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Yet, if we have a child, then we are immediately cemented to our location and many of the pleasures that I take part in on a daily basis will go out the window. Not to mention that the pressure of providing for the family will take my rather calm attitude and test its mettle. I certainly don't feel ready to be a father from an intellectual point of view. I'm sure that all fathers say that and by the time my daughter or son is looking to me for advice that is beyond the elementary I'll have another 10 years of experience under my belt to truly give them the worldly advice they desire... still it seems like I haven't accomplished enough yet to warrant being the adviser of something so malleable.

With the advent of social media I'm also witnessing first hand things that only parents themselves would have witnessed before or I would have only heard of months or years after it had occurred. This added insight makes me even more curious and more hesitant. As long as I don't hesitate for too long, no harm, no foul, but time is ticking the pressure is on.

This was the first time that I've pieced a computer together from scratch. Something to be proud of? There was a lot of giga-this and that, bus speeds, slot sizes and a thousand other odds and ends to trip up along the way, but I had my trusty advisor and coworker along with me to navigate the murky, silicon waters. Thanks to his expert guidance picking out all of the parts basically came down to finding as many of last year's pieces as we could and seeing if they worked together or not. Picking up the goods from last year easily saved me half on what I would have payed for either a prebuilt system or one that had the latest specs.

The only piece of advice that I would relay on to people building their own computer, because all the other steps are intuitive, is that when you go to install the processor and the processor's fan on to the motherboard, to do it before you place it into the case. This saves you a lot of headaches, like if the fan doesn't snap into place right away and you want to inspect the other side of the motherboard for issues. Aside from this tip, I would say throwing in the ram, hard drives, etc is all as you would imagine it.

Needless to say, but I am very happy with the purchase and the system is buzzing along and working like a charm.