Hi guys,
About 9 months ago, a friend built me my first ever system for music production and gaming. The machine is pretty high-spec so I'm very conscious of the need to keep the components clean and dust-free, but my experience of dealing with PCs is very limited. As such, I have yet to open it up and clean the small layer of dust that's accumulated inside, although I have been reading around the cleaning process as much as possible to ensure safety when I do get round to dusting.
I'm pretty confident I can get inside the case and not screw anything up, however one thing troubles me. The computer case I went for (the Fractal Design Define R4) has NO bare metal parts, either inside or outside. Looks like I sacrificed practicality for the sake of looks! As such, I'm worried about how I'm going to ground myself whilst cleaning it. Do you think it's wise to invest in an anti-static grounding mat (like this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Anti-Static-Universal-Earth-Grounding-700mm/dp/B00KTB4D3K/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1436486721&sr=8-4&keywords=anti+static+mat)? I'm very nervous about opening the case up without ensuring that I'm properly grounded!
thanks
About 9 months ago, a friend built me my first ever system for music production and gaming. The machine is pretty high-spec so I'm very conscious of the need to keep the components clean and dust-free, but my experience of dealing with PCs is very limited. As such, I have yet to open it up and clean the small layer of dust that's accumulated inside, although I have been reading around the cleaning process as much as possible to ensure safety when I do get round to dusting.
I'm pretty confident I can get inside the case and not screw anything up, however one thing troubles me. The computer case I went for (the Fractal Design Define R4) has NO bare metal parts, either inside or outside. Looks like I sacrificed practicality for the sake of looks! As such, I'm worried about how I'm going to ground myself whilst cleaning it. Do you think it's wise to invest in an anti-static grounding mat (like this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Anti-Static-Universal-Earth-Grounding-700mm/dp/B00KTB4D3K/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1436486721&sr=8-4&keywords=anti+static+mat)? I'm very nervous about opening the case up without ensuring that I'm properly grounded!
thanks