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July 19, 2013 11:47:13 AM

Hi!

I'm new here and I decided to join to ask a question, and maybe become a long-term member. :) 

Please go easy, I don't pick up things too well and my spelling is terrible along with everything else..

It's like this, for a few years I was without job and felt like I wanted to improve myself by learning something. I picked computers, like hardware, Windows operating systems and such...I was learning them for a few years then I got distracted a few months ago because I finally got a job(apprentice plasterer), I also moved out with my girlfriend so I had to put the entire learning computers on hold. Now that I'm settled with moving in and with my job I felt like I should resume my computer learning. I'm learning this because I love tech and PC gaming. I've build my own computers and friends and families computers also(and fix). I'm not completely brainless on computers now :D . I've watched Youtube videos, read threads, books and so on. My problem is, I want to relearn everything but I have no idea where to start. I want to learn about all the computer components such as the CPU, motherboard, memory, graphics. I have no idea where I should start. I'm asking because everyone out there started somewhere, surely? Should I start with the motherboard with it being one of the main components I thought I should start there?


Sorry for this bizarre question but I felt like I needed to ask.

Thanks for you time

UKImperium

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July 19, 2013 12:30:19 PM

Hello and welcome to Tom's Hardware Forums.

It's a difficult question because a dozen people who know what they know will differ in a dozen ways in the method they learnt it. Given that it's a continuous learning curve, and no-one will ever get to the end - it probably doesn't matter how you structure your learning. If you have the kind of brain that can absorb the knowledge, just cram it from anywhere you can find it.

The motherboard is a good place to start but there are so many permutations and combinations of what works with what, just read specifications and work out what goes together. I suggest you , steer clear of the arguments of Intel -v- AMD and others like it - you'll see them in the Forum pages. I fix PCs for a living and have done for twelve years.

The year before that I built my first PC, after picking up some duds from the tip and seeing what went on in there. I was well into my fifties when I started and previously had only had software contact with a PC. Go and read some threads in the hardware sub-Forums - you'll soon see which posters have high post counts and Best Answers so you know who to take seriously.

You'll be surprised how soon it all falls into place.
July 19, 2013 1:02:31 PM

Saga Lout said:
Hello and welcome to Tom's Hardware Forums.

It's a difficult question because a dozen people who know what they know will differ in a dozen ways in the method they learnt it. Given that it's a continuous learning curve, and no-one will ever get to the end - it probably doesn't matter how you structure your learning. If you have the kind of brain that can absorb the knowledge, just cram it from anywhere you can find it.

The motherboard is a good place to start but there are so many permutations and combinations of what works with what, just read specifications and work out what goes together. I suggest you , steer clear of the arguments of Intel -v- AMD and others like it - you'll see them in the Forum pages. I fix PCs for a living and have done for twelve years.

The year before that I built my first PC, after picking up some duds from the tip and seeing what went on in there. I was well into my fifties when I started and previously had only had software contact with a PC. Go and read some threads in the hardware sub-Forums - you'll soon see which posters have high post counts and Best Answers so you know who to take seriously.

You'll be surprised how soon it all falls into place.


Thanks for getting back to me so soon, Saga Lout. Just so you know, I'm not one of them people who can read something then it sticks with them. It's hard for me to learn but I feel no pressure to cram everything in because everything I learn is just for me. It's most likely I'll never have a career in computers but that doesn't mean my knowledge will go to waste. I will tend to my own computers, plus friends and families. I've read quite a few threads already, a lot of them are well explained even for a person like me. I'm looking forward to taking part in discussions I see on here.

I'll start to read about motherboards while trying not to get too confused with it all.

Thanks again, Saga. :) 

UKImperium
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