The last couple of things to go over would be adding a BluRay or DVD drive as well as a Wi-Fi adapter.

For a Blu-Ray player, we just went with the cheapest one we could find which is the Internal Blu-ray Drive Desktop Computer SATA BD Combo Player. Price is $53.00

For WiFi you can choose to go with a internal card like the ASUS Wireless AC750 PCIe Adapter Card for Dual-Band 2×2 802.11AC WiFi

If you don’t already have a Windows install to put onto the computer once it is built, you will need to buy one. Which version of Window’s you purchase is up to you.

You can pick up a copy of Window’s 10 Home Edition 64 bit version for $110.

Now you have everything you need to build your first computer.

Once put in the cart, our total came to…

This total does not include the Blu-Ray Drive, Wi-Fi adapter, or Window’s OS as we don’t need those for our build. The total also doesn’t include taxes and shipping.

Yes, you can go to a big box store and pick up a basic desktop for less than this, but when you buy from there, you don’t get exactly what you want. Also, when you finish building your desktop computer and start it for the first time, that’s a feeling you can’t beat.

Think we should have changed something, did we miss something you think we should add? Let us know. Maybe our next build sheet will include your suggestions.