May Get a New PC!

[Metalogic]

So my current PC (that I've had since 2006) is on the frizz. Alittle over a year ago the Hard drive crashed. This time, I can log in and it'll start to sign me in, then it'll freeze. When it freezes, the colors go out of wack. Of course this started was when I left it alone to go run some errands, and when I came back I had the blue screen of death, on a Vista. Ever since then I've been having problems getting it to run. I'll have it looked at this weekend by a computer geek in the family. The problem is probably minor easy to fix. However, it has me thinking about whether or not I should get a new machine and use my current one at work.

So, has anyone else had something like this happened to their PC? Also, has anyone else build their own PC? I'm thinking about doing that, because my theory is, that if I build it, then in theory I should be able to make minor upgrades as time goes on. A new motherboard here, a new harddrive there, etc. However we will see.