What do I use when i dont have a antistatic wrist thingy?

[AlluT]

I need something to use but dont have a antistatic wrist thingy. 

[Juular]

Take off all cloth pieces with fur\synthetics\silk, preferably cotton only. Don't let pets near PC parts. Ground yourself by touching smth metallic, preferably grounded too, like kitchen sink, that'll get rid of remaining static electricity. You're done.

[Reginald Bonemeal]

i heard rubber bands work

[WereCat]

you don't need anti static anything when building pc

[AlluT]

1 minute ago, Juular said:

Take off all cloth pieces with fur\synthetics\silk, preferably cotton only. Don't let pets near PC parts. Ground yourself by touching smth metallic, preferably grounded too, like kitchen sink. You're done.

Ok thanks 

[Reginald Bonemeal]

1 minute ago, WereCat said:

you don't need anti static anything when building pc

thats what i thought, gpu is now in the bin

[Juular]

2 minutes ago, Reginald Bonemeal said:

i heard rubber bands work

Anti-static wrist bands aren't just rubber, it's electrically conductive rubber, regular rubber will not have any effect, neither will anti-static wrist band work if it's not grounded.

3 minutes ago, WereCat said:

you don't need anti static anything when building pc

RAM sticks are really prone to dying of static electricity discharge, nothing else really, might be M.2 SSDs too tho.

[Sorenson]

Don’t wear socks and touch a metal piece of the computer frame to discharge. You’ll be fine then. I use to use anti static band but haven’t for the last 2ish years and haven’t had an issue.
 

Jayz2cents did a video showing how resilient modern computer hardware is to static discharge. You should watch it if you’re worried.

[AlluT]

Just now, Juular said:

Anti-static wrist bands aren't just rubber, it's electrically conductive rubber, regular rubber will not have any effect, neither will anti-static wrist band work if it's not grounded.

RAM sticks are really prone to dying of static electricity discharge, nothing else really, might be M.2 SSDs too tho.

So I should not worry about it? 

[Juular]

Just now, Sorenson said:

Don’t wear socks and touch a metal piece of the computer frame to discharge

Yep, that too. You'll ground yourself to some degree if you're bare and touching the computer case will ground you too (if it's not painted over).

[Juular]

1 minute ago, AlluT said:

So I should not worry about it? 

Just don't let pets around PC until you're done, wear minimal cloth amount and ground yourself on the PC case regularly.

[AlluT]

Just now, Juular said:

Just don't let pets around PC until you're done, wear minimal cloth amount and ground yourself on the PC case regularly.

Ok thanks shouldn't be a problem i dont have pets and have 100% cotton clothes.

[Windoors]

10 minutes ago, Juular said:

you don't need anti static anything when building pc

You dont want the ram or mobo to die. Worth the £20 investment

[Mustangmatt215]

If you are really worried plug in your psu and turn the switch on. Since the psu cause is grounded to the outlet anytime you touch it you will discharge any static build up. 

[Kalm_Traveler]

1 hour ago, Mustangmatt215 said:

If you are really worried plug in your psu and turn the switch on. Since the psu cause is grounded to the outlet anytime you touch it you will discharge any static build up. 

The ground is connected as long as the power cord is plugged in on both ends - no need to turn the power switch on (power switch is only inline with one of the power wires, not the ground).

If you follow all the above mentioned suggestions to minimize/eliminate any static build up and make sure you keep touching the grounded PSU before touching the other PC parts, you'll be fine. 

I've built dozens of PCs in carpeted rooms for over 20 years and haven't zapped anything since ~ 1996.