well, im finished! i completed building the computer yesterday, and it took a total of about 72 hours.  I think it was a pretty good job for my first time building one. Overall, the cost was $505, which was extremely close to my budget of $500.  The basic specs are:-4gb ram-500gb hard driv...

this is how much i got done in half a day. i think it's pretty good progress for my first time :). anyways i am having 2 problems right now that i could use help solving1.  my computer randomly shuts down once in a while. i think it's the power supply that might be faulty or i might have hooked...

parts just arrived in the mail! i will start trying to build the computer now.This is my first time building a computer, so any advice/help will be greatly appreciated!

so i finally purchased all the parts, and they will be shipped within 3 days. can someone check to make sure they are all compatible? the links are below this pictureafter rebates (and before tax & shipping), the total comes to $501.42.  pretty good huh?any comments and suggestions are welc...