Anti Static Wrist Strap

venomx · 18 Dec 2020 at 18:15

Should I wear one when changing my heatsink and fan ?
I have changed my GPU, CPU and RAM before without one and was fine. What I did was make sure i didn't generate any friction by walking around and also grounding myself my periodically touching my electric radiator

pc-guy · 18 Dec 2020 at 18:34

Never needed.

venomx · 18 Dec 2020 at 18:38

pc-guy said:
Never needed.

Fair enough.
I'll take socks off, work on a non carpet surface and periodically touch the toaster or kettle

Eliagon · 18 Dec 2020 at 19:55

Can I recommend some old-fashioned unacceptable humour?

On the basis you are asking if you need one, you might enjoy this background:

ESD Explained & Demonstrated + History of the Pink Polyethylene ESD Bag - YouTube

TLDR (or watch in the case): is that a wrist-strap can be worthless without a primed environment or portable ESD workbench. So modern day manufacturers have taken great expense to harden components against ESD damage.