I never ground myself and nothing has ever happened when i build pcs.. Its fairly simple you just have to know where to put a screw, where to plug what and which button to press..My only bad experience is me f-king around with a psu and not checking it, frying 2 dvd roms and a 200g hdd
My asus board conked out after 5 Years on my old PC and i now have Gigabyte on both... Thier a blueish purple colour..
To find out your mobo and various other things you can use
http://www.lavalys.com/products/download.php?dlid=1&lang=en
That will tell you everything you need to know about your pc.