If you are interested to know how to build your own computer, then you do not need to look any further. The following paragraph tells you how to build your own PC. Building your own computer is cheaper than buying one off the shelf. Most pre-built computers are made with OEM (original equipment manufacturer) parts, which are not of high quality. On the other hand, when you build your own PC, you can choose the brand-name high quality. But pre-built computer manufacturers can offer support, if you have a problem; that does not happen, if you build a computer.
Building your own computer
Before starting to assemble a computer, you must use the wrist strap as static electricity can damage computer parts. Ground cable must be connected to a wall outlet. You'll need a screwdriver and screws to build your own computer.
So, how to build your own computer from scratch? The first step is to remove the lid of the computer case. Clean the case and remove any dust from the power supply. You must install the power supply, so the fan points out, and the cable points to the inside of the case. Adjust the voltage to 120 volts, if you are in the United States, or to 220 volts if you are outside the U.S.. If you have an ATX case, you need ATX power supply.
There are two brands of processors that are available today: on-line AMD Phenom and Intel Core line. Intel Core i7 is the most advanced processors on the market today, and is suitable for 3D games and video editing. Intel Core 2 Duo processor is good enough, if you only want to use productivity software like Microsoft Office.
You must install the components to the motherboard, before you install the motherboard in the case. Sometimes, the processor is equipped with cooling fans and heat sink installed. Intel Socket B for companies to use Intel's Core i7 processors, while AMD uses Socket AM3 processors to the company AMD Phenom II. Next, drop the processor into the socket. This should not need the pressure, if the right-oriented processors.
The next step in building your own computer is to install the heat sink on the processor. Place the thermal pad on the bottom of the heat sink. Instead of thermal pad, you can apply some heat sink compound on the processor. Most motherboards have two or four memory slots.Memory modules, which may DDR SDRAM (double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory) or faster DDR2 SDRAM, into the DIMM (Dual Inline Memory Module) slots.Mount the motherboard on the cover plate, and screws into the hole standoffs.
A PCI Express video card is better and more popular than the AGP video card. Cheapest option to buy a motherboard with on-board video. Good gamer would want NVIDIA GeForce or ATI Radeon video card. Hard drive can be SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) or ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment). The latter is further divided into the SATA (Serial ATA) or PATA (Parallel ATA). PATA drives, which are also referred to as IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) drives, slower than the SATA hard drive. The size of the hard drive is always rising, even with one terabyte (TB) models available. The size of the cache from the hard drive can be 16 MB or 32 MB. Hard drive speed is usually 7200 revolutions per minute (rpm). Optical drives can drive CD or DVD drive. If the CD drive has a speed of 52x, the 7800 has a read speed of kilobytes per second. If you have a DVD drive 16x speed, so he has a read speed of 21 600 kilobytes per second. CD drives have a different speed for writing CD-R and CD-RW.
The final step is to configure the BIOS settings for date and time, so that your computer is up and running. Now that you know how to build their own PC, you can assemble one so that you can use it for work and play.
