Buying a computer or building one?

As in all domains, in computer science there is a huge gap between the "newbies" who buy a computer in supermarkets, and the experts who will choose each component one by one.

However, many shops and Web merchants offer to assemble your machine for $30 to $60. It allows you to build your custom PC. But build it yourself is even not so difficult as you may think. Each piece fits generally only in the correct location.

Finally, your machine can be much more efficient and powerful for the same price as the mounted computers.

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Even in the high-end computers from famous brands (HP, Asus, Compaq, Acer...) have first price components for all the public doesn't watch: power supply unit, memory, motherboard...

Choose each piece is the guaranty to choose the best value for each element.

If you really want to buy a build computer, take a laptop, mini-desktop (like eeeBox) or an Apple, at least it avoids the large dimensions of a PC tower.

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I'm going to show over a few articles, the choice of the components to build a complete computer with a budget of about $550. It will be perfect for the office (Internet, photo, audio, video, compression...) and occasional play, and exploding the performances and the warranty of a all-ready PC.

This article was posted by David
the Tuesday 9 March 2010 at 22:55
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