There are many reasons why computer users choose to build their own computers; one of the most common is that they are gamers or high end computer users and have specific needs that do not come with your store bought pre-built computer. This will be a brief tutorial on the important factors and parts you need when you build your own computer. We will give you the specific parts and a brief description of each.
The first component you will need is the tower and power supply. The tower is also called the case. You want to ensure you have a case that will offer the correct amount of ventilation for your components. Most towers will allow for a motherboard, two hard drives, USB port, video card and one or two DVD or CD-DVD players/burners. Pricing can be as low as twenty five dollars up to the one hundred and maybe even more.
Probably the most important component aside from the CPU that you will buy and one you should give the most attention too is the motherboard. This is the backbone of your computer; everything will connect directly to it such as the CPU, RAM, sound card, video, LAN, etc. Many motherboards will come with many onboard features such a built-in sound chip, LAN, USB, numerous ports, etc. You will also need to determine if you will be using an Intel processor or an AMD processor as motherboards are proprietary to which one you select.
You will then need to decide on the CPU, including speed, cache the different cache levels. It is also imperative to understand that this part is the computers’ brain; this along with the motherboard is something you should fully research prior to purchasing.
The other components are fairly straight forward, you will need to decide on the amount of RAM you will need and what your motherboard will support, the more RAM the faster the system. If you decide to use the on-board video card and or sound card you will not need to purchase those components, however, if you are a gamer you may wish to purchase a high end video card which has been made for that type of use.
As you can imagine, selecting the perfect components will be key when you wish to build your own computer. You will also need to purchase your operating system software. The great thing about building your own computer however is that it will meet your specific needs, and you will know what can be upgraded if the need arises.
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