Oh, and while you’re trying to one up me on the geek scale? I’d like to see *you* build your own vintage Jaguar out of a giant pile of parts and then use it as a daily driver.
Call me back when you’ve achieved that level. Compared to that, building a computer from off the shelf parts is both unimportant and trivial.
You should see the condition of some of the aircraft we put back together for the Navy. I may be a computer geek, but I'm also a mechanic. Given that I don't have the said pile of parts, I cant get that done. But, I'm sure with the right tools I could.