Tips for buying a PC
Buy your PC
Buying a PC that is right for you and your family is not so easy task. All the more so when you go on a non-branded or assembled for sale. But a brand or not, you are entitled to the facts please, before you shell out the money. First, because you want to buy a PC? It's because almost everyone in those days, or that saves you money. If those reasons is that you spend a lot of money for something that is difficult to use. But ifTheir reasons are that you want to work for the home based business, or for your children for their education or at home, or you want to surf the Internet, you're on the right track. Now, let us at all services.
What do you need?
Take a piece of paper and write everything you need with the PC.
Spreadsheets, word processing, Web browsing, sending e-mail game play. Running media, watch movies, music, CAD drawings, graphic design,Web design. Programming and learning online.
Make your list. Why? Given the different needs require different PC. I really do not need the newer computers, if all you want to do is surf, no matter what the manufacturer says.
If you are sure that your list, wait a bit 'and see what all the other things you can use the computer. For example, it would probably take about graphic design? Or the kids start playing all these high-end –Games?
How much money you spend?
Get the money you can spend depends on the PC. Then you go out for the PC, your needs and your budget. This may need some balance, even if the requirements are huge and the budget has not. This will also decide whether you should go for branded PC or an assembled.
Brand or assembled?
This is a question that is now gone for a while '. A year ago, branded ones. We recommend you make a PC for youAssured service and support. Fort more detailed analysis, captures our history in July called branded or not?
What is it?
This is the part that the circuit basic computer and components. Processors, memory range, BIOS, slots, etc. are all on the motherboard.
What is available?
We currently have two important choices for a motherboard. Motherboards for Intel 810 graphics chipset and basic audio functions of the Board, which is their meaningedge integrated graphics and audio. If you are looking for better graphics (for example, you are in the transition to high-end gaming and graphics or CAD, or need better audio sound environment, sound) interface, you have some high-end video stored, and sound cards. A motherboard is supported. One could, in those papers.
What would you ask the seller:
What are the possible upgrades on this motherboard? What processors are supported? How much do the updates goingCost?
What is it?
The brain of the PC. You do not always go for the fastest. And only with a fast processor, which is not. The rest of the system to stay current with him.
What is available?
Among the available low-end Celeron, AMD K6 and K6.2 are-3, and now AMD "S Duron. They are available in different clock speeds-go for what you can afford. A Celeron 600MHz. Among the High – end Pentium III and AMD Anthon. a PIII 667 MHz
AlsoI remember that a processor is not in itself sufficient for the PC-zip. For example, a Pentium 810 is a motherboard that does not have much graphics capabilities do not help much.
How much do you need?
If you are working on office applications like word processing and spreadsheets, and some browsing, a Celeron or a series AMDK6, or Duron would do. To work, the more computing power necessary for a Pentium III or Anthon go. 'll Find some Pentium IIs in the market, but Intel does notno longer does.
What is it?
This is the place where all programs and data storage will b stored on the PC. The performance of your PC depends on the speed with which the drive can read data and give the other parties. The speed of a hard drive is measured in rpm. Today, most hard drives have come min at a speed of 7200 rpm. And a few others in hard disk 7.5 GB, 15 GB, 20 GB and more on how to take care of your hard disk, you can find on your hard disk in this guideIssue.
How much do you need?
Most PCs now with 8-10 GB of disk space. Fat and more fat operating systems and Office suites, games, you will need some little 'space. 17 GB version is quite common today, even 30 GB does not raise eyebrows. To take the offers from 1 GB with a huge sack of salt.
What is it?
The place where information is stored for a while ', not that the processor does not take on hunting on the hard disk.
What is available?
The more you have, the betterit is. Many PCs still come with 32 MB of RAM, you should go for at least 64MB. If you are a player or heavy graphics, you need 128 MB.
How much do you need?
The more you have, the better. Many PCs still come with 32 MB of RAM, you should go for at least 64 MB. If you are a player or heavy graphics, you need 128 MB
What is it?
This is a card that performs processing, for everything that is related to the display. You maya fast processor, lots of ROM and the hard drive that keeps up with everything. But if the display can not be, with all this, the speed with which things are handled will last for centuries, until the screen. The board has the so-called RAM Video RAM (VRAM).
What is available?
As mentioned earlier, some motherboards have this feature built-in, but others must have a graphics card for this. You will receive a set of cards now.
How much do you need?
If you are involved heavyGraphics and CAD and 3D modeling, you need a graphics card with 8 MB of VRAM, 16 MB, if you can afford. For other purposes, 4 MB VRAM is good enough.
All software on CD. A lot of computer magazines that teach you how to get the computers have CD. For example, a CD-ROM is a must. Now is your chance to go for CD-RW or DVD drive also. And some producers have control over the computer without seeing it.
Higher ratings, such as X-48X, 52X does not mean for a CD-ROMThe unit will run at blazing speeds. In reality, things are routine for opening a CD tray, make a CD auto-run an 8x is right. But if you rip the songs from your audio CDs into MP3 files, convert the need to drive faster.
A DVD player is great if you are straight as a lot of movies on the PC, but that make the video card and sound card and speakers together so that you do.
Go for a CD-RW, if you burn a lot of CDs to keep up, so that MP3 –CD, and so on.
PC Basic
For running productivity applications: word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, surf. Via e-mail containing personal information mangers. Play music and video, light shows and multimedia CDs
Features:
Celeron 550 MHz or above / AMD K6 series or Duron 550 MHz or higher
64 MB of RAM
Monitor 15 "SVGA color
10-12 GB ATA/66 hard disk
The on-board video abd sound
48 x or higher CD-ROM
101-KEY Keyboard
3-button –Mouse
56 Kbps modem
The high-end PC —
For serious games, graphics, editing multimedia creation, sound
Features:
Pentium III 700 MHz / K-7 700 MHz or higher
128 MB of RAM
17 GB ATA / ^ ^ hard
Graphics card with 32 MB VRAM
101-KEY Keyboard
Sound board (for audio editing and composing in a high-end sound card like Creative SoundBlaster Live is needed)
Monitor 17 "
Scroll Mouse
56 Kbps modem
Sound card andSpeakers:
The sound card to listen to the sound processing on your own PC. In these days sounds cards not only make multimedia application sound great, except that he was, you start to compose and edit their own music.
Monitor:
14 "monitors are out. You in your another way to get the monitor 15" color monitor, 16 inch and 17 inch monitor on the market.
PORTS —
Port they are peripheral. The mouse and keyboard go into their respectivePorts. To take the serial ports, modems. At the same take ports, printers, scanners, etc., there is now USB ports for USB printers, scanners, digital cameras, etc. Now there are Fire Wire ports T00, but these are useful for video editing and such tasks, which a lot of data must be transferred to a recording.
Keyboard and Mouse —
There are a number of mice to choose a search, you work in comfortable conditions. There are different types of keyboards. Again, you are looking for thatdoes not need to work hard to kind of blow feels ergonomic. You could also go for devices to go to devices that have programmable buttons / keys.
Software —
You need a common operating system is, of course, Windows 98 Now the latest version of Windows for the home is Windows ME.
You need an office suits, or at least make programs, word processing, spreadsheets and presentations. You need a web browser and email program. You also need an anti-virus, someDiagnostic tools of the system, some graphics programs and some useful things like media players (to play your movies and music, running), file compression tools like WinZip. Then of course there's a world of games and multimedia titles to explore.