For years now I’ve had it in the back of my mind to build my own PC. I have two degrees in Computer Science and have worked as a web/software developer for nearly a decade. With that amount of tech…nerdary…it is expected that I know about things like hard drives and printers and what have you. My secret shame, though, is…I don’t. And I don’t really care to learn (obvs, or I would have by now). So even though I’ve always wanted to do it, the thought of putting in the work to learn what I needed to know to get the right parts and to be able to assemble it without breaking anything…I just never got around to doing any of that. lolol
He’s built his fair share of PCs over the years, so he could tell me exactly what to order that would be MORE than enough for what I need. Apparently he’s never ordered a case that came with such a nice container for screws, though. He was positively giddy over this.
About to begin the process… I was so optimistic at this point. 
Installing the motherboard is when I began to realize that this whole thing was going to be very stressful for me. 
Any time Matthew trusted me enough to relax, he’d snap a picture. 
I definitely almost screwed up the CPU. It’s fine. This is fine. Everything is fine. 
Googling to figure out why wires are the way they are. 
There were so. many. wires. 
But we were finally done! (almost) 
Had to wait an extra day so Matthew could get a new graphics card so I could get his old one.
I am very glad he was there to hold my hand through this whole process. And I’m super excited to have a computer again – and a legit one this time. I feel so accomplished. lolol Plus it’s got a clear side panel and we got LED fans, so there are lights. I’m just so dang cool now.
I was watering my plants as I organized my desk, they aren’t usually piled up on a towel like that. But also my desk is never going to be clean, so this picture is as good as any I might take.
AND I GOT A HEADSET!!
I’m pretty excited to (re?)enter the gaming world. I’ve played PS games off and on over the years, but the only PC gaming I’ve ever really done is waste about 6 years of my life playing The Sims. Which…
As you can see from my current Steam activity, I’m really expanding my horizons these days. Speaking of…back to The Sims now, byyyyye!