http://www.youcanbuildyourowncomputer.com/

(has a parts list and vendors etc) excellent info)

http://cyri.systemrequirementslab.com/srtest/

test your PC for all sorts of PC games...usually takes a few minutes(free)

http://www.tamingthebeast.net/training/ittraining.htm

(free computer training & hardware tutorials)

http://www.pcguide.com/byop/byop_toc.htm

(how to build a PC and save a buck or two)

http://www.secretguide.net/read/index.php

(the Secret Guide to Computers)

http://www.webopedia.com/

(someone may have posted this last site, but it is so good it needs a re-posting as a reminder(excellent info for beginning PC'ers)

wow these are great thnx man!

thank you for the helpful links, perhaps you would like to put together a list to post to our blog for a Friday?

We would like to get our community more involved.

This is really helpful. Thanks a lot.

Originally Posted by admin

thank you for the helpful links, perhaps you would like to put together a list to post to our blog for a Friday?

We would like to get our community more involved.

Please give me some more info on what to do? I haven't really looked into the blog thing. These are links I came across before finding beyourownit, that I looked into, and found them really helpful. There is tons of info on the aforementioned sites and it is good to get a thorough background of building your own PC from other sources. BTW your welcome guys!

Here is another good one

Build Your Own PC (Personal Computer)