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Cheap Computer Parts
Cheap Computer Parts
Making your own computer from cheap computer parts will not only cut your expenditure but also will be an experience you will like to cherish. The advantage here is that you get all the features you need and discard everything you consider unnecessary. If all you need to do is basic word processing, email or some Net surfing, the cheap computer parts you will require are:
1) CPU: A socket 478 motherboard and CPU will come in handy. Considering everything, this seems the best buy. As socket 478 motherboards mostly have Intel components they are very stable. 2) RAM: Although 256 megs of DDR SDRAM will suffice, 512MB DDR 333 should be ideal. DDR SDRAM is the type you would prefer for a socket 478 motherboard (with Pentium 4/Celeron CPU). 3) Hard Drive: As buying more space doesn’t cost you a great deal more, an 80 GB drive should be the right choice. 4) CD Writer: Any CD writer faster than 32 speed will do. You can find one for under . As it is so cheap, it can be used as your CD ROM to install Windows and other applications. 5) Graphics Card: At least a 64 megabyte AGP card is better. It is important only if you want to play games. 6) Sound Card: Procure a Soundblaster Live by Creative labs. They are cheap and reliable. 7) Monitor: Buy at least a 17-inch monitor to protect your eyesight. 8) Keyboard and Mouse: Try a new optical mouse. A Logitech combination includes both a cordless mouse and matching keyboard.
Remember, although older parts can be less costly, you need to spend a lot for an upgrade. Be careful so that you don’t buy defective parts in the name of cheap computer parts. The situation now may be better due to stiff competition, but chances of finding defects still remain. It is better if you check the authenticity of the long warranties offered by the companies as well.
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Computer Game Review – Innovations And Developments
Computer Game Review – Innovations And Developments
The continuing advances in graphics technology, platform gaming infrastructure, processor technology and innovations in design will see more aggressive developments in computer games this 2006.
Gaming has traveled a long way today from the baby steps of the video games about thirty years ago. The square and jagged edged figures that used to dominate and entertain gamers on the screen is now more video-movie like if not life like that people today finds computer games more challenging and exciting.
The constant improvements made in computer technology exceeded expectations in the sales of computer games soft ware and has turned it into one big business in a very short span of time. The biggest impact on these games coming form the role playing games and the first person shooters.
The development of broadband had contributed very substantially to online gaming that in countries like South Korea, online gaming (Starcraft Gozu) has gathered a lot of followers dubbing the game fondly as its national sport. Online gaming has gained a popularity never seen before (or possible before), that international tournament are waged and battled online. Always trying to outwit and outplay the competition, world wide, online gaming has become very challenging and intense.
Where computer game designs used to be a simpler affair, today teams of artists, musicians, producers and gaming industries are working together to make the best and offer their best to the public that has patronized the games very well. The industry however has not, in marketing parlance, reached the peak. In my opinion, it is nowhere near it. The constant innovations that are shaping the computer games industry is so vast varied exciting and rewarding, enough material to motivate the designers and gamers to move on, that who knows what surprises are in store for the gaming public in the future.
What make computer games very popular are the regular releases of good computer game software. If you have not yet tried out the following, find a demo and find out for yourself.
1) Backyard Baseball 2005
2) Battlefield 2
3) Civilization IV
4) Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX3
5) FEAR
6) Fifa 06
7) Food Fight!
8) Grand Theft Auto
9) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
10) Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
11) Mario Kant DS
12) Need for Speed
13) Ninja Gaiden Black
14) Peter Jackson’s King Kong
15) Resident Evil 4
16) Sid Meier’s Pirates!
17) Sly 3: Honor Amongst Thieves
18) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
19) The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer
20) We Love Katamari
Console Gaming
The technology race in the computer games category will be heavily participated by Microsoft with their Xbox 360 – powered by a multi core processing unit, Sony’s Playstation 3 by a cell processor technology, and Revolution by Nintendo will allow player interaction through a wireless motion sensing controller.
The popularity of the computer and video games has been a big business that it has surpassed the revenues of the film industry excluding the films ancillary revenues. However additional business for the computer games also comes in the form of trading cards, T-shirt prints of popular characters in video games and game titles and television shows that features reviews and gaming competitions. Judging from continuing developments and innovations in the game designs and computer technology, the year 2006 will even be more exciting.
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Hook Up Your Game Systems to Your Home Computer with USB Cables
Hook Up Your Game Systems to Your Home Computer with USB Cables
Presently, there are a lot of gaming systems coming out of the market with features that you never thought you would ever see in a game system. In the past, a game system is ordinarily just a game system with simple graphics and an even simpler game play. However, with today’s technology, game systems have evolved to a new level. Not only are game systems today used for games, but it can now be used as a medium for different entertainment purposes.
Game systems today can now play DVD movies, play music CDs, and can even play MP3s. The possibilities and potential of game systems being developed today are endless. You can now connect through the internet using your game system and play with other people from all over the world.
In the past, you may just imagine that a game system can only be played locally through two players. However, because of the advancement in computer and communications technology, game systems today now have the capability to connect to the internet wirelessly.
Now, you can even connect the latest game system available in the market to your own PC by using the USB port. If your PC has USB ports, you will be able to connect different game consoles in your PC.
For example, if you have a PSP or PlayStation Portable, you can plug it in your PC and download or upload MP3s, pictures, and videos. With this kind of feature, you can now have the capability to transfer files from one PC to another by just using your PSP. Another great thing about this is that your PSP will be able to charge through the USB port.
There are even USB cables that are capable of converting your gaming system’s controllers and use it to play with your favorite PC games. By simply purchasing this kind of adaptor, you will never need to purchase expensive controllers for your PC. All you have to do is purchase a USB adaptor for your game console’s controller and you can start playing your PC games by using the controller.
New versions of the game consoles that are being developed by game system manufacturers are now making use of the USB port to connect to your home PC for maximum features.
With all the different game consoles coming out of the market with USB capability, you could only imagine what these machines will be capable of after its release in the market. With what gaming consoles were before, you can see how short the evolution of these machines. You may even remember playing with the simple game systems that only consists of simple graphics and sounds.
Now, with USB capability, you can truly maximize the way you play your game and also maximize the use of your gaming console. Gaming systems are no longer limited to playing games; you can now maximize its use through the USB port.
In the very near future, you can most probably store MP3’s, picture files, and videos in your game system’s memory cards by just using your USB port. Maybe even transfer your computer files to a DVD or CD by connecting your DVD burning capable game console through USB and write your computer files on DVD by using your DVD burner integrated in the game console.
Internet connection through USB connection is now also possible. If you don’t have an online adapter installed in your game console, there are available adaptors that can take advantage of your PC internet connection and let your game system connect to the internet by just using the USB connector in your PC.
With the different technology now available in the market, you can now make use of your PC to benefit your game system or your game system to benefit your PC. Who knows? Maybe in the near future, game systems will be able to let you play head to head with PC gamers by just using a USB connector.
The possibilities that the USB offers are endless. You can download MP3s, videos, and even pictures from your PC to your handheld game systems, you can use your game system’s controllers for your PC and other benefits by just using the USB port in your PC to connect to your game systems.
Registry Mechanic: It’s Time To Get Your Computer A Tune-Up
Registry Mechanic: It’s Time To Get Your Computer A Tune-Up
As the computer age continues to evolve at break-neck speed, it is becoming more and more easy for people to view their pc as a valuable tool in the home. Much like a vehicle it takes you places that you need and want to go and it is becoming more practically useful as you can shop, pay bills, and make important communications. It is also easier for people to understand that a computer needs maintenance too. So just like as you would take a car to an auto mechanic to service your car periodically you should get the analogous “registry mechanic” to service your pc.
The word registry in registry mechanic may have thrown you but it isn’t that complicated. You could think of the registry as the oil pan of the computer and just as you need clean oil for good lubrication in a vehicle you need a clean registry for smooth operation of your computer. If you have had a computer for any length of time you know that it will slow down over time, and you will start to notice that your computer will freeze and do spontaneous shutdowns that become a major hassle. These problems are almost always at least in part due to a cluttered and overloaded registry.
You see the registry is the part of the computer that contains all of the different settings on the computer. As you use it there will be more and more settings saved into it many of which are based on temporary internet files that you accumulate as you surf the net. These are for the most part unnecessary but the computer still worries about them each it is called upon to do a task. The more the computer has to worry about them slower it is going to be. What the registry mechanic does is go through and determine what is and is not necessary for the computer to run optimally and keeps the good and disposes of the bad. Of course you can do this manually to but unless you are an expert this is strongly discouraged, as you can make irreversible changes to vital code that has the potential to make your computer inoperable. The other benefit to this software is that just like anything computerized and/or automated it is so much faster and more precise than even the human experts that designed it.
So before you spend your money on a new computer because you are fed up with the faulty operation, or go out and buy more memory because you think that will speed things up, go to your nearest computer retailer and pick up a registry mechanic software package. If you have questions on anything just ask an employee they generally have a good idea of the latest computing news.