The PCMech crew have updated their 23 page, step-by-step guide to building your own PC, just in time for you to get your feet wet building that box for Grandma for Christmas this year.

"People from all walks of life today build their own PCs. Executives, engineers, students, housewives, they all do it today. But, at the same time, pre-built PCs have come down in price quite a bit. Today, one is left to wonder whether it is best to build a PC yourself or to simply buy one off the shelf. I'll address that here."