You know (and dont listen to me and actually do this) as long as ive been handling computer parts I think ive used those straps like once. Never have had a problem. Then again I always make sure to touch metal before hand and not move.

Yea, only problem is id much rather have a 3$ assurance, and not a 100$ fried motherboard. Or a month to wait for a fried part. :o

Want anti static? Put your feet on a piece of cardboard..

Don't waste $3 on a strap. Just touch your case before you touch anything else

I don't use them at work, either. I just touch a ground before taking them apart. So far I've never damaged anything, but working on my own computer I use it just in case. Better safe than sorry I guess.

Building mine I just sat on a piece of cardboard on the carpet...worked like a charm. Lol.

I'd love to hear how the computer turns out when you get the parts in.

Ill keep everyone informed, promise. Still working on ordering them, parents have been out of town so ill be showing them tommorow. Im almost positive the bill is gunna be about 1066$ with everything, and im pretty damn sure i can sell this thing better than a fuckin car salesman.

Some advice I can give you about building one. (I've built many)

1.Between the cpu and the heatsinkfan that sits on top of it you need some thermal paste to transfer heat. Not alot, like a nickel size.

2.AMD has better bang for your bucks when it comes to CPU's.

3. If you're worried about any of the wiring you can try magicmicro.com. I've ordered cases/moterboards/and power supplies from them and have them wire it all up. Then when I get it I just drop in the memory, video cards, cpu and hsf, and disk drives. Saves money and they're fairly cheap.

4.You don't have to worry about what connector goes where. All connectors can only fit in ONE slot.

5. It's pretty simple to build a PC. It might take some time for you but it's not hard by any means. If I can install a TB and Plenum then you can build a PC.

6. For overclocking, anything you buy will be much faster than you need. You will not need to overclock. You can do it for fun but if you want reliability then just leave it alone.

7. Since your going to be gaming, get a quad core. Most games that come out now are optimized to run better with more cores. So a dual core at 3.0ghz will run SLOWER than a quad core 2.6ghz. That kinda thing.

I am running an e8400 with a hd2600 gfx card and a 7200rpm 500gb HD that I built 3 years ago and I can play ANY games with no problem. Granted theyre not at the highest resolution, they all run great.

Good luck!
BTW $700 bucks can get you a kickass PC that will play anything. There is NO NEED to spend any more than 700

Cool, good to know. I ended up finishing the pc tower pricing at around 750$ give or take. Plus everything else right at 1060ish. Not including windows 7 and some kind of antivirus. What would you guys recomend for PC protection? Like spyware or whatever.

As long as you have some sort of common sense regarding what you download, this free solution will work perfectly fine.

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

Cool, that should work. And final question i think, what IE is best? Im running google chrome atm, and its nice but idk how so in comparison to others. I hate Internet Explorer though.

IE8 comes with windows 7, but just keep using chrome and you'll be fine. I prefer chrome, but your other options include firefox, safari, and opera.

You mean Windows 7 comes with IE8 right? Also would i need the full version, or just the upgrade? The full version is 80$ more :/

I prefer firefox myself. It has a much better user interface.

I've used them all and Chrome is the fastest. Also for antivirus, Norton is great.

Norton is beyond a piece of shit, resource hog.

And you'll want to get the full version of 7, unless you have another version of windows you can upgrade from.

Antivirus, as already stated, Microsoft Security Essentials, it's free, and it works.

Hey guys i know its been FOREVER but i finally got this thing ordered. got the budget increased quite a bit. :D Heres the specs now:

ASUS VE276Q Black 27" Full HD HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor w/Display Port & Speakers

LIAN LI PC-7B plus II Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

ASUS SABERTOOTH P67 (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

EVGA 015-P3-1580-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V v2.2 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 ..

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K

CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9

Western Digital Caviar Black WD5002AALX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive -x2

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM

Should be rockin, just wanted to say thanks for all the help here.

Shame on you for buying overpriced intel junk.

But a congrats on getting the only mobo anyone should ever buy. :D

You would have gotten better performance per dollar if you went AMD rather than intel/nvidia, but you should still be happy with your purchase.