J.Carter

I agree with a lot of people on here… You need to watch, read & listen to everything that you can get access too. I teach in the technical field (not computers), and what I tell my students is “you just have to start and try. You won’t ever learn how to do it until you attempt to do it for yourself.” – or something like that- because just you learn just as much -if not more- from your mistakes as getting it right the first time. If that’s buying an incorrect component, installing something wrongly, or whatever else you do that doesn’t work out the best. So, don’t get to overwhelmed and just have fun with it.

I use to leave my PC on continually on for day and just turn off the monitor… So, 30 days at least a time. But now I just turn it on to play games, then turn it off... So couple hours a day… Saves power; plus, it doesn’t get as dusty.

This question makes me remember when I was in college, and I needed a new computer; before I was computer literate. I went to a “reputable” computer store- which isn’t in business anymore- and they built me the “best” computer that could be had… HAHA… Well, I just chalk that up to being young and dumb. It was a decent computer and played games on it for several years, but I know now looking back that they really overcharged me and saw and uninformed buyer. I learned a lot from that experience, and it has made me much more determined to research things before I buy them, so not all bad.