Save Money on a New PC by Building it Yourself

Even though it's been 6 years I still shudder to think about the crappy computer I was renting from one of those rent to buy places. The pc was a celeron and I had no idea those were not very good computers until my boyfriend who lived in another state and who is also a computer technician had told me. By that time I had already paid over $800 and I felt that to cancel the contract would be a waste of money. I think it would have better if I had. The price of the computer was $1500, but looking over all the receipts and paperwork a year later I noticed that with all the $150.00 monthly payments that took place for over 2 years actually had me paying over $3800 total for this horrible pc.

Even by the standards of that time, that pc was not a very good one. When my boyfriend visited and looked inside he was angry to discover that most of the hardware, especially the drives, had stickers on them saying refurbished, when I was supposed to have gotten a new computer. This unfortunately was discovered over a year after I had finished paying off for the pc. Needless to say I was out of luck, and stuck with a very slow, old, broken and refixed computer.

In the last 3 years I have built myself, family and friends over 10 pc's and saved them lots of money. You can find super and name brand computers, but while there easy because all the work is done for you, there usually very expensive, even though prices have dropped over the years. With the price of gas today and a new computer model being introduced an hour after you just bought the now ancient older model, I figured it would just be easier to build it myself. My boyfriend, now fiancee, has taught me nearly everything, and the rest I learned from reading and surfing the net.

First thing you need to do is make a list of what you will be using the computer for. MotherChip speeds should:

Avid Gamer: 2400+ I would go with a 2800 though

Web Surfer: 1600-1800+

If the computer is not for the internet at all and your just planning to read ebooks, type documents, listen to music then a 1200-1600+ gig should fit you nicely.