The smell of new computer
If you're like most people, when they go out and buy a new personal computer, probably excited when out of the box, turn it on and wonder how quickly runs to get. If a computer is that it seems to run faster and run faster than your old computer. Applications and games seem to come down without lenses and when you get on the Internet, pages load instantly on the screen, and you can quickly navigate from one siteanother. Over time, however, can slow down your computer and not as fast as if it were run again.
This can slow down occur for a variety of reasons and can be frustrating when it happens, spoil and make your computing experience. Often when this happens you can wipe your hard drive or running some diagnostics will be corrected. Maybe your computer has a virus and when you remove the virus, the power can be restored. What to do, but if you did everythingThings and the computer is still running slow?
If your computer is running slowly, even if you have removed any viruses and tried to improve system performance, it could mean that requirements that you have time on your computer, the computer can overcome.
Why do we use our computers, we tend to install new software applications and try to run multiple programs simultaneously. The new software you install may require more computer resources, such as multiple computersMemory and a faster CPU, or central processing unit to run software applications or games properly.
If you're like me you like to open the application software or Internet browser windows at once, and that even larger amounts of computer resources to be used as well. The more resources you use, the computer will run slower.
This is a constant problem for the calculation, because the technology of computers doubles every 18 months. In an application forto create the most feature-rich software applications, software developers more resources software. To meet the greater needs of the software, computer manufacturers continue to faster, more expensive to build computers. This, in my opinion, is a vicious circle, where, to maintain a fast and fun computing experience for the computer user compelled to go and buy a new computer every few years.
Fortunately for me, I never had to worry about this problem. I am acertified computer professional and have been building and repairing computers for over 15 years. If you want a faster computer I do not go out and buy an expensive new computer. I learned to break to buy a new computer upgrade cycle through my computer. The upgrade my computer instead of buying new, I can only make me a faster computer at a fraction of the cost.
You can stop the cycle of buying a computer and you do not need a computer professional like me to do it.You just need to know some things about computers, be helpful to be with a screwdriver and can follow a few simple instructions, but before you start thinking about upgrading your computer, it might be important, a brief overview of how to get a working computer.
Computer Basics
Computers are a combination of hardware and software combined. If you are not familiar with the computer works, then it can seem very complex. Reduce the complexity, onceThey understand how a computer works at a basic level.
At the most basic level, a computer-generated input and output. A computer receives input through input devices such as mouse and keyboard (hardware). Every time we ended with the mouse on a link or move the mouse around the screen, give your computer an input or something.
The computer receives input, such as an electronic signal with the mouse or press a key on the keyboard generates. This signal istransmitted by computers and digital data, which can be interpreted as a request from the operating system, software application or game, converted. (Software)
The computer processes the digital data and generates an output of education both as an image or words on the screen, or perhaps as an expression of a printer.
What makes a computer as fast as its ability to receive input and produce output is fast. There are several components of a computer needsFunction, but there are three main reasons that directly affect the speed of a computer can.
The three main components of the computer that handles the input and the computers are fast:
Motherboard or system board main CPU or Central Processing Unit RAM or Random Access Memory
The motherboard
Without getting too technical, the motherboard of the computer component that connects all the hardware of the computer. One might thinkthe motherboard like a road that connects all the data components of computers and allows them to transfer data and communicate with each other.
Each computer component in the computer connects to the motherboard is connected directly to the motherboard or connected through a data cable. The devices or components that are connected to the motherboard, CPU, RAM, hard drives, CD-ROM / DVD drive, video card, sound card, network card, modem, keyboard, mouseand monitors.
There are other devices connected to the motherboard and connected by a plurality of data ports that can be the motherboard such as a printer, digital camera, microphone and even an HDTV linked. These devices can be connected to the motherboard with one of several ports including USB, parallel, FireWire, Serial ATA (SATA) or HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) connector.
In short, the motherboard if the communication infrastructure datathat enables communication between devices. What makes a motherboard faster than others, the volume of data that support it is about what should be called the data bus and the speed with which they can transmit the data to be transmitted. One way to think of it is related to a road. Think you drive like a road on the data bus and data along the road as cars. Old motherboards communication was the equivalent of a two-way two-lane road with a speed limit of 25 mph. Today, the newMotherboards are like eight lanes with speed limits of 200 mph.
New motherboards are faster because they can more traffic at higher speeds allow.
The CPU
The CPU or processor is the brains of the computer. The CPU executes all instructions in conjunction with the operating system like Windows XP or Windows 7 asks him to do. CPU can execute only one instruction at a time, but they do it as fast as he seems to do several tasks at once, or"Multitasking".
Newer CPUs are faster because their "clock speed" or "clock" is faster. The clock speed, a CPU can run the instructions. You may think the clock speed as the timing of a metronome, a device that helps the musician always the right time music. A metronome has a hand on him before going back and forth in a specified time interval. As you swing back and forth, it shakes like a clock. How metronome ticks, the CPU in a sentenceTicks range, but a CPU to an incredibly fast pace, which is measured in mega-and gigahertz. The CPU executes a command on each tick of its clock cycle.
New CPUs are not only execute instructions at very high clock speeds, but they can also be made of multiple CPU cores. Each core can be his own statements. If you have a dual core CPU can execute two commands at once and can do a quad-core CPU, four. There are also six-hour corelike the newer motherboards these CPUs also have a larger data bus to send and receive data faster through the motherboard from improvements in computer performance.
RAM
RAM or Random Access Memory is what stores carry all the statements that you asked the computer. Every time we create with our computers we order data for the CPU to process and even the simplest interactions, such as moving the mouse on the screen, requiring many individualInstructions for the CPU must perform. One can imagine that the execution of a computer game or an application such as Adobe Photo Shop can be a huge amount of instructions for the CPU to create. The CPU is fast and can be a lot of statements that run quickly, but not all at once, because we need a place to store instructions until they can be treated. RAM was created for this reason.
RAM is basically the space for all instructions waiting to be executed bythe CPU. Sometimes you can tell if you do not have enough RAM, if you click the mouse or press the Enter key to start a program and turn the hourglass sits there on the screen. It 'possible that our computer is locked or frozen, but what is really happening, the conclusion of the series of computer instructions are given, it is before you can execute multiple instructions. If this happens, we usually see it as the computer just hang up. It 'also veryfrustrating.
The best way to solve this problem by simply adding more RAM to your computer. Adding RAM is probably the easiest way to increase your computer's performance. An increase in the amount of RAM your computer can help your computer run faster, because it allows the computer to store the instructions. This allows the computer to perform many statements as you do with the work and reduces the high continuous computer crashes.
The speed of RAM can bealso help your computer. If RAM and a faster bus speed data was able to use to send instructions to the CPU at a faster pace is stored. The faster the CPU gets the instructions, you can run faster and faster your computer will run.
The amount and type that can be dictated by the CPU and motherboard. The bus speed of the CPU and motherboard and the RAM capacity can identify the motherboard to determine what type and how much RAMYou can use.
Some motherboards can be installed up to 32 GB of RAM, and most mothers recognize different bus speeds, so you can use different types of RAM. In general, the higher the bus speed and memory capacity of more RAM, the computer will run faster. The important thing to remember is that if greater capacity and speed is the highest price.
What is nice about upgrading RAM on the motherboard is to include moredifferent speeds and capacity of the RAM so you can start with a lower speed and smaller capacity, which will be cheaper to reduce the cost of updating the first, and then on the road you can upgrade the RAM to a larger capacity, high speed update.
Replacing the motherboard, CPU and RAM actually much easier than you might think. The CPU and RAM are connected directly to the motherboard, so that all three components can be replaced simultaneously, simply by replacing theMotherboard.
You must first determine what type of motherboard form factor to support your current computer.
The motherboard form factor
Many computer manufacturers such as HP, Compaq, Dell, Gateway, eMachines and Acer computers to build their 4 primary form factor motherboard based on specifications or design, and they are:
Full-size ATX = normally found in full-size desktop computer and Towers Micro-ATX Motherboard = medium can be found in the MiddleTower and small desktop Mini-ATX = small towers are on average smaller than desktops Mini-ITX = new very small in the new, smaller towers and desktops found
These form factors refer to the size of the motherboard itself. The PC case is designed to accommodate a specific size of the motherboard. Once you have determined what is the factor computer model, then all you have to do is just buy a motherboard form factor that fits your computerThe models.
It would be like this work. Suppose you have an HP Pavilion 750N desktop. This is an old computer with a single-core processor. Computer beautiful when it first came out, but very slow by today's standards. You decide that you want to make it faster if you want it to be a quad-core CPUs, but you need to determine whether you can update it.
You can decide whether this particular computer, upgrade to the HP support Web site. Do you want the type of site,in your computer model and see the hardware specifications for the computer. HP will keep a record of information specific form factor. Having done this many times, I know, the 750N uses a Micro-ATX form factor.
Each computer manufacturer, I called a support site on their website where you can go to the models to determine the form factor. You can also do a search on Yahoo, Google or Bing and ask what is the factor computer model. If this just does not workE-mail me or leave a comment to this article, and I can help you find it.
Once you know, the type of computer form factor of the model are now ready to decide the level of performance you want on your level of computer performance to.The upgrade the computer is generally dictated by the CPU it uses. You may recall I said, because all instructions and processes is the overall speed of computers based on the CPU is often referred to as the computer's brainIt's like the clock speed of the computer speed.Since overall CPU is set, usually begins by updating the definition of CPU performance.
How do you decide what level of service you should update as you use your computer and how much you want to spend to upgrade the base. Generally, if you send only the computer and receive e-mails, surf, internet store and share digital photos and a digital camera, then you may only need to updateA dual core CPU will greatly improve the computing experience.
If you have many games, burn DVD to play movies or edit sound files, and work with high-resolution images or graphics, then you might want a quad-core CPUs to increase performance and improve your computing experience with. choose
From the standpoint of cost, you can expect to pay more for a faster CPU than you would pay for a slower CPU and quad-core CPUs are usually more expensive than dual core. In general, I believe youshould buy as much as possible for as little as possible in this way to get the most for your money and will not be updated again for a while '.
If you are ready to choose the CPU, you have the choice of the manufacturer and the base type, and there are also some differences between the different types of machines from each manufacturer should be aware of.
There are three main CPU manufacturers Intel, AMD and Motorola, but for the purpose of this article there are onlywill focus on Intel and AMD. Motorola is the main cause of the CPU for Apple computers. Apple computers have a proprietary model of the computer, and can be difficult and expensive to update, an Apple computer.
This article on the support of a budget, which is generally considered that an IBM compatible computer is called his attention, upgrade their computers easily and economically. IBM-compatible computers as the computers that run primarily an identifiedMicrosoft Windows-based operating system like Windows XP and Windows 7 Intel and AMD to provide that support IBM-compatible computers, the two manufacturers, we are focusing on.
For the purposes of this article, I will not go into detail about the differences between Intel and AMD. There is already a considerable amount of information available on the Internet, each manufacturer describes the CPU architecture, and are side by sideComparison.
I ask you to do a little research, as well as manufacturers of single-chip design, and then check a website to make every performance benchmarks of the CPU. There are many links for the design of the CPU, comparisons and read reviews on this weband help you choose your CPU.
The prevailing view in relation to AMD vs. Intel is that both CPUs is dual-or quad-core configuration, with similar behavior slightly faster than Intel. Intel have always been associated withRun your business applications quickly, while AMD multimedia applications run fast. As a point of reference the search results you will see a graph of Intel beat AMD seems dramatic, but if you look at the interval of time between the two is minimal.
Where you see a significant difference between the two manufacturers is the cost. AMD CPUs are almost always cheaper than Intel. The question I always ask my clients is, "'a 4 seconds faster than the speedDifference in value of an extra $ 200 or $ 300 more dollars with the purchase of an Intel CPU? "For me it is not.
I am a general increase in performance compared to what I'm currently trying. Once you upgrade your computer you do not go comparing it to another computer, same power, you are comparing with the speed of previous computer. If you find after you upgrade, you run on your computer much faster the new computer and did not cost much to get it for youincrease performance, you'll be happy with the update, and this is what is important.
CPU Cache
Earlier I noticed that all the RAM stores instructions and transmit data to the computer's CPU. The CPU cache is a different form of high-speed memory alone, is dedicated specifically to the CPU. It 'been shown that a CPU can process data faster, more data, the process can be closer to the memory stored in the CPU itself.
All CPUswith a cache, but some newer CPUs will be available with an additional memory cache that is faster and more data can be kept closer to the CPU. Typically, CPUs with higher clock speeds, and an additional, faster cache provides a higher power.
A good example is the difference between the AMD Athlon and Athlon series of CPUs. Both are the Athlon and Phenom series dual and quad-core configurations, but the series has a Phenoim additional L3 cache makes the CPU faster. Overis a CPU expensive than the standard Phenom Athlon series.
Another interesting tidbit, there is now a version II for both the Athlon and Phenom series. II version offers a faster cache, so both CPUs will be faster than its predecessor, however, show the figures to reference a relatively small increase in performance.
Be sure to be a little 'research on the differences between AMD and Intel, and choose the appearance ofTo achieve IT compliance requirements under your budget. Once the CPU you want, so be prepared to the motherboard that not only the CPU but the computer and select the form factor of choice supports.
One last thing for both AMD and Intel have different form factors of the CPU, so if you select a motherboard form factor for that specific computer, you must also be met to choose the choice part of the CPU. This may sound complicated, but it is notdifficult once you start looking at the motherboard and CPU combinations.
The dealer that I have shown that filtering options on their websites that you can choose on motherboards that support both AMD and Intel. You can also filter by both CPU and form factor computers and help you refine your decision-making.
Once you have decided on the CPU, you want the motherboard, the CPU you have chosen the selected media. So farMothers go, there are several large manufacturers of motherboards and produce all four major types of motherboard form factors. Major producers are:
ASUS Biostar Gigabyte MSI Foxconn ECSJetway Zotac
This may seem like a lot to choose from, but how do you filter the type of CPU can start improving your concentration and make the right choice of motherboard easier.
Every motherboard with common characteristics that are needed are for standard computerOperations and with additional features that some may not be of advantage to come to you. The main thing to remember about the motherboard is that all components connect to it, and you can upgrade your computer as more or less you want to change the motherboard you buy ever.
For example, you can create a motherboard that has integrated video and sound card to the board. This saves time and money, because it eliminates the needfor you, select a video or sound card, but if you want a particular video or sound card, a motherboard, you can select the components do not come with the built-in, and then select the video and sound card, you want install, add the contacts on the motherboard.
Here is a list of the most common features of the motherboard:
Keyboard and mouse are often referred to as the PS2 port USB - Universal Serial Bus ports for connecting peripherals such as (keyboard, mouse,Printers, digital cameras, external hard drives, etc. ..) Parallel printer (not much use in newer motherboards, printers, USB) Local Area Network or LAN network connection or Internet Dial-up modem (not so common in new tabs, high-speed Internet connections)
Optional Properties Motherboard:
1394 or FireWire (high-speed data connection) External SATA or Serial ATA port (faster data link designed toexternal SATA devices such as a hard drive) HDMI - High-Definition Multimedia Interface connected to a monitor or HD TV or an external high-definition audio
We touched earlier on the RAM, and we know that the RAM from the CPU and motherboard should be supported. To put it simply, it is broken in the update. The CPU determines the type of motherboard you have to choose your computer model and determined the type of motherboard form factor isselect.
The motherboard will dictate the type of RAM you may be able to use such a manner that facilitates the selection. The only thing you need to decide when it comes to RAM, the RAM size means you select the amount of gigabytes, or GB of RAM and crafts you and your RAM speeds you choose.
Another thing to note is that the newer operating systems like Windows Vista and Windows 7 require a minimum of 2GBs of RAM running correctly so that you want to choose at least 2GBsRAM upgrade if you choose. With this knowledge you can your decision on the amount of RAM rather simple. As for the speed of RAM to choose the support, once again at the speed of the motherboard, the amount of power you want and how much you depend on spending.
As regards the determination of the speed of RAM your motherboard supports it is not difficult to determine. As you look at motherboards are starting to see, they are clearly the nature and speed ofRAM support them.
I covered a lot of information up to this point and I hope that a better understanding of what is necessary for you to be able to motherboard, CPU and RAM components you need to keep your computer current update would identify. Purchase these components and upgrade your car is much less expensive to go out and buy a new PC and I am confident that with this information as a starting point, you can also save money to buy the upgrade of the computeritself.
However, there are two important pieces of additional information you should know before you upgrade your computer groped.
1 Before you upgrade your current computer, you must back up all important data on an external storage device such as an external hard drive, USB jump drive or burn them to CD or DVD.
The reason this is important when you upgrade these components will be forced to install the operating system, and that will delete allcurrent data on your hard drive. Also, if you do not have an installation disk of the current operating system, you must install a new copy of Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7 to buy, after you have upgraded components. This may not really be a big problem for you if you were already considering an upgrade to a newer version of Windows. Also, I can help you make a copy of the cost-Windows operating system, though.
2 The new componentsInstall the PC current progress in terms of power and will likely require that the upgrade also update the power supply.
The update is not expensive and is very easy to achieve. The type of power source you want to select it, it will be at least 400 watts and have a pin or 24 pin PSU 20x4 to be. This is the kind of power with the support newer motherboards. Also indicates the specific motherboardPower Requirements.
To make your computer faster all you have to do is upgrade the motherboard, CPU and RAM. Supports start by identifying the type of form factor motherboard of the computer and the current level of performance you need to upgrade. Then buy the CPU that fits your performance needs to match with the motherboard and RAM that the computer model, and CPU-specific.
The only thing not covered is the actual installation of these componentsonce they have purchased and are ready to install. At a high level the process is simply:
Unplug the computer and turn off all peripheral components like keyboard, mouse and monitor from the cabinet Before opening your computer, discharge static electricity or the purchase of a belt to avoid frying the frame, this will help you to play, a computer component. Removing the side cover of your PC case Disconnect all power cords and data cables from the old motherboard Unscrew and remove the old motherboard from the case Unscrew and remove the old power supply Install the new power supply Install the new motherboard into the case King of all power and data cables Turn your computer back up and listen to your sound post- Now you are ready to install the operating system
I know that if you decide to start this process, will be manyAsk why there is a last thing I want to advise you before you start upgrading your computer.
There are many do-it-yourself computer repair and upgrade guides available online and can provide all the help they need to do to upgrade your computer. Many of the books that explain step by step how to replace almost all components of the computer and provide detailed diagrams so you can see how to remove actual orto install. I would suggest you make a small investment and purchase one of these books.
If you could recommend any DIY computer manual, it would be "Computer Repair Auto Unleashed". This book covers all aspects of the computer upgrade and repair in a clear and concise provides color illustrations and step by step instructions to help you through an upgrade or repair your computer. I can not recommend this book enough. I have a link to this book through the links page of my siteunder my signature.
Thank you for reading my article and hope that inspired you to go out and fight, what you may have thought originally was an impossible task. You can use your computer and save a lot of money.
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