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Essential Buying Guide For PCs

November 4th, 2009

If you want to buy a new desktop computer but aren’t quite sure how you can do it, you’re not alone. It can be quite difficult to make a decision sometimes, and there are lots of desktop PCs and laptop computers out there. In fact, it’s probably pretty astonishing that anyone can choose a computer, but this guide will help you figure out what you should get. The first thing you should figure out is what you’re going to need.

What Do You Need? You need to determine what sort of things you are going to be doing on your machine. Are you going to be using video editing software? 3D Modeling? What about games? These are all different applications, and each one will call for different hardware.

The Hardware – If you are going to be doing any sort of 3D modeling, the video card is something to take into account. For instance, you do not want to choose a gaming card for a modeling workstation now would you? In most cases, the Nvidia Quadro series is a decent choice. But if you are going to be gaming and editing video, then you would choose something a little more mainstream.

But what if you choose something completely different? If you need any sort of desktop computers solely for word processing, then you’re in luck, you won’t have to spend much money at all. Word processing computers are incredibly cheap, and they can surf the internet as well. There are many gamers that choose a basic internet surfing/word processing machine over a huge graphics hog because they can play their video games on a console.

What are you going to pay for it? These days, the desktop PC is pretty inexpensive, and you can either buy one ready-made from a manufacturer, or you could have one built the specifications. If you want a top-of-the-line gaming computer, you’re probably going to pay about 1375.8, unless you REALLY want top of the line and pay about 3439.5 — but that’s for a machine that could probably manage the power options for your city.

If you just want a basic computer, you’ll only pay about 343. That’s a very good price if you just want to surf the Internet. When it comes to desktop PCs, this is about all the information you’ll need to make an informed decision.

If you want to choose a laptop computer? If a laptop computer is the way to go for you, you should know that they’re a little more complicated than a desktop PC. For one thing, they’re not upgradeable, for the most part. Network cards and video cards are built right into the board, which means that if something goes wrong, you have to replace the entire board; in some cases you may get lucky in that your cards will be standalone, but that’s not common. In most cases, you won’t be able to replace inadequate or the wrong types of cards without replacing the entire board, so make sure you get the right computer straight off the bat.

When it comes to buying a laptop computer, the process is pretty much the same as it is for a desktop PC, but you have a lot more choices available to you with laptops. If you want a really sturdy “workhorse” computer, you probably already know what hardware you’re looking for. You’ll need very good graphics and the most hard drive space you can get. However, if you’re looking for something that will just let you surf the Internet, you’re lucky.

There are some new “Web surfing” workhorses out there, called netbooks. These are very small computers that can surf the Internet, but they can’t do much else. They usually don’t have an optical drive, which is why they can be priced so low. The price on a Netbook may go up if you want a solid-state hard drive to boot.

For a standard laptop with all the extras you might end up paying 825 EUR, but for a netbook you might pay around 130 EUR. It all depends on what you need. No matter what, you’re sure to find the laptop computers that are right for you. Just keep looking and see what you can find!

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