I built my first computer this last november, and you don't need to start with barebones. Build something nice that you will be prowd of for your first computer.
I jumped right in with a core 2 quad, nice motherboard, 4gb ram, 8800gt, 500gb harddrive, and a nice case built in leds and so on. Computer runs like a charm, and was able to get it run as soon as I thought it was ready(well forgot to plug in one cord next to the processor and figured out that was the reason nothing came up on screen, once that problem was solved the screen lit right up, and wow I felt great seeing the computer come to life). All I did was before I decided to buy the part. Was found a random video on the internet, basically enough to show me how to insert the processor properly, and the heat sink fan properly.
But otherwise I pretty much understood ram and video cards, been changing parts on premades for a while. But it was a first for a lot of things
First time installing motherboard, processor, power supply, cd drive, harddrive and wireing things to the motherboard.
Overall the most time consuming thing is wiring the parts to the motherboard, and somethings like poorly written manuals can slow things down. But otherwise its really easy to build a computer. So build a computer that you will use and be prowd of as your first, not one that you will regret three days later because you wasted money on something that won't perform.
I am prowd of my first computer, and its my most prized thing I own.
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