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"Who builds their own PC's"

Recently i decided it was time to upgrade my PC and after having quite a few expensive quotes i decided to build one myself. It was actually amazing how much money i saved and how much fun i had, i would have done it sooner if i knew how easy it was.

Is there anyone else out there who, like me has seen the light?

Silent Assassin wrote:
> Well i wore latex gloves when i was building mine, as i didn't want to
> damage the motherboard or any of the cards and it works fine not even
> a single twinge!

You don't have to be that careful- I've got a 32MB graphics card in the top draw of my desk- and it's survived that. You just don't push components in too hard.

I have not built a whole PC yet, but I have done the majority of one. Going to build my next PC in the Autumn. From ground up. Designed for sheer crunching power so that I can boost my distributed computing stats.

Well i wore latex gloves when i was building mine, as i didn't want to damage the motherboard or any of the cards and it works fine not even a single twinge!

I'm too lazy to put one together :D
But i'm using companies recommended to me and based from people's opinions.
If i didn't i would go out and buy a pc world computer or even a tiny one.
Either way building is cheaper and could be more fun but buying from well known good companies is convenient.
If you burn something while fitting or do something wrong that's a few hundred down the drain.

You have to use the right companies.. and researching components will do you good to finalise what you want to do with it.

You can actually find some pretty cheap PC's about with good specs, but don't make the mistake i made last time i bought a PC. I didn't actually check my specs until a few months later and i ended up with a CPU 50mhz slower than i ordered.

That's why i decided to build my own and my advice to anyone now is 'Try It'. I only knew the basics of how to fit graphic cards, cpu's, sound cards etc... before, but now i know how to build one from scratch.

You need to look around if you don't want to build one but there's a few good companies around, just make sure you get the specifications you want.

yiiiiiiiip, always build my own..
done a few for friends etc..
it's SO much cheaper and you know what you're getting, unlike when you get a pre-prepared package with various things already installed. i bought my first PC and got caught with "onboard AGP graphics"... all well and goo, but no extra expansion >:(
it's all in the wording, so i decided to just do it myself. it's amazing how much you can learn by just jumping in the deep end and starting :)

A_Spoon wrote:
> my brother built his own cpu

...how did he manage that??
a single CPU would cost an unbelievable amount of money to make, given the machinery and intricasy needed to produce it...

(not trying to sound deliberately confronational mate, just interested...)

Build? me? your having a laugh i am polly one of the laziest people alive :)