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The new jig gig
Will soon be in the market for getting a new PC, largely because this thing I'm running has hit its last legs and consistently freezes when I'm working with new image files from my 10MB digital camera.
I was going to take a look at getting the new gig from a local vendor (i.e. sorry DELL and others) but reading stories such as Jeff and Scott putting together their new machine just makes you wonder whether it isn't time to splash it on a custom home building kit.
Building a PC part 1Over the next few days, I'll be building Scott Hanselman's computer. My goal today is more modest: build a minimal system that boots.
I'd like to dispel the myth that building computers is risky, or in any way difficult or complicated. If you can put together a LEGO kit, you can put together a PC from parts. It's dead easy, like snapping together so many LEGO bricks. Well, mostly. Have you seen how complicated some of those LEGO kits are?
Granted, building computers isn't for everybody. There are plenty of other things you might want to do with your time, like, say, spending time with your children, or finding a cure for cancer. That's why people buy pre-assembled computers from Dell. But if you need fine-grained control over exactly what's inside your PC, if you desire a deeper understanding of how the hardware fits together and works, then building a PC is a fun project to take on. You can easily match or beat Dell's prices in most cases, while building a superior rig -- and you can learn something along the way, too.
Here's the complete set of parts we ordered, per the component list.
All you need is a few basic tools to build this PC. I typically use needle-nose pliers, wire cutters, and a small phillips screwdriver.
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