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Build Your Own Computer – Make the Right Choice

Before building a new computer, you have to decide what to use it for. This will allow you to allocate your budget to buy special equipment where needed. For example, if you plan to play a lot of games, you will need a powerful graphics card, lots of memory, a large hard drive, and a special controller. If the computer is going to be used for word processing and surfing the net, your graphics card doesn’t need to be so powerful and you won’t need as much storage capacity as graphics.

Computers built for special purposes such as video editing and sound recording have there owned particular requirements in the form of add-on cards to process midi files, graphics and sound. These cards usually mean a top of the line computer to handle special requirements of the CPU or motherboard.

Re-using Old Parts?

Can you salvage parts from the old …

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Building a Computer for CAD Software

Most computers used to run CAD software must be expensive. But if you use the Autodesk AutoCAD product software then you really can get by with one from a local department store or a discount store. One shop where I buy a lot of machines is a small discount grocery store.

Follow The Minimum Requirements To Run The Software

All you need to remember is that you follow the minimum requirements to run the software. You can find out the specifications on the Autodesk site. I have been told that if you want to have the best CAD computer, you have to spend thousands of dollars. That’s true if you just want to have the best around. Like a car, you can buy expensive luxury models or just buy cheaper ones that get the job done.

Computer Games Are More Enough To Run AUTOCAD

Most computers sold today are designed …

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Computer Network Technology

What is a computer network? A computer network is a set of computers, printers, and other devices that are connected to each other to share information and move data through cables. Many users can print with the same printer or use the same software at the same time. Computers that store primary data and act as data centers are called Servers, while computers that are connected to networks and retrieve data from Servers are called Workstations.

Various Networks

1. Local Area Network (LAN) A network that is limited by a small area usually used by a small office in a building or school. Usually not far from 1 km square. Most LANs use cables and LAN cards to connect one computer to another. Each computer that is connected to a LAN has a different Internet Protocol Address. Usually abbreviated as IP Address. LAN can also be set up through Wireless …

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An Eye Opener to Broadband Technology

Broadband refers to a high speed form of telecommunication ion which several frequencies are used to transmit information. The availability of a wide band of frequencies makes it possible to send large amounts of data through the various channels embedded within the band. This helps in saving a considerable amount of time.  A broadband connection has marked advantages over other forms of net access media like dial-up. Some of them are:

Gone are the days when you have to sit in front of your system for hours together to download a single document. Now with broadband technology you can get scores of data in a matter of minutes and seconds. Broadband speed is tons of times faster than other types of net connections especially dial-up.

How do you think all the gaming centers prosper these days, downloading complex, tricky games from the internet would not have been possible without broadband …

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Do You Have the Right Hardware For Your PC?

Computers these days rely on sophisticated yet compact hardware. Computer hardware has improved over the years, and their prices are now affordable even for lay people. Without reliable PC hardware like motherboards, graphic cards, LAN cards, printers, mouse, and keyboards, the computer would not simply exist, as we know it today. Thus, it is essential that hardware is robust and reliable at the same time. Easy availability of hardware makes it straightforward for dealers to deal in hardware for the benefit of customers.

For those who do not understand computer hardware, these devices make your computer work. Briefly, computer hardware is essential for input, processing, or output functions, so your hardware engineer will install the right kind of hardware necessary for the related tasks you need to perform on the computer.

Also, computer hardware is essential to connect the gadgets like mouse, monitor, keyboards, speakers, drives, and printers, so that …

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