Honestly when I started out (about 3 days ago) I found these videos super super helpful.
"I will simply post my standard list of helpful videos. These should hopefully help you get a few more answers about certain questions you might have. I'll also post a few guides that I find awesome and helped a lot of people build their very first PC as well. This is a very big list of videos, I know. But it are all relatively short videos that explain it very well. I do highly recommend to search in the TechQuickie YouTube channel if you have more questions that you need answered. Learn about cool technology in only a couple minutes! What is overclocking?: Here - 2:32 minutes. What is the difference between i3, i5 & i7?: Here - 4:32 What is the difference between i7 & Xeon?: Here - 7:10 What is hyperthreading?: Here - 4:47 What is Turbo boost?: Here - 4:05 CPU shopping guide: Here - 5:01 GPU shopping guide: Here - 4:11 How many cores do I need for gaming?: Here - 8:18 RAM speeds: Here - 4:37 What are benchmarks?: Here - 5:21 Pre-built vs building your own?: Here - 6:04 Optical vs laser mouse: Here - 2:10 SSD vs HDD: Here - 4:05 Radiators explained: Here - 4:34 What is resolution?: Here - 5:22 Different panel types: Here - 2:29 Monitor refresh-rate: Here - 5:46 What is Free-sync?: Here - 5:29 What is G-sync?: Here - 5:52 What is Shadowplay?: Here - 3:59 Case air pressure: Here - 5:21 Case fan orientation: Here - 3:42 Raid 0, 1 & 10: Here - 3:11 What PSU to buy?: Here - 5:12 What does 80+ mean?: [Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOXTZizoknc - 3:02 Likely that TechQuickie got even more video's that you can have a look at to get answers. It's a great youtube channel for easy, quickly explained questions about PC tech. Guides! How to build a PC: Here. Completely ignore the parts that he chose. I actually was very surprised at that date when he came with those products, as I don't think it's optimized well and the GPU could've been a lot better. Anyway, ignore it! Building a PC is basicly the same, the wires did not change and the process is not changed either. You can skip the stock intel CPU cooler part and instantly install the aftermarket CPU cooler. This is just easier for you so you don't have to clean the thermal paste later. Which would cost you another £/$/€10 or so. How to install Windows from an USB drive: Here is a great video again! A 4GB+ USB flash drive is needed! How to set up your SSD & HDD: Here. This video is a little old, but it works pretty much the same in Win 8. He does talk about a few things that aren't very important, but it's good to know. How to use Ninite: This video explains it very well, as well as their recommendations. For security I advise to only get Avast & Malwarebytes."
-From user /u/kiwiandapple