Building a computer

so i've decided to build my own computer...

i'm already a ways down the road and am as of right now just waiting for next weeks paycheck to finish ordering everything. i've been getting everything off of NewEgg.com and have thus far been very pleased with my purchases. but lets start at the beginning.

i first off, needed to know what the heck to get. a computer is made up of suprisingly few parts, and once you have those parts its a relatively simple matter of plugging everything in to the right places and hoping it doesn't blow up. with the help of friends online, reviews of items purchase off newegg by other people, and many many many online "build your own computer guides" i came up with a shopping list:

Case

Motherboard

Processor

Video Card

Power Supply

Memory

Hard Drive

Disk Drive

Operating System

Monitor

Keyboard

Speakers

So far i have received the case, monitor, keyboard, operating system, hard drive, and disk drive. the motherboard, processor adn power supply should be here next wednesday, and the final pieces (memory, video card, and speakers) will be ordered next friday.

as soon as teh last pieces show up (likely the following wednesday) i'll be able to start assembly, which also sounds pretty easy as long as you're careful. right now i've had the new monitor adn keyboard plugged into my laptop so i can oogle the monitors awesome hugeness, adn get used to typing on a non-laptop keyboard (which i WAY harder than you might think. been using spell check a lot :P )

will hopefully write another update as things come adn especially once i start assembly, maybe even get some 'work in progress' pics up!