Weekend project

I have wanted a new PC for over a year by now. My current PC is a mini-tower with an all in one type board so it can’t be upgraded (I think the tech term is integrated board). My brother in law has his own network and a few friends I know have multiple machines connected and on or off a network. I have been toying with networking two machines with one as the primary and the other as a backup or storage device.

A friend of mine called with news of an insane sale at a good PC store and it was a great sale. I had planned to drop $1,000 to make a decent PC but we figured it could be done for $600. I was planning on waiting until this summer after I had saved up quite a bit but I didn’t want to miss out on a great sale!

It took two days, two trips to the PC store, and totting two kids around the store but we got it done. I enjoyed Helping my friend assemble the pieces we bought (we bought them in the sense that he advised me and I shelled out the cash). Adding the software took the longest part, close three hours all in all.

I remember wondering if it would work the first time I fired it up. Seeing the fans turn and lights pop on was enough of a sight to give me joy. I haven’t built much in my life, come to think of it I haven’t anything I can point at and say I built it or put serious time & energy into making it work. No car, no bike, no room, or furniture. Despite my lack of building experience I do get a certain satisfaction out of using a PC I helped assemble. I may to build things more often!!