I am a computer geek. I have been tinkering with computers for as long as I can remember, and started building systems completely from scratch about 4 or 5 years ago. My PC was a hand-crafted labor of love, constantly upgrading bits and pieces every few years to keep it bleeding edge and performing well. This probably cost me $6000 total over the past 4 years (from initial build to today). This past weekend, my power supply blew, taking the motherboard, RAM and CPU with it, as well as one ...