Building my own PC

[Squish]

I should stress not to skimp on your case and power supply. Get a case that’s roomy and easy to work inside, with adequate cooling (more-than-adequate cooling; you never knew when you’ll have a heat wave).

[Lok]

*Originally posted by Derleth *
**As a final note, Windows XP is hostile to incremental hardware upgrades. Product Activation means that whenever you change more than six devices at a time, or the network card with more than three other devices, you have to get a new Activation ID from Microsoft. You have to wait until Microsoft processes your request, hope they believe you, and hope they don’t forget about you. You have to rebuy XP for each PC you plan to use it on. That’s $200+ per machine. It ain’t worth it. Buy a copy of Win95 or WinME. **

We obviously have different definitions of incremental. I just added a new HD and in January I am planning on purchasing whatever the hottest graphics card is and adding it in. If I was changing 6 or more devices, I would consider that a complete makeover. I don’t have XP and don’t know when or if I will switch to it, but I am not really surprised that it wants reactivated after 6 devices are changed.