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Kyle Shipley - September 24th, 2008

Gamer Culture, PC, Technology

You’re Not Too Stupid to Build a PC, But You’re Still Stupid


So you’ve never built your own computer before. It’s fine, I’m not here to judge. Unfortunately, I am here to belittle and deride. Your rig sucks, your frame rate sucks, and you haven’t modded your case to look like Constantin Brancusi’s “Bird in Space.” Because I’m feeling especially charitable today – due to parole requirements set forth by the state of California – I’ve deigned to acknowledge the existence of sub-optimal machines. Building your own rig is no small task, but it’s not nearly as hard as it looks. I’ll go through the basics with you and spoon feed you some recommendations, lest you starve to death in a pile of your own ignorance.

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