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How to build your own PC from scratch

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By shailini


Why seek the help of professionals while you can do the same sitting at your home at your leisure time. Computer engineers have this habit of ripping off people if they get wind of the fact that the prospective buyer is a newbie in the field of computers. They charge high rates and cheating has become a common phenomenon in this field. Besides most of prepackaged PCs come with loads of bloat ware that will slow down any high end configuration PC. This article is intended to provide an insight into how to build a PC on our own.

First things first. Decide on your requirements. Do you want a high end PC or a moderate PC or a low end PC. Once that decision is made it is time to move to selecting the appropriate parts for the PC. The primary requirement is a motherboard as it can be termed as a platform to which we connect the various peripherals. Instead of opting for a separate motherboard, usually vendors bring forth motherboard processor combination. It is easier to go for such packages. But if you are looking forward for a gaming machine then it is wiser to go for separate packages.

Once the motherboard and the processor has been finalized it is time to move to RAM. Gauging by the OSs which are present today it would be wiser to invest on a minimum of 4GB RAM. The more the better. The major parts have been covered now it is time to look at some slighter niggles. First comes power supply. Appropriate power supply is required for the PC to run without any problems. Then comes components like the hard drives, optical drives and the operating system. It is better to spend money on buying the OS instead of using the pirated version available in plenty.

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BrianS profile image

BrianS  says:
9 months ago

Actually I have built my own PC in the past and you have reminded me that this is an option for the future when I need to get a new PC.

Muthusamy R profile image

Muthusamy R  says:
9 months ago

Good idea

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