Build it man, its the only way to fly. It is so much fun, and is extremely simple. You dont need to have confidence or anything, it's not like a life or death typoe dealy, you just need to want to do it. Mine took me a little over an hour to build, only becazuse screws are the bane of my existenze. It's very simple, and many people can tell you how to do it or give you pointers. But, unless you want a laptop (as quoted by chrönik04) build it. dont even consider buying one of the name brands. I am a salesman, and I sell computers abd stuff all day long. Trust me, you will have far less troubles with your computer if you build it than if you buy it.