First custom PC build

Haven't updated this in a while for a number of reasons. One of them was the fact that there were a few deliverables to be handed in for university courseworks and the like. The other was that I've just recently finished building my first custom PC!

It's something I've always wanted to do, but never really had the balls to try as I was scared that I would buy the wrong parts, make a mess of the build and therefore spend funny amounts of money on pieces of hardware that don't go together. However, around Christmas time I bit the bullet and decided to give it a shot, and I was surprised how easy it was! Seriously, anyone who's out there who is scared to build their own gaming rig, don't be! All it takes is a little bit of research on Google to see what parts you need, how to put the parts together and then it's just a case of shelling out the dough to buy the parts! Putting the parts together is just a matter of knowing which part goes where, which again can be remedied with a quick Google search.

I mainly used this video from YouTube for some guidance on how to build the PC. It shows pretty much everything that is required to build one and how ridiculously easy it is compared to what many have been lead to believe:

Before building my PC I was a die hard console gamer. My opinion was that gaming should be done on consoles as has been done for decades, with a controller between my hands sat in front of a TV. However, I've now opened up to gaming on a PC. First person shooters are just so much better with a mouse and keyboard, so much so that playing a FPS on a console now feels a bit weird. I've also now discovered strategy games such as XCOM Enemy Unknown and Command & Conquer which, why also available on consoles, was definitely designed with point and click in mind, to the point that strategy games feels a bit cumbersome using a game controller pad.

I'd like to make clear though that I have definitely not turned my back on console gaming now that I have discovered PC gaming. Whilst FPS and strategy games are better for PC, I feel that games such as Devil May Cry, Gears of War etc feel much better on a console. Imagine playing Devil May Cry using a keyboard? In my opinion it just wouldn't work with the amount of button mashing involved. I know you can plug your Xbox 360 controller into a PC to play the game, however it just doesn't feel right in my book when the game has definitely been designed with consoles in mind.

I may or may not have just droned on a lot of cack as my brain is a bit fried. I'll just finish off by summarising what I said above that really could have been said with one sentence; I've discovered PC gaming and it ain't half bad, but console will never be obsolete in comparison to PCs and vice versa.