

People think this and end up like OP.
Often the symptoms resulting from damage are subtle, irritating, and situationally intermittent.
maybe you built your PC on a humid day or didn’t happen to do anything to raise a charge, But I wouldn’t go around telling other people that it’s not necessary.

thats the thing about ESD damage - it can reduce reliability or operating margins. It rarely shows up as “whole part entirely nonworking”.