Creating my Command Center
Posted by Ryan on November 13th, 2007.
OK, so I’m not really building a command center (yet), but I am building my next computer.
Building my own computer has been something that I’ve wanted to do for a while now. It is actually a lot easier than people might think. The hardest part is probably picking out the parts based on what your budget is and what you want the computer to be able to do. In my case, I want to spend no more than $1500, and the machine will be used as my main computer. This means that it will be getting used a lot, on 24/7, and getting hit hard from me running virtual machines on it as well. I’m not a gamer, but that doesn’t mean my machine doesn’t run stress free.
Which is why I want to build myself a desktop. After three years of being on (pretty much) 24/7, it has taken a beating. Sure it still runs, but I want to make sure that I have it to take to class and travel with, and that means not using it as a main machine. Now, of course I could just buy a desktop from Dell, HP, Gateway, or any other computer manufacturer, but it would feel good knowing that I work on a machine that I built myself. Plus the fact that you can’t really get a computer with the same specs that I want to get.
As I purchase parts, I will post about them, and once I have everything, I will post about how it goes building it. And after I’ve used it for a bit, I’ll post about how it’s running and a little reflection on the whole thing