What website/book has the most comprehensive information on building a computer DIY?”
Congrats for heading down the path of ultimate geekhood by building your own computer. I’ve only begun to build my own computers since May so I can tell you my personal experience. Before that, I mostly buy from DELL. The benefits of building your own: * You get to pick and choose the parts you want. Need a more powerful power supply? no problem! Need SLI mobo? no problem! * Money – if you can wait on your build, you can slowly gather computer parts when they are at deep discount. The system you assemble will end up costing less than discounter like Dell. * Personal satisfication/education/bragging right OK, let’s answer your question. I went to this site called diynetwork, specifically, this article (http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/hb_diypeople/article/0,2033,DIY_13875_2277867,00.html). However, before we even go there. You need to research on the most important component – t