Hey SE fellas--

I have been reading the Sharky forums for several months now, but this is my first post. It has been so much fun reading everyone's posts, and all of the great advice that you guys have. As you can see from my sig below, I am in terrible need of a new computer, and I really want to build my own. I think what has held me back is some of the really 'newb' kind of things, such as fitting the proc. into the motherboard, using thermal paste with the heatsink, and worrying about static...would you guys please give me some links to the 'basics' of building a computer? Man, I'm so excited about this. The funny thing is that new stuff is coming out so fast that I'm caught in that vicious cycle of always waiting for best thing I've just read about...

Anyway, my system would be used primarily for gaming and video capture/editing.

I'd love to wait for the hammer to come out, but I don't know if I can wait that long

Any help you can think of for 1st time builders will be greatly appreciated

thanks guys!!