A friend and I will be doing a partial computer upgrade this weekend. It all started when I purchased a new video card (a Radeon 7850, for any geeks who might be reading) and discovered it wouldn’t fit in my five-year-old case. I contemplated replacing all of my components, but decided to simply replace the case. Everything else is still running smoothly and I’m not sure I would see much benefit from a newer processor. My trusty AMD Phenom can probably give me another year before it begins to sputter on the newest games.
People give me funny looks when I tell them my PC is not store-bought. And I suppose building a computer is a little archaic in this age of smartphones and tablets. But I get a lot of satisfaction from using a system that I customized to my own specifications. Perhaps this is how my fussier side expresses itself.
