Upgrading Your PC!
Ever wondered how many years is your indispensable PC going to be with you? After investing a considerable part of your hard-earned money, you would want it to last at least a lifetime. That may be asking a bit too much ,but at least four to five years would be reasonable to expect. However, with the way things are ,don't be too surprised if your computer becomes obsolete within a year. The PC market is so dynamic that even as you speak there's new model is out – better , faster ,more intelligent than the one before. So what do you do? You relax, take a deep breath, and consider this—what do you need from your PC? What are you going to use for it? Answer this and you'll realize you don't need to run as fast as the fastest processor.
We must admit that a lot of times
it is your budget rather than performance influences your choice of a PC.
So what's available at the entry level these days? A450MHz Celeron or an
AMD K6-II with 64 MB RAM, a 14” color monitor, a 10 GB hard disk and a
56 KBPS modem. But don't let jargon intimidate you. Let's go step by step
deciding what you want to buy.
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Let's begin
with the motherboard. It is the base on which you entire PC is built up.
I f you are going the budget way , settle on a motherboard based on the
Intel 810 chipset with in-built graphics and sound cards. These motherboards
are relatively cheaper and come in two flavors—one that supports Intel's
Celeron and another that supports both Celeron as well as Pentium III.
Go for the former if you go for this option , because by the time you move
from Celeron to P III, the technology may have moved in some other direction..
If your
budget isn't tight go for motherboard that gives you plenty
of room to add or change components. Basically your choice of motherboard
depends on the processor you go for. I f you are going for a Celeron ,there's
nit too much you can upgrade, except RAM , or go from 450 MHz to
550 MHz processor speeds , which is really not such a great difference
anyway. If you go for P III , you have a little more scope for an upgrade.
You can get an average display or sound card in the beginning and go for
an upgrade or get a super graphics card when you think you can afford it.
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