Quote Originally Posted by Gregoshi View Post
I always wondered about building my own PC - aside from the components listed, are there any additional minor things needed to put together a PC? Heat sinks, special adhesives, etc or do the various components come with everything needed? Also, with regards to motherboards and cases, there are a million different models/types out there, how do you decide which are good ones? For example, Psychonaut, why did you pick that motherboard (aside that it matches up with the CPU) over all the others?
A screwdriver (phillips head) is basically all you need. Most modern CPUs come with the heatstuff applied, and a heatsink/fan included.

Everything else is included, but if your computer has a whole bunch of extra stuff (say 2 DVD drives, 4 hard drives like mine) you'll probably need some extra cables.

Motherboard choice is really the socket. Once you have that, you can check individual specifications, some have different ports on the back plate (i upgraded mine so my current one has a bunch of USB 3.0 ports on the back) and sometimes double/triple channel RAM.

Cases are mostly: Does it look good. Presuming it fits your motherboard, then you're pretty much good to go. Some people get caught up on airflow, but the only problem I've come across with any case is not having enough room for a super huge graphics card (some can't handle the ~10" cards, it starts to hit the drive bays)