PC buying guide

Have you ever wanted to buy your dream computer? You had saved your monthly income to buy it, but you did not know what specification should you choose to since there are lot of choices in the market today.

In addition to budget, below are the important factors that you should look for when buying a computer.They are the operating system, processor speed, graphic card power, power supply, hard drive and the monitor. take a look at this simple guide and I hope you have a beautiful computer buying experience will have later.

Build it yourself or ask someone else? Firstly, for stepping into choosing the appropriate hardware, is a question you must ask yourself whether you want to build your own computer or ask someone to build it for you?

From my experience it is better to ask someone else to build it for you if this is the first time that you want to buy your own computer, you can always learn to know about your computer hardware and software later. But don't forget to help the seller and ask him or her something that you're not on your computer. He might give you some tips on what to do and shouldn t do with your computer during the construction process.

Choosing the hardwareNow, we'll look at buying hardware of your computer. The hardware of your computer determines the speed of your computer. There are many factors that affect how well your computer will perform well.

The processor Nowadays, two major companies in the race of getting the fastest processor for mainstream, the Intel Corporation and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). what I m going to tell you is not what any of them are the best, but some aspect of processor that you need to know.

The larger the processor clock your processor, it will improve performance. Beat a 3 as an example.0 GHz Intel Pentium processor, the version 2. 0 GHz of the same processor.But there are bottlenecks limiting the performance in other places such as the cache s size and latency, power consumption and temperature.

So, it's always better to choose a processor with minimum energy consumption, large cache size with low latency to close, and can be run in well-accepted temperature as 34 Celsius, and have the last function such as support for dual-core and 64-bit computer.

Remember, don t compare different type of processor performance with clock speed since it's proven by AMD that clock speed has no effect on the performance of the processor very unlike the era of 1998. The monitor

Rather opt for an LCD monitor more than CRT monitors. no heavy lifting required with an LCD monitor since they are less than half the average CRT monitor roads.LCD screens require half the power of CRT and emit much less radiation that interfere with other electronic devices.

Talk about the LCD size, 17-inch is enough because it is the best support resolution that operating system widely used nowadays (1024 786 pixels). But, if you want to prevent your computer for a long time or want to use to create as part of your digital Media Centre, LCD monitor with greater than 19 inch format is recommended.

The graphics card A graphics card is a must have for modern computer today. never plan integrated image use because it will greatly slow down your computer. PC image such as photographs and videos requires a lot of computing power. Without the help of graphics card should the CPU to all system and graphic processing.

Choosing a graphics card is easy depends on how you use your computer. If you do not have not run games, graphics card without latest features acceptable.Just make sure that the graphics card the incoming operating system from Microsoft, Windows Vista supports.Because a high-end graphics card high power for SLI or crossfire function, required if you want to save your electric bills, consider mid-range graphics card which usually 150-250 dollar sold.

Power supply

The higher the wattage that support a power supply, the better it is.If you want to buy additional hardware for your computer later, such as optical USB mouse there are won t be a problem for you because a decent nutrition supports your need.A good diet is the diet that out as much as 500 Watts of power or a higher-than-that can give.

Hard disk

An internal hard disk with latest Sata 2.0 (serial ATA) support will serve you perfect.Other than that, the size of the hard disk must be great since you can later a bunch of photos, music and movies are stored.200 GB hard disk is the regular specification nowadays. If you keep your hard disk for a long time, it would be 500 GB will suffice.

How many hard disks should you buy? The minimum is one but I strongly recommend you to two hard drives for the computer. one will for the most important operating system and the other for storing your personal information. This is essential in order to prevent this data from junk together. Additionally, your computer's performance may increase when you use two hard disks. This is because the computer has access to the operating system files directly from its own drive.

The operating systemFor the best user experience dominating operating system from Microsoft, such as Windows XP is still the market nowadays. Since a lot of people who use it, would get support not difficult. go to a tech support forum and your computer software-related problem will be solved. Although you free Linux operating system, it is not recommended because not all hardware supports Linux.

Well, that's all for now your trip to your dream computer should not end here. ask your friends for some advices as a good computer hardware store in the city or their past experiences in buying their computer. Thus, you will feel not regret what you re going to buy.

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