Now this is a great idea: Joel Durham of our fellow PCMag.com Network site ExtremeTech, decided that instead of buying an updated PC for his family, he'd build one. Even better, he enlisted his 10-year-old son to help. (The perfect age to begin--or perhaps to complete?--the geekification process!)

Joel details the entire process, including all the components he rounded up and each step the father-son duo took to create their new PC. The story's instructive--and encouraging--not only for building systems with kids, but also for those of us who haven't quite worked up the courage to take a crack at this ourselves. Check out the story along with plenty of photos at ExtremeTech.