Tips must know before purchase of a desktop
By raj_10021
@raj_10021 (51)
India
November 21, 2008 1:40am CST
I am a hardware and networking engineer. Like to give some tips for deciding your purchase of desktop pc.
1. I would suggest don't go for branded (HP,IBM,Sony)desktop Pc. These company are not manufacturer of all parts of pc. They are also assembling desktop Pc giving own brand Name. So better you go for assembled PC .
2. Please think what you need inside pc, like Ram, Processor Speed, Storage Capacity(HDD capacity)and dvd reader/writer. Plan your Desktop Pc as per your Budget. A pc cost may be 300$, 500$, 1000$ or 2000$.
3. In Any Pc Main Part is Motherboard, Ask for original Intel board not chipset. As everybody knows Intel is leading manufacturer in motherboard and processor. Better go for Intel.
4. Than you can decide dvd writer, HDD(This Will provide storage capacity to your computer), Ram Capacity (More capacity more simultaneous windows and faster system.)
5. Mouse, Cabinet and Keyboard anyone you can choose.
3 responses
@raj_10021 (51)
• India
22 Nov 08
No he is telling you lie. Don't believe him go for intel desktop board. Price will be little more but quality assurance. This is my experience.
@raj_10021 (51)
• India
25 Nov 08
All port you will find in intel desktop board also, so nothing to be confuse. Be sure and purchase intel desktop board only.
@stiener (735)
• Singapore
21 Nov 08
I have never doubt on the system put together by branded manufacturers like Lenovo, Acer, Compaq etc...what they do is to test out components to ensure that there are no or minimum hardware conflict issues before selling them. When we assemble our own PC, there is no guarantee that they will work in harmony. However, we do get the maximum out of our money and build a PC to our preference.
From my experience with PCs assembled by big companies is that they only provide standard 1 year onsite and 2 years limited parts warranty in my country. Now...if you were to purchase, parts from reputable manufacturers like ASUS, Gigabyte, Kingston, Seagate etc...chance are that their products are covered with at least 2 to 3 years warranty and sometimes 1 for 1 exchange for the first year. Some parts like Kingston Ram offers lifetime (End of Life/Production) warranty and Seagates offerring 5 years warranty for their HDD. So in comparison, you will enjoy a longer term of servicable period without any service charges for part replacement or repair provided that it did not violate any of the TOS if the warranty...
@stiener (735)
• Singapore
21 Nov 08
Hi Raj,
Thanks for sharing the tips...maybe just some additional stuff to complement your article. Motherboard these days comes with integrated graphics,sound and lan port. However, buyers should note that not all motherboards come with integrated components listed above...so before you buy the motherboard...do think of whether you are a hardcore gamer or graphics designer as the integrated graphics is only capable of processing less graphic intensive applications...it will be sufficient for watching movies...
There are 2 types of harddisk available in the market...one is the IDE (old generation) and the other is SATA I/II (new generation). SATA provides faster data transfer to and fro the harddisk...In addition, the size of the cable is thinner than an IDE cable with the connector almost the size of the fingernail. Why is it important to know. Newer motherboards only provide 2 IDE slots, if you have one used for your CD/DVD drive, then you will only be left with 1 slot left for your harddisk. So in this case you are left with no options to add an additional CD.DVD rom drive. So plan wisely as the IDE drive is really meant for CD/DVD drives until the SATA optical drives are ready for the retail market.
