Category: How to
Help me: Why won’t my newly assembled PC start or boot?
This is the last of three posts written specially for people who have built their computer but need help because it won’t power on or won’t boot.
FAQ: How to Build Your Own Computer
This is the second of three posts written specially for people who are considering building their first PC or who are ready to, but have a few questions that they need answers to.
10 Quick Tips for 1st Time PC Builders
This is the first of three posts written specially for people who are considering building their first PC or who are ready to, but need some advices.
1. Friday, Jan. 8th: 10 Quick Tips for 1st Time PC Builders
2. Saturday, Jan. 9th: Building Your own Computer FAQ
3. Sunday, Jan 10th: Help me: Why won’t my newly assembled PC start?
Warning: 6 Surefire Ways of Blowing Up Your Computer Due to an Inadequate Power Supply
With over 3500+ words, this is THE Ultimate Guide to Power Supplies and as a Bonus, it ends with The Best Power Supplies For Your Money!
19 of the best CPU articles
For the last part of this series, I decided to give some link love and share with you some of the best CPU articles that I read on the Internet lately. I hope that you’ll like them as much as I did.
How to choose an Intel CPU: How to differentiate the models
Are you confused when you look at all the CPU models that Intel offers?
Today I’ll do my best to simplify things for you, with this article telling you how to differentiate the models
How to choose an AMD CPU: How to differentiate the models
Are you lost when you shop for a cpu? Can’t figure out the differences between all the different models?
True enough, with single, dual, triple and quad-cores cpus now available, that spiced up things a bit. Intel and AMD also introduced many new products to offer more choice to the customers but unfortunately ended up confusing them more than anything. So today I’ll do my best to simplify things for you, with the AMD cpus.
12 CPU specifications explained in plain English
This is the first part out of five articles for this week, to help you understand and buy the right CPU. Here’s a list of the articles in this series: 12 CPU specifications explained in plain English How to differentiate CPU models from AMD How to differentiate CPU models from Intel The Best CPU for [...]
Warning: These P55 motherboards will cripple your Crossfire/SLI performance
In order to cut on costs, on fourteen different motherboards, the second PCI-Express 16x is not connected via 8 lines to the PCI-Express controller of the LGA1156 processor (The first port then also being at 8x), but rather with 4 lines on the P55 controller. On top of that, while the lines connected to the LGA1156 processor work at 5GT/s, the ones connected to the P55 only work at 2.5GT/s.
Needless to say, running Crossfire or SLI on a motherboard equipped with a 16x that works at 4x and is connected to the P55 chipset will cripple your performances. Read on for more details and for a list of motherboards to avoid and a list of motherboard to go for.
10 quick points to check before buying RAM
Here’s a quick ten points list of things you need to know before buying RAM. A quick read that could save you a lot of troubles and headaches.
How to choose RAM: Part 1 – Understanding RAM terms
Today we’re having our first guest post, by Eric Odgen of SimplePCs.net, who explains the major terms that you will encounter when you shop for computer memory, commonly known as RAM.
The secrets of choosing the right Motherboard
Are you lost when it comes to motherboards? Or on the other hand, do you think that you know everything about them? Not so quick! Read on as I share insider knowledge with you!