subject: Getting The Very Best Desktop Personal Computer For Your Particular Needs [print this page] Hunting for individual computer components is easy, and you can assemble your own PC. While doing so, make sure everything you buy at least has a 2-3 year warranty period. An ideal desktop computer would have a 2.4 GHz - 3 GHz chip as its brain, a 17" monitor, 256MB of RAM, a good motherboard and a standard keyboard and optical mouse.
You should consider the capacity and speed of the hard drive. A hard drive capacity of 80GB should be the minimum. As for hard drive performance, getting a 7200 rpm drive will be the best choice. You should also look for drives with 8MB or 16MB cache.
With the technology boom stirring up new waves every day, computers have taken a residence in the daily lives of most people, both young and old. There are many options ranging from hand held devices, netbooks, laptop notebooks and the tried and true personal computer.
The number of central processors in the computer determines much of these ratios. Though a single is perfectly fine for normal home use, two or more gives a desktop the ability to handle more programs at one time, with speed and efficiency.
The computer memory and hard drive space are two more components to review before purchasing a desktop computer. Just a few years ago, measuring with gigabytes blew the minds of many techies. Now, terabytes are breaking onto the scene with more to offer than ever before. However, for the average home user, a 500 GB hard drive and 1 GB of memory is more than enough space to perform and operate everyday functions.
For the novice, purchasing a desktop can be overwhelming. Make sure to shop around and compare prices, as there are specials run daily not only in brick and mortar stores, but on Internet websites and stores as well.
