build my own computer

It took a while to pick out all the components I wanted, partly because I was doing this in a transition period where better products were coming out all the time, but mostly to get the best computer possible for my budget. Of course if you are doing this for the first time I think you should run your list of parts by a friend, or someone that knows what they’re looking at. And once you get everything, have fun building!

for those interested
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 3.0 Ghz
Zotac 780i-Supreme MoBo
G.Skill DDR2 800 RAM: 2×2gb
EVGA GeForce GTX 280 GPU
Western Digital 640gb SATA HDD
Antec 900 Case
Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit (about to be Win7)

I want to build myself a computer.

That would be the influence of all my friends, who are much more technologically inclined than I am. This has to change.

I already have four laptops which I plan to use for other projects. One of them is bricked, and will have to be fixed before it’s usable [motherboard, we think; it’ll take time]. One’s going to become a laptop for use in the kitchen [I like cooking], one might become a home server, and the most functional one is going to be used for daytoday things.

Given that the main laptop is powerful enough to do everything I want for everyday purposes, I don’t want to make a new pc that does… the exact same thing. Something that I’ve been thinking about a little bit lately would be to make a home theater pc. seems the internet’s thinking along my lines, as I even saw a recent
engadget article on building a htpc.

of course, that requires me to start saving up some money and looking into the matter a bit more.

This goal got pushed to one side for six months or so due to finances and unexpected circumstances, but I finally got there a couple of weeks ago. The system is working beautifully – no hassles whatsoever. :D

The geek in me really wants to build a computer, not just to have a nice system, but to say that I have done it.

I’ll have to do this later. I don’t have the time nor the money to do this right now.

i really want to do this but i don’t have enough money to build the rig i really want. i love computers and am verry intrested in them. i know the basics of building but i would like a personal designed one which is expensive.

the computer has virtually become the most important and vital invention in the world and i wana be able to make one. if one day im able to build my own comp it would prove that i can finish what i start and il be using my own shit!

Funds are now sorted and I plan to start researching and selecting components this weekend.

But it’s an old one. So I need to build another one. The money will come this summer after a summer job.