New WoW Machine

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Guess I better start learning about computers - old and new. I needed a hobby or two. Do you think I can put one together myself? I saw an article in a magazine once in 2006 that showed how to do it! Maybe I should wait and see how I do swapping the drives. (Pretty much joking about doing the assembly myself, unless you all tell me it is easier than I think. My real plan is to see what I can buy now-days with a reasonable budget. Probably not as good as what could be built, but likely a lot better than what I am using.)

Putting a computer together isn't THAT difficult if you're patient and willing to read up. It's actually harder to shop for and buy all the components, because you need to make sure everything works together before you buy it. It's enormously easier to buy a pre-built machine, and the little extra you pay to have some company assemble it for you is often made up by the cheaper cost of software such as the O/S.

Even still, if you do want to take it up as a hobby:

[video=youtube]www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPIXAtNGGCw[/video]

I'd personally recommend buying a Dell computer or one from Newegg (perhaps in their do-it-yourself combo section). Newegg's combo section takes away some of the pain of shopping for parts, as they've picked out combinations for you that you can buy and just put together.

ps. I am really a posting newbie. Feel free to give me tips. I think I pulled this whole thread to the front of the forum and I don't know if there was another way. I was very happy to find the post where Pete listed what he bought because that was the best way I could think of to let you know what my system was.

I think it's sweet that you could find this old post of his and revive it. Pete has a heck of a legacy on this forum.