Why wouldn't he be here because he bought prebuilts. It doesn't make him any less of a member than any of us.
I didn't say he was less of a member. I am just surprised he is such an active member on a forum like this. Normally a new person will join a forums, see all the good things that come out of building your own computer, and then upgrade if they can afford it.
I am guessing since he is buying a gateway quad core machine (doesn't mean it's expensive, they can be had on the cheap side now) that he isn't too poor, and with a proper budget he could have himself a better computer that he knows inside and out.
Building a computer is fairly easy, like ste said
building a computer is just gloryfied leggo, find the right bits that fit together plug em in and your set
Just remember little things like thermal paste on the cpu, and try to ground yourself so you don't zap all your parts (it has never happened to me but it apparently does happen and I don't take chances) and stuff like that.
One of the funniest things you will notice is when you tell people that you built that machine over there and point to it, depending on what they know some will instantly think your a genius
I know this is what the forums is for but I should just tell you; if you want u2konline, make a post asking for someone to help you set up a budget build PC and then help you with the questions you have while building it. If your pressed for money or want to get the most for it maybe you could reuse some parts like your current ram (i just know u have 4gb's of ddr2, nothing else), and hard drives.
/sorry off topic from thread