Category Archives: Upgrading

Upgrading Your Computer and Save Money

I have this habit of constantly needing a new computer.  I have become a joke in my own family because even the five year old knows that Auntie will be buying a new computer soon and he wants my old … Continue reading

Posted in Upgrading | Leave a comment

Understanding Plug and Play Devices

The Computeris a modular equipment. You can add or remove the peripheral devices as and when you want. However, this also throws up some challenges. Each device added to the system must be configured in order that it functions properly. … Continue reading

Posted in Upgrading | Leave a comment

Benefits of Adding a Graphics Card

The inbuilt video adapters of the motherboard are not sufficient if you want to run advanced games or multimedia applications on your PC. The inbuilt video adapter is a conventional video adapter and can carry out normal functions perfectly well. … Continue reading

Posted in Modifications, Upgrading | Leave a comment

Add Another Hard Drive

Are you running out of hard drive space?

Posted in Hard Drives, Upgrading | Leave a comment

More Cores for More Power

Every application, every system level driver, every single feature of the operating system and your application suite use CPU time. As more and more software applications are opened, the CPU will attempt to service them all, eventually, there are so … Continue reading

Posted in CPU, Upgrading | Leave a comment

Understanding the Motherboard

The  Motherboard is the main Printed Circuit Board (PC of the Computer. There are many varieties of motherboards and it is not possible to explain each one in detail, hence, we will try to understand, in general, how a  typical … Continue reading

Posted in Motherboards, Upgrading | Leave a comment

Upgrade Your Network Adapter for Greatly Improved Gaming Performance

Yes you did read the title of this post correctly, and no it is not a joke, a network adapter upgrade can significantly improve your gaming performance. Sounds crazy right? Well let me explain why, and then maybe it will … Continue reading

Posted in network, Upgrading | Leave a comment

Base Your Decisions on Your Software Needs

When choosing the components your were are going to use in your last computer building project did you consider what software you wanted to use?  I

Posted in Upgrading | Leave a comment

Choosing an Upgrade Path

When trying to decide which of any number of possible computer upgrades you should perform next, it can be tricky to gauge possible benefits for each. This post will try to define some of the fundamental bonuses of each type of … Continue reading

Posted in Upgrading | Leave a comment