What's the best way to learn about the functions and parts

>>58844622
Grab some old computers from flea market/curbside discount, take them apart and put them back together. Along the way you'll learn important skills and get a feel for the hardware inside.

Install Gentoo

>>58844692
This guy has a pretty good way of doing it, i did basically did the same thing but also watched a lot of Youtube videos on it, like techquickie(where they explain technology stuff really fast or whatever)

>>58844741
I did it before Youtube was relevant. I had nothing to lose if I fucked up - maybe a couple bucks in scrap metals.

>>58844723
Please no memes.

>>58845244
Install Xubuntu

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>>58845252
STOP

CBT Nuggets A+ 901 and 902 videos

>>58845433
>have to pay

>>58844622
http://homepage.cs.uri.edu/faculty/wolfe/book/Readings/Reading04.htm

>>58845433
>paying for A+ training

Never gonna make it, brah.

>>58844622
motherboard: where you stick the following components into
RAM: is just fast storage. More does not mean faster, only that you have more.
CPU: performs calculations. Only good for basic programs, not games.
GPU: graphics card. Is not required for a computer to turn on and optional. Is like a CPU, but for games.
That's all you need to know to be on this board.

>>58844622
I learned about them so I could get the best performance for less money.
It's a bit special case however, I'm a painter/sculptor, I needed A good processor, lots of ram a good video card and a stable HDD and external HDD's that were also stable and built to last.
Most pree-built computers are Balanced towards one thing like gameing, or just webb-surfing unless you go workstation and then the price jumps massively (Like 10k!)
Also I didn't want to annoy the local admin with "my computer broke!" and it turns out it's just a small configuration issue that wastes his time.