unknown ATX
- Cooling
- Arctic cooler pro 775
- Mouse
- logitech cordless optical
- Keyboard
- logitech EX110
- Internet Speed
- 2mb
