Building a PC Isn't Hard

[Rick Bowers]

At Sunday 2/3/2008 09:18 PM, you wrote:
>...or expensive.
>
>This is what I learned this weekend. Last week, I killed my desktop
>system while cleaning it. Or so I presume, in that it worked /before/
>the cleaning and didn't work /after/ the cleaning. Evidently, the
>nicotine-encrusted dust and cobwebs were holding the thing together.
>
>So, one trip to Fry's and two trips to MicroCenter later, I had a new
>system. As it turns out, not all ATX form factor motherboards are the
>same. :-\  Fry's provided all the components except for the case -- I
>planned to re-use my existing case, an ATX mini-tower. However, it was
>too short to hold the motherboard; I concluded that the tower was not,
>in fact, an ATX cse. The two trips to MicroCenter were necessary to get a
>case to hold the motherboard. The mini-tower ATX case bought on the first
>trip was returned on the second trip for a mid-tower ATX case. The only
>other hitch was my keyboard deciding to die the second time I powered
>up the system -- that cost me 15 minutes' swearing and thinking I'
>broken my brand new motherboard until I decided to try the Mac keyboard
>I use with my Mini. Worked like a charm.
>
>Next time I need a new computer, I'll build it.
>
>Kurt


I've built my own systems for many years. But the cost of cases seems 
to have skyrocketed. I used to pay about $30 or so for a case, now 
they're closer to $100+.

With everything being integrated onto the motherboard -- video, 
sound, Internet -- I've found it cheaper to buy pre-built systems.

I miss building my own. It's so much more fun and enjoyable.

~Rick

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