How To Build A Computer
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How To Build A Computer
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H OW T O B UILD A C OMPUTER (1)
C HOOSING THE PARTS (4)
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Core Components (11)
Secondary Components (21)
Peripherals (25)
B UILDING THE PHYSICAL COMPUTER (29)
T OOLS AND E QUIPMENT (29)
Basic Tools (29)
Optional, but uful (29)
P REPARATION (30)
Safety Precautions (30)
C ONSTRUCTION (31)
Motherboard and Power Supply (31)
CPU (31)
RAM (33)
Video Card (33)英语助动词有哪些
Drives (34)
Expansions and Connections (35)
巩固的拼音Power Up (35)
C HOOSING AND INSTALLING THE COMPUTER'S SOFTWARE (36)
O PERATING S YSTEM(S) (36)
Installing Windows (36)
Installing GNU (37)
S ECURITY (38)
D RIVERS (39)
S OFTWARE (39)
Windows (39)
GNU (40)
Additional Software (41)
S EE A LSO (41)
O PTIMIZING AND O VERCLOCKING (42)
Overclocking (42)
Silencing (45)
For further reading (47)
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N OTED C ONTRIBUTORS (48)
L ICENSE (49)
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Choosing the parts
Before you jump onto the web and start spending lots of money on expensive computer parts, there are two important questions you should answer which will guide your purchas:
1. What are you going to u your new computer for?
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2. Will parts be available to u from your old computer--or do you want to reu parts from
your old computer?
(Often, you will either want to hand your old computer down to someone el, in which ca you must keep it functional, or it may be so old that you don't want to u any parts from it, becau they will slow down your new machine too much.)
What Operating System am I going to u?
Before you buy components, be sure that they are supported by the operating system you plan to u. Almost all current, commonly available devices have drivers available for current versions of Windows (generally, anything 2000, XP or newer); if you want to run an alternative operating system, you'll have to do some rearch -- many alternatives have extensive 'Hardware Compatibility Lists'.
Windows hardware support lists
Most processors and motherboards bad on the i386 or x86_64 architectures are supported by Windows XP. Put more simply, this means all available consumer processors (especially from AMD or Intel).
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BSDs hardware support lists
•DesktopBSD, e FreeBSD 5.4/i386 www.freebsd/releas/5.4R/hardware-i386.html and FreeBSD 5.4/amd64 www.freebsd/releas/5.4R/hardware-amd64.html •Dragonfly BSD wiki.dragonflybsd/index.php/Supported_Hardware
•FreeBSD www.freebsd/platforms/
•NetBSD wwwbsd/Hardware/
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•OpenBSD www.openbsd/plat.html
•PC-BSD, e FreeBSD 6.0/i386 www.freebsd/releas/6.0R/hardware-i386.html
What am I going to u my new computer for?
如何激励员工的积极性If you're going to build a computer from scratch for a specific purpo, you'll want to keep that purpo
in mind when choosing your components; don't just go to the store or an online shop and start buying components. First, decide what you want to u the computer for. The reason you have to consider this is that you may be able to save money by only specifying expensive, premium components where needed.
Many differing speeds of computer can offer Internet browsing and word-processing capabilities; however, one computer might be faster than another at such tasks. For an office computer, the main components for speed are the processor, memory (RAM), system bus, and hard drive. If the computer is for gaming, the addition of a high-end graphics accelerator expansion card also becomes a major area which greatly affects computing performance and speed.
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The most important tip is not to go overboard. Basic urs can easily get by without the latest gadgets, and although it is easy to get caught up in the hype, you simply do not need to pay a significant amount of money for a computer intended for a new ur. A computer ud for web surfing and writing the occasional letter does not need to be powerful in any n, as the speed limiting-steps are invariably the intenet connection speed and the speed you can type.
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A worthwhile addition to any computer is a basic printer; printed webpages are portable and
can be ud when the computer is turned off, whether it be a recipe for u in the kitchen or road directions for u in the car. Also, almost everyone will need to print and nd letters at times.
A dial-up (56kbps) modem is more than adequate for web browsing, but for urs who want to
do a lot of web browsing and dowloading large files, a faster modem such as DSL or cable might be preferable.
Server
If you are going to u your computer as a rver(for a lot of clients) you will need to buy lots of RAM and fast hard drives. Servers are more availably ud in business for remote access from clients and kiosks.
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