Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
To add to what others have said, another way to build (and save some money) is to gut a retail PC and use its case and power supply.
Whoa, hang on. Retail PCs don't lend themselves well to having their cases and power supplies reused. I've been there and done that. Lots of cutting and splicing. The ports on the back don't line up and you have to drill holes for the motherboard standoffs. Plus, their power supplies are hardly 'enthusiast grade'. Cases and power supplies are not the thing to cheap out on. Get a decent power supply and a decent case, and you can use them for several builds down the line. A Lian-Li PC60 aluminum case I bought back in 2001 from CompUSA (remember them?) is still in use 13 years later.
To add to what others have said, another way to build (and save some money) is to gut a retail PC and use its case and power supply.
Whoa, hang on. Retail PCs don't lend themselves well to having their cases and power supplies reused. I've been there and done that. Lots of cutting and splicing. The ports on the back don't line up and you have to drill holes for the motherboard standoffs. Plus, their power supplies are hardly 'enthusiast grade'. Cases and power supplies are not the thing to cheap out on. Get a decent power supply and a decent case, and you can use them for several builds down the line. A Lian-Li PC60 aluminum case I bought back in 2001 from CompUSA (remember them?) is still in use 13 years later.