Build your first Computer

Some people think that computers are some kind of foreign technology, and are impossible to fix or build. I used to think the same thing until I built my own computer about a year ago. Building a computer is easy, fun, and it saves you a lot of money. Building a computer is becoming much more popular than buying prebuilt computers, because of all the benefits that it brings with it. Before starting you need a few things, these include: a case, motherboard, CPU(central processing unit), windows 7, ram, disk drive, hard drive, power supply, and a GPU(video card). Now that you know the parts there are three main steps to building a computer: picking the right parts, putting the parts together, and starting your computer for the first time. Now it is time get started building your own computer. When building a computer you have to make sure you have the right parts. The best thing to do is to order your parts from the internet from your website of choice. The first part you need is a case. The case is the easiest part to choose, I would go with just a standard computer ATX case. Next you need a motherboard, make sure your mother board fits in your case. To make sure see what size it is when purchasing. The sizes are micro ATX, and ATX. If you have an ATX case get an ATX motherboard and vice versa. Next you will need a CPU. The CPU is the part you should spend the most money on; anything around the 100-200 dollar mark is more than enough. Next get 8 gigabytes of RAM. After that you need to choose a hard drive and disk drive. These two parts are cheap, so make sure you don’t pay too much. The next part you need is a GPU. This should be the thing you spend a lot of money on, as well as your CPU. Next buy your OS, I would recommend windows 7. Now that you have the parts you are ready to put the computer together. You have your parts, now you need to put them together to actually build your very own computer. First thing you want to do is find a flat surface to work.