In this series of blogs, I have documented my journey to build my perfect computer – a new workstation that will be used for the heavy programming and graphic design that I do as part of my job at Member.buzz.

Through the process, I did a lot of research and found answers to some obscure problems – I am hoping that some of the information I found can help others as they go through their journey.

My overall goal was to build a top-of-the-line custom computer, while ensuring that it would be reliable enough to use as my every day work computer (although I deviated a bit from the reliability requirement with my custom water-cooling solution).

⁠Articles⁠

I have separated all of my research into the following series of articles:

Components
An overview of how I choose the components for my computer.

Lighting

Overclocking
An overview of maximizing the performance from your computer.

Air Cooling

Water Cooling, Part 1

Water Cooling, Part 2

Cable Management

Modding

Brands and Retailers

Tools

Parts⁠

Here is an overview of my build, you can see details about why I choose each component in each article.