Building Your Own Computer (Part 5)
Posted by David | Filed under Hardware
Well its the final post on this now, and really today’s is not much about building computers at all! Just general suggestions of things you can get to support your new desktop!
Sound Systems
You can get speakers for as little as £20 these days, but they won’t be that amazing. If sound isn’t something you’re worried about then that’s fair enough but if you want the best then consider a THX set of speakers. When considering speaker systems you have to consider two things: what you can afford, and how much space you have! Sub-woofers can be huge! Especially with the bigger 7.1 and 5.1 systems. Think about your neighbours as well, a 500W system is not going to go down well if you live in a terrace house!
Personally I think I have a good compromise I get quality sound from my pair of 2.1 Z2300 Logitech THX speakers, the subwoofer is still pretty massive, but it all fits nicely in my room. The total cost for this is around £80, some may think that is alot for two speakers but when you hear the sound you realise it is worth it! They are a decent set of speakers including dust covers and tweeters – both a rarity in the modern speaker world!
What Else To Consider?
Well when you build your own computer you can decide everything! No longer are you stuck with the bundled cheapo mouse and keyboard, you can splash out on a stylish optical wireless mouse and keyboard, and why not get a decent WebCam as well?
One of the great things about building your own computer is you don’t have to ever finish building it! Even now I can still add new devices. Currently I want to purchase a Blu-ray drive, installing one in my machine will take less than 5 minutes! Card-Readers, Floppy Drives, special LCD and LED displays to display various stats are all the kind of thing you can add to your PC. Have a look through Ebuyer or whatever store you use to purchase your components and you’ll find all sorts of delightful accessories for your new computer. Don’t have enough RAM, well it won’t take more than 5 minutes to install more!
That is all when it comes to building your own computer for now, in the future I may go through certain processes in more detail but for now that is a quick overview which will hopefully give someone somewhere the confidence to go and build their own computer!
Good Luck to all those who take the risk!
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