what is needed in a case

[butch81385]

i am thinking about jumping in feet first and building myself a case. i will already have all the parts needed (microATX mobo and donor parts from older systems) but i was wondering what is neccessary for a case to function. i will probably use old power and reset buttons from another case, but i heard somewhere that you have to be able to ground to your case. any ideas or suggestions or recommended webpages?

[Knothead]

Hmmm, I do believe the ground plug from your PSU will do that job. I made a case entirely out of wood, and it didn't need any special grounding. Works great!

I believe that if you are using good quality, fairly recent components, then you should be good to go.

[John Prophet]

the motherboard etc will be "grounded" thru the power supply...just think of an acrylic case.

Also we all know that a pc will run without a case, lol....like when we boot the motherboard outside of the case to test it.

So it will be grounded thru the power supply etc

cardboard grounding??--
http://www.techimo.com/forum/t105775.html