I'm depressed...

[NumyMufn]

Upon further inspection, my motherboard has four bulging capacitors  even if a new power supply brings it back to life it probably won't be long before the mobo gives out, and as it turns out this is the biggest POS comp I've owned yet. I thought I was done with this proprietary crap

[terrorist96]

Hey, now. All the more reason to upgrade! Try to get one with USB 3.0 and/or eSATA.

[NumyMufn]

I'm not exactly loaded at the moment, quite the contrary.  I'm really grateful the old slowmobile is quite functional, just slow. I actually have a dual SATA drive dock that I can hook up to her with the hard drives from the other computer. I'm just really irked I spent so much money on something that only lasted three years. I'm thinking I'll build my own this time.

[terrorist96]

What's your price range? My system cost a total of like ~$1650 to build, and that's including my 24 inch monitor, UPS, 1TB external HDD and enclosure, capture card, wireless printer, etc.

[NumyMufn]

Well, I'm really behind square one at the moment. First I have to see if the new power supply is of any use to at least buy me some time.

[mongo]

Damn, that really sucks. You could build a nice, functional model for under a grand, but I know what it's like to be on a tight budget  .

[kornseph]

Hey newegg.com is a beautiful thing, you can definatly build something good for under a grand if you pinch your pennies and wait for the good sales.

[NumyMufn]

Well I did it... yesterday afternoon - I got out of there under a grand after rebates. When I woke up this morning I was still a tad nauseous from putting it on my credit card  Then I checked my email and IT'S ARRIVING TODAY!!!  How do they do that? Now I just have to hope I can assemble this thing without breaking anything, that I didn't screw up any compatibility issues and have enough internal cables.

[AdultSwimBumpChannel]

Bah. Computers. Who needs 'em. 

[NumyMufn]

I DO!!!! I DO!!!!!


...and it turns out I really like building them 

[Kaizerwolf]

I DO!!!! I DO!!!!!


...and it turns out I really like building them 

Well see, there you go! It'll all get better soon enough buddy, give it some time. I wasn't really into building computers, but over this summer, my brother wanted to teach me about it. I have to say, I don't remember ANY of it, but it was a hell of a fun time.

[AdultSwimBumpChannel]

I DO!!!! I DO!!!!!


...and it turns out I really like building them 

I guess I can kinda relate to this. I tried bulding a synthesizer once. Didn't go down so well.
It ended up melting