Hey all - encouraged by the replies to the recent Gaming thread I get a sense that people here can help me with a few questions.

My gaming pc that I've had (and improved on) for years finally gave up. It took a beating beeing sent across the atlantic. The worker at the local post office, to my great horror, threw the package on the counter like it was a box of potatoes - by then it was too late already. The box was more round than rectangular. Not surprisingly it havent worked quite right since it got here - and a few weeks ago it crapped out entirely - Blue Screens of Death were everywhere.

Now I need to build a new one. My problem is that the stores I've gone to for parts never carry the stuff I want. The best stocked store i've been to so far is best buy - and they just carry a limited selection of the parts needed - and they have no CPU's or Motherboards at all
The employee at Best Buy looked at me like I was from Mars when it dawned on him I wanted to build my own PC.

This leads me to the questions - where can you buy proper PC parts in the US? Any good RL or online stores I should know of? and is it even done any more - or have everyone started just buying prebuilt computers?

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- Ravenheart