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Tag Archives: pcbuilding
Building a personal computer – the grand finale
Building a personal computer is not quite as simple as building a house out of legos but in some ways it is similar. All of the parts are standardized and the parts are simply plugged together. The process can indeed … Continue reading
Building a personal computer – cable management
Cable management is just a term that means you will organize the cables as nicely as possible. If you are new to pc building you might think that means laying the cables between the graphics card and any other cards … Continue reading
Building a personal computer – thermo paste
I actually found this particular step to be the most intimidating. There are quite a few different methods for applying it. Pea method Line Rice X Spread Different paste methods The process is simply applying a small amount of paste … Continue reading
Building a personal computer – about fans
There is actually more to fans than big ones can push more air. There are essentially two different styles of fan. The first type of fan is PWM style. PWM stands for pulse width modulation which is a variable speed … Continue reading
Building a personal computer – cooling
The CPU is going to get hot, really hot and so you need to keep it cool. This was covered above under the topic of CPU Cooler. Yet that is not everything as the GPU will also generate heat and … Continue reading
Building a personal computer – power supplies
Selecting a power supply is somewhat anticlimatic in comparision to some of the other accessories. It is a matter of getting a supply that is big enough to support your accessories Power supply calculator https://www.bequiet.com/en/psucalculator Power supply calculator https://www.coolermaster.com/power-supply-calculator/ Power … Continue reading
Building a personal computer – selecting a hard disk
Any computer needs a hard disk to hold the operating system and any other types of work that you do. As recently as a few years, ok perhaps 10, the only question was how large of a hard disk do … Continue reading
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Building a personal computer – selecting the ram
Selecting ram for the computer is actually very similar to deciding on a graphic card. You need to know what will you be using a computer for and how much memory is needed for that task. Depending on your motherboard … Continue reading
Building a personal computer – selecting a graphics card
Picking a graphics card depends on what you are planning on doing with your computer. Play games Mine bitcoin Play super intensive fast pace games Surf the internet Watching youtube videos Once you have answered which one or more of … Continue reading
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Building a personal computer – selecting a CPU cooler
I already discussed some about the CPU cooler. There are essentially three different choices you can make Air cooled All in one Custom water cooled The aircooled cooler is pretty much just as it says. It is a fan that … Continue reading
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