[DarkHoodness]

I assembled my current PC around this time last year - And before that, I assembled my previous PC back in '03 & rebuilt it in '04. I found that newer components are slightly easier to put together than they were 9 years ago if you know what you're doing - Although it hasn't changed a lot in that time.

AMD processors are still a pain in the arse to clip the CPU fan to as they always have been - You still need a bloody screwdriver to lever it into place and risk buggering up your mobo. They added a lever to decrease and increase the tension to make it easier but it's still difficult. I really don't look forward to the day where I'll have to change the thermal paste in a couple of years time or so. I think I'll be getting a Pentium next time I buy a new PC, unless AMD change their design.

Anyway, as I said earlier, the hard part of PC building is finding out if the components your buying will be compatible with each other and knowing what you need - Otherwise it's as simple as screwing the motherboard into the case, slotting or clipping your components in, then sticking the cable plugs into the right sockets.

EDIT: I have one piece of advice for Nepsotic or for anyone planning to build their own PC any time soon - I know it's obvious, but don't buy cheap, bad quality cases or PSUs if you go down the "build your own" route, it's worth splashing out on a little extra for those even though the cheaper options may look tempting.

For example you don't want a cheap PSU dying on you and frying all your components. Neither do you want a cheap, badly designed case like the one I bought which is hard to take apart if say, the front USB cables in the front panel come lose and start interfering with the front fan.

I ended up spending 3 hours getting the front panel off 'cause the screws were in hard-to-reach places and couldn't be undone with a normal screw driver, so I simply duct-taped it back in place when I was done fixing it. There's no way I'm doing that ever again. Learn from my fail.