Bah, nonsense.

The hardest part about building a PC is not throwing money away at pretty numbers on boxes. Read up a bit on the hardware stuff, make a list of what you need and simply check off the boxes.

That's what I've been trying to do. I've spent a minimum of 10 hours total so far (probably closer to 14) looking at stuff and trying to get it all figured out. I've just had really bad luck with electronics over the last two years, so I'm really nervous. I know that if what I have built is done so correctly without any hiccups, then it will be cheaper and better than anything I can buy. However, I'm really worried about getting parts that are broken and/or won't fit and then having to spend tons in return fees. Bleh.

I see, I suppose a lot of the one star reviews are people who just had no idea what they were doing in the cases of them mentioning things not fitting. I'll be sure to check the sizes. Thank you

Well its overall rating spread (the Tom's Hardware recommendation) is about as good as you're gonna get for any product on newegg. With so many reviews you're bound to get a few people who had a rough time for whatever reason. But I've never had a case just 'break' on me, or the one in question.

I don't think the choice of case is really that important as long as it's big enough, but not too big or else it might be less efficient in terms of airflow or something like that.

Basically any case size that matches your motherboard should be adequate.

That's assuming you don't care how the case looks or want to do anything advanced like watercooling, but neither of those features are really for budget conscious builds, I think.

The one you linked looks fine to me too.

But I'm far from an expert on the subject. I only know enough to get by because it's really just glorified, expensive LEGOs nowadays. Very easy to put one together.

For example, right now I'm wondering if my PC (which I don't game with anymore, but might some day) can get by in the long run with only the exhaust case fan in the back. I removed the front intake fans to stop the noise, but the temps seem fine so far.

Laptops overheat as surely as the sun rises in the morning.

You could still build the PC and use Intel's integrated graphics solution while you wait for the new GPUs. Won't be playing any demanding games on it, but you'll still have a fully functional PC otherwise.

If you're just using one video card, I doubt you need more than a 600W PSU, yes.

I am thinking I could just put the HDD from this laptop into it when I'm done, so I don't have to move any data. It's not as fast or as big as a 1TB, but it does give space.

What kind of video cards should I be looking for?