Copying files back and forth can be a pain with a slow hard drive. Downloading can also get bogged down when you have a dying computer that is using an older SATA version. Since internal hard drives are fairly cheap these days, it’s quite affordable to get one with a lot of space. Save yourself Continue Reading

OK, memory. It’s probably the most convoluted piece of a computer. Sure, it’s a simple enough concept. RAM is used as a temporary memory bank to store information from actively used software. It’s important to have a lot when you are playing hardcore games or doing some heavy duty processing work with audio/video, imaging, or Continue Reading

Yeah, so like I said before…old computer is dying – need a new one pronto. I don’t really have a set budget for the new build, but I was trying to space out my purchases as to spread out the dent in the pocketbook. Since that’s out the window now, I’ve been ramping up my Continue Reading

It’s become clear to me that buying one part a month for my new computer build isn’t going to work out. Last week, while upgrading my graphics card driver, my computer started dropping out one of my two monitors randomly. I’m not sure what happened, but I’m fairly certain the graphics card is starting to Continue Reading

This is the second part I bought in September. I had to up my spending a bit to qualify for a coupon and I wanted to try to add on a small item to my shopping cart. At first I was looking at Blu-ray player/DVD Burner drives, but I would have spent almost the same Continue Reading

I was planning on getting a power supply as my second computer part, but a sale and coupon changed my buying habits. This month, I ended up getting two parts instead of the one a month as I promised myself. Though I did save a bit of money in the long run by doing so. Continue Reading