Anti static wrist strap and mat

[Eponymous98]

Hello everyone. I am planning to upgrade my pc with some new parts. Should I use an anti static wrist strap and mat so as not to damage my hardware? If so, which ones do you suggest?

[byalexandr]

Just plug in your PSU and touch it's housing every once in a while. No need to buy anything, in fact you probably don't need to worry too much about static. If you live in a humid environment (like me in Texas) then there's literally never any static electricity. I even build my PC on my bed and the carpet

[Epiclol86]

A mat is quite useless... if you have a wooden table it's just fine. Just make sure your'e not on a carpet if you live in a dry climate. If you really want to be assured, just order any simple wrist wrap for almost nothing (about 5$) and you'll be good

[2001jaden]

4 minutes ago, byalexandr said:

Just plug in your PSU and touch it's housing every once in a while. No need to buy anything, in fact you probably don't need to worry too much about static. If you live in a humid environment (like me in Texas) then there's literally never any static electricity. I even build my PC on my bed and the carpet

Can vouch for the bed method, never broken anything from static that way

[SaladFingers]

Let's put it like this: It won't hurt you to use one. For the most cases though, it's pretty useless. Unless of course you aren't being careful.

 

I've built dozens of computers and only used it once - because the client wanted me to. I just make sure to ground myself every now and then, and I have yet to have a static electricity problem with the computers I've built. It definitely looks more professional to use a wrist band, but definitely not required, if you are careful enough.

 

The mat is pretty much useless altogether. Just don't lay your motherboard / other stuff on a carpet and it will be fine.

[Eponymous98]

I live in a humid environment so I guess I should be fine... Thank you all very much

[l_zheng101]

For assurance, I would use both.