Thanks to Seasonic for sponsoring this video! Learn more about Seasonic products:
On Amazon (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/q4lnefC
On Newegg (PAID LINK): https://lmg.gg/8KV3S

Just how dangerous is static electricity to your PC? Are ESD wrist bands just a "big tech" scam, or are they a necessity to protect your much-loved gaming rig? Linus and ElectroBOOM investigate.

Check out ElectroBOOM's video here: https://youtu.be/4SjOv_szzVM

Buy a ESD Gun
On Amazon (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/ESDgun

Buy Anti-static Wrist Straps
On Amazon (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/ZhcGhN
On Best Buy (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/FnnJQ
On Newegg (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/kMcQ44n

Buy ESD bags
On Amazon (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/d8Nm
On Newegg (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/e2rD4

Buy Tesla Coil Kit
On Amazon (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/73pP
On Newegg (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/HG9Gd

Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group.

Discuss on the forum: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1284316…

This video aims to educate on electrostatic discharge, ESD related to computer components, types of ESD failure, and some common misconceptions of how to use ESD wrist straps.
Sponsor: Kioxia SSDs & Memory (BG4: https://geni.us/zxXgG9T mini SSD, XG6 https://geni.us/E1ayI M.2 SSD)

As stated in the video, we're being upfront about making static control products (but you all know this by now). This means we're very informed and have done a ton of research on static control, but we're obviously not as neutral as we are in a product review.

If you want to buy one of our PC building modmats & work surfaces, you can guarantee you get the next run of new GN Volt modmats here: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/modmat-volt-large (these sell-through fast, so getting on the back-order list guarantees next run availability)

You can get a common ground point & wrist strap and support us at the same time via the GN store: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/esd-wrist-strap-common-ground-point-cable (these are included…