7 things I regret from my first gaming PC

Even the most seasoned PC builder started from scratch once, and at one point, there were no easy-to-follow PC building tutorials or YouTube videos to help. Enthusiasts had plenty of forums to get involved in, although navigating them as a new builder wasn't always easy. My first PC, as such, wasn't even a PC; it was an Apple IIc, in the days before PC components and their connectors were standardized. Handy tools like PCPartPicker for checking compatibility and pricing didn't come until much later, and I mostly stuck to pre-built PCs through the start of my computing journey or laptops for portability.