This post is the first part of the series, Building your Own PC.
Understanding your own Needs builds the best foundation!
When deciding which parts you will need to build a computer, ask yourself what the computer will be used for. If you like to store tons of files on your computer, you would want to look for a hard drive with a lot of storage space. If you like watching movies and playing games, a good video card is a must. If you use a lot of resource-intensive programs, a good processor and RAM, or Random Access Memory, is what’s right for you.
A hard disk drive, or HDD, is essentially a storage center for your whole computer. Every single file is stored on the hard drive, even your operating system. Nearly everything you want to do with your computer will revolve around hard drive space. If you like playing games, or downloading movies and music, you will need one with tons of storage space. You never want to run out of space on your hard drive or you will have to begin deleting your files or storing them elsewhere. …Read more about Building your Own PC – Know your Needs First!
Replacing the Video Card on your PC may need to be done for man y reasons. Whether you are simply upgrading to a better GPU for gaming reasons, or the card itself is broken, the process is the same.
When replacing a PC’s video card, you should first check to see which type of video card slot is on their motherboard. It will either be AGP, PCI, or PCI-Express.This information is readily available in your PC user manual, or you can go to the manufacturers website and find the specs based on your serial number. …Read more about How to Replace your PC Video Card Yourself
Increasing Productivity With the Whole Family
Have you ever thought about networking your computers at home? If you have a small collection of computers around the house (and a small collection of computer users), you can connect each one of those computers to one another and share data, software, and hardware including a single Internet connection. There are many creative uses for home networking, however it’s an ideal situation when upgrading each computer to the same capability is financially out of the question. On a home network, each computer has access to the equipment of the better machine in the group as if that equipment were their own. …Read more about How to Network your Home PC
