Thread: Building a PC

Originally Posted by crapoo16

I've done a bunch of touching my computer with my PSU still on/plugged in (very unsafe and stupid I know) but i'm still alive! Don't freak out .

If you touch your computer with your PSU on... God will punish you

Originally Posted by Nick2.1

Shorting isn't much of a problem these days. Usually only happens if the PSU is bad to start with. I don't really touch my PSU either if I'm doing something quick like installing a new HDD or maybe memory, but if it's something more I'll just pull the plug out from the PSU.

...or if you get curious and stick a copper wire between two molex sockets...

Also, my case is rather unique in this, that I can't hardly access anything inside without unplugging things from the PSU. Irrelevant, but just something that occurred to me...