I wouldn't bother with building one myself, either; it's a huge time investment, not to mention the art of thermal paste application, cuts from sharp motherboar

I wouldn't bother with building one myself, either; it's a huge time investment, not to mention the art of thermal paste application, cuts from sharp motherboard edges, and losing my BIOS settings to static electricity (although I totally appreciated the end-result of being able to upgrade my CPU and Windows accepting the hardware upgrade, bless Microsoft). My assertion was more about the huge number of other people that seem enthused about it.