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Build a PC

As I have already said, I don't recommend building a PC unless you have a really good reason... one good reason to build or modify a PC is to make it quiet, particularly if it is a home PC. QuietPC supply many many components that are engineered to be quieter as well as cases and acoustic kits that absorb the sound that is enevitable made. Definately worth a visit. I have a server that runs 24x7 (doh) and it doesn't wake the kids...

If you do have a really good reason to build a PC and you know how to do it you'll know where to get the bits so I'm not going to suggest anywhere else here...

A computer is a machine for manipulating data according to a list of instructions - a program. Computers are versatile. In fact, they are universal information processing machines. According to the Church-Turing thesis, a computer with a certain minimum threshold capability is in principle capable of performing the tasks of any other computer, from those of a personal digital assistant to a supercomputer, as long as time and memory capacity are not considerations. Therefore, the same computer designs have been adapted for tasks from processing company payrolls to controlling unmanned spaceflights. Modern electronic computers also have enormous speed and capacity for information processing compared to earlier designs, and they have become exponentially more powerful over the years (a phenomenon known as Moore's Law).