When it comes to kitting out a small electronics lab it sometimes feels like you are the youngest sibling in the family: unless money is no object you need to rely on hand-me-downs. Re-purposing an old cast off PC as a general lab computer is not always the best solution, even budget off-the-shelf PCs may not give you everything you need. To make sure you end up with a machine that’s really useful while keeping costs low; why not build your own custom PC?