Building the dankest PC, thomas the dank engine Options

[Stupid Fat Hobbi...]

So, after much thought and cost induced heart attacks, I have decided that instead of a crappy ol' laptop, I'm going to join the elite of the master race and not just get a PC, but build it as well with literally 0 seconds of experience in building anything remotely mechanical or electrical, yes I know I AM so brave, but when I have youtube videos and tutorials as my sword and hopefully you guys as my shield, I'm pretty sure I can do this.

Talked with monkey quite a bit about this, and because of the legend he is, he procured a list of the finest components for this beast at a reasonable price (I'm only 16 I don't have wads of cash to spend like you guys)

Here is said list with links and stuff:

cooling gel - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Arctic-Cooling-MX-...HDP1RJXAW3ZGZRS £3.95

motherboard - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00K8KJ..._1_1&sr=8-1 £91.74

CPU - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Core-i7-4790...HDP1RJXAW3ZGZRS £256.90

RAM - http://www.amazon.co.uk/HyperX-Series-1866...HDP1RJXAW3ZGZRS £35.54

fans - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Series-AF1...HDP1RJXAW3ZGZRS £17.36

case - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CC-9011052...HDP1RJXAW3ZGZRS £47.38

Hard drive - http://www.amazon.co.uk/WD-Desktop-SATA-Dr...=2tb+hard+drive £60.48

SSD - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-2-5-Inch-S...HDP1RJXAW3ZGZRS £73.13

graphics card - http://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-GTX-980-Graphi...eywords=gtx+980 £405.77

monitor - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-VE228TR-Wides...ords=hd+monitor £86.99

The total cost of it with a monitor as well (ikr mad innit?) is just under £1080

You may be thinking, "hey you stupid hobbit, listen 'ere m9, stop bragging and being so awesome" but it cannot be helped and also, I really do need your help, since, as I said before, I have no experience in doing this, I have never even owned a PC of my own, let alone built one.

Monkey told me to ask you guys if you have any objections or recommendations to the components listed above, such as a cheaper option or whatever you can think of; any help is greatly appreciated! I will probably be ordering this stuff after the 20th of August, as this is riding on my GCSE's, so any input before then would be great.

Thanks in advance,

<<<<<<333333 Hobbit

[TurboMidget]

I think most of those little things the internet suggests (especially on reddit) are people overreacting to very unlikely events that might happen. Often they're relying on old information from a time where it really was necessary or someone took electrotechnology 101 and now considers himself an expert.

As long as you wear an antistatic strap and connect it to a decent surface like the computer case or copper heat tubing or whatever, you'll be fine. Even without, Monkey's stuff seems to have survived for over a decade.

I would advise against connecting an antistatic strap to something on your PSU though. If you attach it to the grill of your PSU I'm going to assume a part of it actually enters the PSU and well, that casing it there for a reason. Next to that, I don't really see the point in doing that. There's tons of surfaces you can better ground yourself on than your PSU casing and no, connecting to your PSU casing doesn't mean you're connected to ground through the cable in the wall. That would imply there's a possibility of current running through your PSU casing and that's a big no no when designing a PSU.

[MonkeyFiend]

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I think there's a requirement to ensure all cases are earthed, so that if live did reach the case due to a malfunction people couldn't zap themselves by touching the case. All psu's should touch the case in someway (either directly or via screws) and therefore the metal of the case should be earthed providing the psu is plugged into a 3 pin (earth) cable (preferably without the power on! ) as all PSU enclosures are also earthed in the same way for the same reasons and providing you're touching a metal part of the case that isn't painted.

[The Malefic Trou...]

I think there's a requirement to ensure all cases are earthed, so that if live did reach the case due to a malfunction people couldn't zap themselves by touching the case. All psu's should touch the case in someway (either directly or via screws) and therefore the metal of the case should be earthed providing the psu is plugged into a 3 pin (earth) cable (preferably without the power on! ) as all PSU enclosures are also earthed in the same way for the same reasons and providing you're touching a metal part of the case that isn't painted.

So generally PSU installed, plugged in, turned off, strap connected to either not painted part of the case or PSU itself is the way to go? I think the last part doesn't even make any difference since in case of PSU being already installed case and PSU kind of become one thing (you know, when it comes to grounding).