ESD

[MatthewRfundora]

Alright so I was building a laptop the cpu socket pin had a bent pin sent in for a replacement  but I was unaware of ESD until I decided to send the unit back for a replacement so I was building on my bed i did touch screws and the heatsink pretty often it is humid in my room so that might reduce odds of esd but i'm curious on how high are the chances that i screwed up and stupid me also put the cpu on my bed and believe i heard a zap I want to know how much voltage these components ccan take 

[MatthewRfundora]

I've asked this question before and get diffirent answers

[LienusLateTips]

esd is pretty much not a thing, at least to me, I build all my PCs on carpets in a city beside a ocean and the PC beside a class of water with 90% humidity or something

 

 

you're fine

[iamdarkyoshi]

I've found PC parts to be pretty darn resilient to ESD.

 

I live in a very dry area and even this didn't kill my hardware.

[WereCat]

I zap my PC multiple times on a daily basis, you are most likely fine. ESD is more of an issue for audio equipment.

[r4tch3t]

Luck of the draw really, most chips have esd protection built in, but zap it in the right place and you can still kill it. The other thing to note is damage may take a long time to appear, months or years even.

That said it's rare to actually have a problem with it. In the future just keep esd in mind, it's easy to prevent so why not and it could save your part.

[asand1]

Was is a valid concern, however it's not really common either. I'm sure your fine.