For getting rolling in EE, t's much faster & cheaper to make a milk bucket -> EMC machine.
2 filters, 1 deployer cost <30K EMC including tools, and 1 energy condenser costs 42K EMC. Plus a little more for a redpower clock and redwire, definitely less than 75K EMC. And it makes 65 EMC per bucket, 200 EMC/sec roughly.