New PC: What, Where, How Much?

[kimosabi]

Originally Posted by Fangio

I was not planning to build my own as I have never done so before and I am not hot to starting at the long end of the learning curve. I am however not all thumbs.... I have rebuilt a number of cars and built Porsche racing engines so I have some technical expertise. But zero when it comes to computers.


Fang

Same as me then, I'm an engine mechanic, have rebuilt/is rebuilding cars and rebuilt many engines/outboard/inboard drives in my time. I didn't know crap about computers two years ago when I bought my first desktop(yes I didn't even own a computer before that), it was also a pre built. Curiosity got the best of me and now I sit here with a fully customed watercooled rig with a separate cooling cabinet for two radiators, a separate powersupply and pumps/fans. If you're anything like me and have the interest, you're gonna learn the basics needed in no time. It's not even a long haul until you get into software or serious overclocking.

But that's my story. And I'm kind of a control freak when it comes to my tech.